Mecca

****EDITOR'S NOTE****
I am sorry to say that our computer had contracted a nasty Trojan. This said the computer was blown apart (tears, tears) and put back together. It is now out of ICU (Intensive Computer Unit) and I am able to type. Unfortunately the computer lost some of it's memory (amnesia) that won't come back. Thankfully though Rick took some of the memory out, a painless surgery I promise, and stored it away on an external hard drive. But I can't put any pictures on yet for two reasons: one, the computer is being babied and not forced to download anything, and two, I did a bad thing and forgot to take pictures this weekend.

This weekend Rick took us on a road trip from our house to Logan, Utah and down to Mecca, or as lay people call it, Cabelas. We went to lunch in Logan at the Bluebird Cafe, which I HIGHLY recommend, and shopped a little. Would you believe the crowd of people and traffic had me stressed out?!?!? Take a city girl out of the city...then put her back. It wasn't pretty, there was a shaky stomach (which didn't stop me from enjoying the lunch) and sweaty hands. But I made it through. We stayed in Layton for the night which is about 1.5 hours or so south. I liked it there. It is next to the base and Rick would enjoy living there very much. We stayed at a nice hotel, and shopped a little at three of our favorite stores, Old Navy, Toy R Us, and Barnes and Nobles. Katie did a great job at all the stores, except that she didn't tell us she needed to go potty and proceeded to pee on the floor at Barnes and Nobles. I always felt bad for those moms. Did any employee help me, nope. Did parents give me dirty looks, sure. One employee told me where to find paper towels, and so Katie and I did a brisk walk to the bathroom where I took all the paper towels and cleaned the floor by myself. I wanted to rush out of the store, but Katie wasn't done playing trains so I had to wait until she was done. Every mom has the pee on the floor story and now I have mine. I feel soooo lucky!
Saturday we went to Cabelas in Lehi. I have never seen a larger bunch of giddy men. I must admit the store is cool. If I had my own home I would be shopping in the home furnishings department, with giddiness myself. I thought we would be out of there with a couple of things, but about $200 later I was shopped out. At least Rick should have some good work clothes that will last oh say 6 months. His job is a little hard on clothes.
After Cabela's Rick showed us where he got his Elk last September. It is gorgeous down in Price, but not somewhere I would want to live. We took the long way home and enjoyed the beauty of the landscape which changes often through Utah and Wyoming. We saw a moose drinking in a pond, and the Flaming Gorge at the dam. We didn't get to see Uncle Rich catch a big one as we crossed, but we looked for him.
It was great to have a little vacation just the three of us. We haven't been on one in awhile. We'll have to do it more often. Next time instead of Cabelas though I think we should try Macy's. What do you think?