So...
This summer is coming to a close (boo!) and my parents + little sisters + me are going on a huge trip to their college town--Salt Lake City, UT.  It's going to be awesome but the car ride is going to BLOW...basically I'm spending 17 days in a car/hotel with fun in between.  At any rate, I'm excited. 
Iteniary:

7/17: Travel (12+ hours)
7/18: Travel (12+ hours)
7/19: Steamboat Springs, CO = AWESOME
7/20: Rock Creek, UT.  My dad used to spend every summer out at this dude ranch.  It's going to be freezing and quite the experience.
7/21: Salt Lake, exploring the college, etc.  Going to where he proposed (the first time).  Seeing their old apt.  Stuff like that.
7/22: Park City in Salt Lake.  Kind of like Coney Island.  Lots of fun "attractions."
7/23: More Salt Lake
7/24: Even more Salt Lake.
7/25: Hiking in Southern Utah, including Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, Aarches National Park, etc. etc.  Lots of aweosmeness.
7/26: Bryce, UT
7/27: North Rim of the Grand Canyon.  The South Rim is the more popular one, the one I went to when I was younger (and the one everyone goes to when they were younger).  The North Rim has crazy elevation and is going to be freezing--in July.   And hopefully beautiful.
7/28: Pheonix, AZ.  Going to see some more national parks, hopefully some cacti.  Our coldest night and our hottest night (115 degrees +) are back to back.  Insane.
7/29: Another long travel day.
7/30: Big Bend National Park, bordering the Rio Grande in Texas.  I'm def. wading into Mexico.  AWWWEEESOME.  Lots of hiking and nature.
7/31: San Antonio, TX.  Yes, the Alamo and allegedly one of the coolest cities in the world.  We have a hotel right on the Riverwalk.  So excited!
8/1: Either a second night in San Antonio or a travel day to Baton Rouge.
8/2: Home.

I'm really excited about seeing the places I've never seen and (oddly enough) spending time with my parents and family and doing crazy stuff with Mom.  I'm working on PATIENCE for the car rides and hotel rooms but hopefully things will go mostly smoothly.  I've checked out like 10 books from the library and I'm nerdily excited about those....

Harry Potter 6 was incredible, book and movie.  I cried but whatever.  Harry Potter breaks my heart.

Me and Jaimie read The Kite Runner aloud to each other (such an amazing experience btw) and balled like little girls at the end.  Ahh, so good and emotionally provokitive.  

Most of my summer goals fell short (more on that later) but I did finally get to see The Godfather which I've missed out on for way too long.  And I really enjoyed it.

Been working way too much and I'm really excited about the TIME OFF to do whatever I want.

Nerdily excited about school starting up again...moving back to Auburn...Isaac's new apartment...starting FRESH...new friends...routines of life...etc.  :D

I'm planning on updating this daily with a picture or two on the trip.  Look forward to it.