Family Road Trip Fails

Day 1: I left my purse at Burger King in Tremonton.  We had already driven 90 minutes before I figured it out.  Instead of going back, we asked them to keep it in their safe and will get it on our way home.

Day 2:  Ben left his Kindle in our room at the hotel.  We will be stopping to get that on our way back as well.

Day 3:. Our car wouldn't start, Randy jumped it.  We got to the airport to pick up Ayzha, Tiago and Reyn, the car wouldn't start, the car next to us gave us a jump.  We got to Dick's, the car wouldn't start, we replaced the battery.

Alyssa fell while rollerskating and hurt her wrist.  We had to stop by urgent care to get some x-rays.  They told us it wasn't fractured but put it in a brace.

Day 4:  We got a call from the urgent Care, the radiologist took a look at Alyssa's x-rays and says she has a buckle fracture on her right radius.  We need to get her to an orthopedist within 5 days...but we we're almost to Canada.

Reyn and I jumped on the antique car ride at Silverwood.  Our car didn't have a roof.  As soon as we started to drive it began to rain...hard.  There was no way to speed through or get off the ride.  We got drenched.

Day 5:. The temperature dropped to 30 degrees with snow (the average temperature at this time of year in Banff is in the 60's).  Our visit to Marble Canyon was phenomenal but not at all the way we had imagined it.  It was freezing cold as we hiked through snow and mud.  We were not prepared for the change in the weather!  Plus, Numa Falls was closed.  The bridge had been washed out so we didn't get to see the waterfall that inspired our whole trip.

Day 6:  We arrived 12 days too soon to see the 2nd highest free falling waterfall in Canada.  Takakaw Falls also eluded us this trip.  Note to self, it opens on June 20. Bummer.

Day 8:. We got stuck on I-5 on our way to Grandma and Grandpa's house.  Both boys had to pee really bad but we couldn't get off the freeway.  They peed in bottles in the car.

Day 12-13:. As our kids grow up, they also get bigger.  We were smooshed into our minivan for the long drive home.  It was pretty uncomfortable for the kids.