Oh my goodness, I annoy myself sometimes!! Our day plan was to drive to Salt Lake City, UT then spend the night and head to Yosemite National Park, CA the next day. We would then spend the day enjoying its beauty and then head on to San Francisco where I would start my “revised” journey heading East. Good plan right? We checked out of The Hostel, grabbed a McDonald’s Breakfast (thanks Kokomo McDonald’s for the gift cards) and hit the road. In Idaho Falls I got onto I-15 and was going to take that all the way to Salt Lake. I didn’t realize I had gotten onto I-86 until about 2 hours later when Kelly said “Shouldn’t we be in Salt Lake by now?” I pulled up my google map and sure enough I missed my turn a long time ago. We were on the west side of Twin Falls, ID. What the World, Kristy! I was so deep in thought of how this trip was going to work out, that I never even looked at my GPS screaming at me to reroute back to Salt Lake City. The volume was turned off. Ugh! It became quickly apparent that we weren’t going to Salt Lake City anymore since there was no easy way to get there. We were heading to Boise, then OR. I was so bummed because I wanted to enjoy taking photos in Yosemite. But like Proverbs 16:9 says, “A man’s heart plans his ways, but the Lord determines his steps.” We are in for a new adventure seeing a new state that I have wanted to visit for some time now.
Kelly was happy to drive so that we wouldn’t end up taking a wrong turn again and end up in Canada. I gladly let her so I could rethink our next few days. Way back when I was planning this trip I was trying to figure out how I could get in a ride in the Redwood forest in Northern California. Well, I think I just found a way! I’m actually thrilled I missed that turn. Lol, now I was getting excited. I would now start my bike trip in northern Cali. I also was excited that we were going to drive fairly close to the Painted Hills in Oregon. I had been wanting to photograph these hills and compare them to the badlands in SD for some time now. I could actually see them now! I felt like a little girl in a candy store. My mix up turned out to be great for me to be able to check off a few of my bucket list places. I was truly starting to Wander just like Scott, my brother, Eric and others had suggested I do. My late mother-in-law always told me it’s best to be flexible so that when life bends you, you won’t break. It turned out to be a hopeful day of some newly “planned” fun. I use the term planned loosely now. My husband treated us to a night at the Hilton Garden Inn in Boise, ID. Those beds were heavenly! Just what we both needed after a long drive. Thanks, Scott!
