Last week I ran out of time and my hasty post lacked the detail I imagined offering you. Oh, how this mighty mouse has fallen. Or slid backwards into a life without work life balance and am a mere mortal like most. No sleep. Very little pay. Lots of work. I don’t even have kids or pets. So HOW. DO. Y’ALL. DO. IT?!?

But don’t you worry your pretty little head about any of that or pity me because my hubby knows how to properly bribe me so I don’t quit and continue to pay our bills. As you read this we are traveling the backcountry and happy little chappies.

Back to the lengthy story at hand, I would have overwhelmed you anyway! And am even beginning to feel like breaking this adventure on the open road into thirds now that I’m delving into all the roadside attractions we stopped to enjoy. Well, as Anne LaMotte wisely informs us, “bird by bird.” I suppose I left out the pertinent info that this road trip occurred during the 2018 summer season between my two grad school years at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The timing is what afforded me an entire month of playtime dancing across the desert with TAJ and access to the Mighty Five couldn’t be ignored. I consider it a Honeymoon of sorts since we eloped the winter just beforehand.