Robots on the Road: Day Three

School House Rock once told me, "Three! It's the magic number!" And if today is any indication, they were right! Day three was magical.

We started the day in Bishop, CA. We were in the car and on the road by 6am. We headed into the hills between California and Nevada and we got to see the sunrise again. Since we were winding around the hills on a road that was like a roller coaster, the sun kept hiding from us and peeking out again. As we came around one particular curve, the sun was right in front of us and Hana exclaimed, "It's so beautiful! The sunrise makes the squashed bugs on the windshield look like magical sparkles!".  Oh, my Hana, how I love you! Saffron loved the roller coaster hills so much she vomited. Luckily it was on her blanket and Hana cleaned it up like it was no big deal.
We crossed over into Nevada and headed into Death Valley, which John says was "a total ripoff, because all of us survived!".

They had this great little oasis gas station with all the toys and candy Lilly could ever want, and a bunch of roadrunners running all over the place!

As we were continuing on toward Las Vegas we passed a man pulled over by a police officer on the side of the road. As we passed, the officer shot a tazer gun at the man,  whose car hood was covered with blood. So, that was exciting.

We had to cancel our plans to go to the Grand Canyon because we needed to get John's oil changed. We didn't do it before we left because we'd planned on towing John's car. So we stopped at a Sears in Las Vegas to do that and had lunch and did some laundry. I know this isn't how most people would enjoy Vegas, but hey, we had a good time. My favorite part was watching Lilly eat an ice cream cone by taking the ice cream off the cone and eating it out of her hand. If you don't stress about the chocolate ice cream all over everything, it's a good time.

We headed out again, past Hoover Dam, into western Arizona, which if you don't know, is hotter than Satan's new Coach purse.  It was like getting out of the car and into an oven. Even the wind was hot enough to cook with!
It was however lovely.

On and on we drove,  past desert, plains, mountains, trees, and a whole lot of shrubbery. We drove into a crazy storm with pounding rain, strong winds, and lightning.  It was amazing for us. You almost never get thunder and lightning in the area of the Pacific Northwest where we've spent the last three years. So we all enjoyed the sights, sounds and smells of a good summer rain.  We finally made it to our hotel around 6pm, jumped in the pool and had some dinner.

Now were getting ready to call it a night so we can do it all over again tomorrow!

So here we are, a family of robots, in Flagstaff, Arizona.