We left our home in Cedar Hills early Monday morning, September 10, 2012. Tears begged to flow as we left the driveway and again as we bid the city lights of Salt Lake City good-bye for 2 years and drove into Parley’s Canyon. I hadn’t expected such sadness at finally leaving. We are, of course, returning in 2 years. This is not a final good-bye like my ancestors experienced time and time again. This is a trip and a calling of a lifetime.
And, it is an adventure, an adventure of travel across our great nation and an adventure in appreciation for all who have gone before us and left for us this great legacy of faith and endurance and service and love. We will not fail them or this great legacy.
Eleven hours and 700 miles later we arrive in North Platte, Nebraska. We decided early that we would travel I-80 east, much of it along the pioneers’ trail. We traveled through north east Utah and then southern Wyoming and finally arrived 1/3 of the way across Nebraska. We stopped along the way to stretch our legs, purchase gasoline and eat our meals. We planned this long travel day so that we could enjoy a short day of travel on our second leg of our trip.
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