MarbleBob
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- Aug 20, 2003
Loving this couch-side roadtrip.
The salt lakes are amazing!
Old Town Sacramento....and that candy store.....what a fantastic candy store.
Vacaville? I only remember the Premium outlets.
Thanks! The area that we ate at was on the other side of the highway from the outlets. It looked fairly new, maybe no more than a few years old.
We found that as well in the past when traveling with other people/families that everyone gets ready at different speeds and it results in some extra waiting. Once you just kinda accept that as fact, things are easier to deal with though
Never eaten at In-and-Out yet - will have to rectify that at some point. have a lot of Shake Shack though so that will be the point of comparison for me
wow, didn't realize you were also a fruit smuggler That is pretty extreme to have the booths like that. There is a sign near us when we go into Connecticut that says "no out of state firewood permitted" - but all they have is the sign, no checking or anything.
ugh, I think Candy Heaven and Hershey PA are going to have to wrestle in a pool full of chocolate or something over the slogan "Sweetest Place on Earth"
The Disney vans are awesome. I so don't need them, yet I feel I need them at the same time. Those Hoth ones are really great though too. Decisions, decisions
Ok, now I want some Boudin Bakery. I too am a big fan of Panera (my sister is the catering director for Panera for Long Island so we get it for parties quite often) ... so knowing it was that much better has my mouth watering.
Ah Krispy Kreme - especially when the sign is lit up and they are making them fresh and you get one right off the conveyor belt and it is still warm in the middle ...
ok, is is lunch time yet?
You should plan on eating at an In-N-Out at least once our your upcoming trip!
The food smuggling was weird. They didn't look hard. I guess if I wanted to peddle some Missouri apples on the black market, I could have just told the guy that we didn't have any produce.
I ended up 3 pair of Disney Vans and the Star Wars ones too. I gave up on deciding, and just went a little overboard.
Mmm... warm Krispy Kremes. I really want one of those now!
To my understanding those fence things are to try to keep the snow off the roads. It gets so crazy windy through those areas that even on days when it is not snowing, the snow blows across the road so bad it can make blizzard like conditions. So those keep it off to an extent... as much as they can.
That candy shop looks like a kid's wildest dream! I totally forgot about tart and tiny's until you showed the picture. I loved those when I was a kid.
The vans! Those look awesome. I love Vans but I haven't had a pair in forever. So cute!
Boudin looks SO good. This looks like such a fun road trip so far.
Tart'n Tiny's for the win!!! I still have a small handful left and I'm rationing them out
In N Out is so good....I can't wait until we are out there next month so we can eat there!!!
The candy shop is great....I loved Tart N Tiny's when i was young too!!!!
We will definitely have to check out Boudin Bakery when we are at the wharf...I love brocolli cheddar soup bread bowls...yum!!!
Boudin at the wharf! I hope you like it and would be interested in what you think!
The chili in the bread bowls is really good too!
Thanks for the tip. Next time!!!
The wind is what keeps Wyoming from being any more populated!! The snow fences do an ok job but when it's blowing 40+mph it doesn't matter!!! We actually have a Starbucks in my town that they built from the old snow fences! now we're trying to make snow fences with trees (I'm sure you saw little rows of trees along the road). The only problem is the trees are about 6 inches tall and my kids will be old before they grow into anything!!!
I'm glad you came through when you did because we had a lot of rain this spring so everything was green. Usually by this time it's just brown! I think you take things for granted when you see them all the time so next time I drive I80 I'm going to look at it through your eyes!!
Really enjoying the trip report!
Kari
(I think the Wendy's you ate at would be in Rock Springs based on how far out of Salt Lake you said you were. My mom and dad lived there in the late 60's when the streets weren't paved!)
I googled the Wendy's and that's indeed the one. You nailed it!!! Yeah, I didn't have high hopes for Wyoming scenery, but it was really pretty. Glad for the rain. Probably relative to other areas in WY, not the prettiest, but a welcome change from the landscape in Nebraska. (I spent 6 weeks in the Wind River Range, near Lander, after college and also got to see a bit of Wyoming. Such an amazing state!!! I'm jealous of you )
The candy store, I work right near there. My daughter works in the building across the river by the pyramid building. Surprised you didn't do the train museum
Nice! It would be fun to work in such a cool area. We decided to skip the train museum (although Buddy was disappointed) to spare the girls, who aren't nearly as interested in trains. Another one for next time. I think we could do this same drive several times over and still have plenty of different places to stop on each iteration.
Just catching up...the salt flats look cool! I've never even heard of that area before. Definitely something your kids will always remember visiting.
And that candy store looks awesome, a kid's (and big kid's) paradise!
I hadn't known much about the salt flats either, other than the occasional references to land speed records being made out there. But I didn't really know what they were. Glad I did the research, because they were an amazing!!! And yes, that candy store was definitely worth the slight detour!!!