To finish up our road trip . . .

Fremont Indian Museum/State Park was on our list. I never went there for a field trip, but it sure brought back 2nd grade memories for Katie. This was located right off I-70 and very easy to get to. We did a small hike to look at the pictographs (different from petroglyphs I learned) and the kids even descended into a traditional Fremont Indian home which was basically a hole in the ground. Tyler and I both found it fascinating that their homes were equipped with a second hole for ventilation. Even that many years ago they were concerned with how to get fresh air into their houses.

Our way home took us through Scipio where we had to stop at the Flying J and visit the petting zoo. That's right. There's a petting zoo at the gas station with it's own zebra, bunnies, goats, horses, cows, ostriches, chickens. By this point you know you've over done the trip planning when none of the kids wanted to get out of the van. We made them anyway and Alex was surprisingly not afraid of the animals that were pretty much bigger than him.