Denise and I didn’t always
communicate. She likes to use the
map. I like the GPS. She had issues about trusting the GPS. I can no longer navigate from a map without
becoming nauseous. I’ve just never
seemed to be able to move forward while looking down. I don’t know why. The
exception was when I was on my mission and did the navigation as my companions
drove around. But that was over 30 years
ago.
Anyway, Denise and I had moments of
oddities, but we never got on each other’s nerves to the point that we became
emotionally upset about it. I suppose
she had every reason not to trust Siri.
After several hours on Highway 140, Siri seemed to be getting bored as
she directed us to take the “unpaved road” First of all, really? Second of all, there are no roads – unpaved
or other except for Highway 140. But the
Garmin took our car off the path and stuck it on the side in the middle of the
black screen and Siri kept advising us to get on the main road. I shut off the Garmin.
Garmin reset once I plugged back in,
and we were on the road. As mentioned in
this post our plan was to go to the Medford Temple to do a few names that she
brought. She had wanted to go Thursday
night. Again, I misunderstood her. We were both so tired. I sensed she was in pain after having driven
all day. She took a nap for longer than
she had hoped and so we did not make the temple until the following morning.
Unfortunately for us, the Medford
Temple does not open on Friday until 3:00.
We were hoping that she would have had me in Roseburg by then and on her
way to Newport. Friday turned out to be
a sensationally LONG day – but that’s for another post – or maybe four.
The main draw for Denise to drive that
route in the first place was to go through the Medford Temple. She handled it well. Took lots of pictures. There was a sister working in the garden who
took pictures of Denise and me in front of the temple – so that was nice.
So here are some pictures that were
taken days 1-3. All before Denise and I
parted company:
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| Salt Lake Bountiful Flats under water |
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| the salt sticking out reminded me of glaciers |
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| Lucky Reservoir |
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| falls at Lucky Reservoir |
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| Highway 140 had some very sharp curves |
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| Medford Temple |
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