Days 6-10

We finally left the comfort of our good friends (and the amenities of home) & took to the open road.  Our good friend Joe decided to come along for a week in the van & our first stop was Multnomah Falls in Oregon.  That night we made it to Eastern Oregon & camped in the small town of Joseph where we huddled in the van as the Oregon skies let it rain...typical of Oregon :)

Day 6: Multnomah Falls, OR.  Penny-pinching by our hitchhiker, Joey.

Unfortunately the rain didn't stop in Oregon, & we drove into the small town of Ketchum, ID, having not seen the sun for over two days.

Day 7: On the road to Idaho.

With threats of a foot of snow, we woke up to a bright, but freezing morning at the foot of the gorgeous Sawtooth Mountains.  As you can see, winter is still going strong in Idaho--not exactly what three Californians planned on for their summer trip.

Day 8: the Sawtooth Mtns, Idaho.  It snowed on us that day, can you believe it?!

 Awww, the sun!  We made it to Utah & how quickly we regret missing the heat...
After a quick stop in Salt Lake City to check out the sites, head back into the mountains to rough it out.

Day 9: Our arrival into Utah.

What's a road trip without spontaneity?  Mike pulls over in Green River, UT, to take Bailey for a swim.  What we get instead is a crowded beach of young adults claiming the desert as their own for a huge music festival.  The boys got weird, Bailey got her swimming in & I got to work on my tan.

Day 10: Green River, UT.  The "Sandbar"--a local hangout for the town's young crowd.  It also happened to be the location of "Desert Rocks", a huge music festival in the middle of the desert.