Blanding, Utah

Well I made it! I made it to Blanding, Utah.  I decided to fly because after calculating the gas it was only about $100 more to fly than to drive and since I am going to be headed back to CDA the first week of July it just worked better to fly.  I wasn't really looking forward to the 17 hour drive anyway!
The flight from Spokane to Denver was one of the most bumpy flights I've ever been on. I normally don't get sick but I honestly thought I might lose it on this flight.  It took me almost my whole two hour lay over to get my stomach to calm down once we got on the ground.  I made my way to the "gate" at the Denver airport and it was literally in a hallway! I guess frontier is not that big in Denver, haha! We had to walk out to the plane...on the pavement then up this huge ramp to get inside the plane..I didn't wear the appropriate shoes of course, but they sure looked cute so that's all that really matters in the end!
The flight from Denver to Durango, CO was a short one...only 45 minutes.  It was not too bad. Before take off the girl next to me asked the flight attendant for a plastic bag in case she got sick....that made me REALLY nervous but she was a trooper and didn't get sick at all!
It was about 95 in Durango...a pretty big change from the 55 and rainy we had in CDA.  It was nice to not be cold though! We walked around durango, it is a cute little town.  Its a lot like CDA, shops with t shirts galore, bars and wine stores. We ate at this balcony restaurant, that over looked downtown.  It was really cool.  They had a live band, you could definitely tell this was the local hangout!

Durango is about 2 hours and 20 minutes way from Blanding so after dinner we made our way back "home".  As we were leaving Colorado, there was a sign that said "last stop for 6% beer" I thought it was hilarious!!
Blanding is a cute little town. There is a Wells Fargo, local grocery store, subway and A&W, all of which are closed on Sundays! :) There is a dollar general here too but I made the mistake of going there and its not a good place....pretty trashy so I'll stick to the local grocery store and subway! :)
We have one blinking red light in town...I didn't even have one of those in Troy where I went to high school so I guess its not too bad! It gets pretty warm here, by 8 I already had the AC on but thank goodness the AC works great! We only have to have it on the lowest setting and it keeps it really cool.  We have unlimited electricity which is nice too.  We have a cute little spot, #43, we have our own sidewalk and little tree. 
Brandon is working long hours, 16 hour days Monday through Wednesday and anywhere form 8-12 hour days on Thursdays....Luckily we are supposed to have Friday through Sunday together and getting to sleep next to each other every night is priceless, so that makes it all worth it.  It does give me a lot of downtown to figure out what I am going to do with myself.  We have two channels....Great American Country and the CW. Apparently at 9 am on the CW is "Maury"hour....YUCK!  The Internet doesn't work at the RV park so I can't watch TV online....but we'll figure something out I'm sure. 
My plan for my first day in this new life was to unpack, organize Thor and run a few errands around town.  I was unpacked and organized by 7:55..... so I decided to run into town, I went to Wells Fargo and now I'm at the library. I'm headed off to the grocery store and then I'll head home to relax until I start making dinner at.....8 or 9 so its ready for when Brandon gets home! :) :) :) I don't think Brandon has had a home cooked meal in 271 days!

Brandon surprised me with tickets to Country Jam next weekend in Grand Junction, CO! I am so excited!! That is what this sacrifice is all for and about, getting to LIVE life! I cant wait to go have fun with him and make memories, we definitely need it!
I'm not able to upload pictures today...bummer! I'll take a bunch and get them uploaded as soon as I can. 

"Your off to great places today is your day, your mountain is waiting so get on your way"- Dr Seuss