What I did on my Spring Vacation, Chapter One

Before we left on our trip, I thought it would be cool to take picture of the signs at the state borders all along the way to document the distance. Frugaldad said he'd had the same idea, but hadn't said anything because we'd be sure to miss one and then we'd be mad. But after our first few hours in the car, I had great success. Nah, of course we won't miss one!


The next day, though, when we were heading east out of Monticello, Utah, into Colorado, I was in the back seat with the kids, and I didn't have the camera back there with me, so I totally missed the sign. Oh well, I guessed we'd catch it on the way home.

A little while later, when we drove into New Mexico, I was ready with the camera, but was unable to get it to focus and snap at the proper time. Grrrrrr.


When we were heading into Texas that evening, I was ready with the camera but it was getting dark, so here's that attempt.



Well dang it, if I can't get the "welcome to Texas" sign, maybe I could get the "thanks for visiting" sign on the way out. Yeah, right.



That is the "Welcome to New Mexico" sign, because I couldn't get it to snap in the dim light and rain in time for the Texas sign.

But finally, success again heading north!



And right after that:



I didn't get the "welcome to Utah" sign again because I already had one, and I guess I forgot to do the Idaho one, but since we live here, it's unnecessary, isn't it?