It’s day 4 of the road trip, and as we work our way from San Francisco to Austin via Yellowstone, Boulder, Santa Fe, and Lubbock, I am beginning to realize how much of our lovely country is pure emptiness, unused land. The hours pass, and I’m glad we’ve had the opportunities we’ve had to live where we’ve lived. It has been educational and interesting. We spent a night in Pocatello , Idaho , an extremely small college town populated 70% by Mormons – more than Salt Lake City ! Who would have guessed. The drive there was a bit too long, I think that the planner (that would be me) was slightly ambitious in the amount of mileage that we could realistically cover on the first day, after a very stressful two weeks. But, 800 miles and about 14 hours later, we arrived at our host’s house in Poky, exhausted and so grateful for our own room and a bed. Did I mention dinner places in Idaho close early? We narrowly avoided Burger King for our first dinner together when we discovered, two blocks