Another day, another state

Today's view:

This morning, we woke up, packed up our stuff, and headed to the Glen Canyon Dam for a tour. This was the first official "tour-tour" we had been on, and we enjoyed being herded around the dam like cattle with our tour guide. It was really cool, and we learned all about water management, turbines, construction of the dam, and fun facts such as the fact that Lake Powell is over 550 feet deep right near the dam. Creepy!

View of the bridge from the top of the dam:

We stopped at Walmart for an oil change because our homeless adventure had officially passed the 3,000 mile mark. We were both extremely tired at Walmart, so we thought it would be a good idea to buy lots of sugary foods (Grape Crush, dried mango, and tootsie roll pops). We then recalled the old-school commercial with the owl and the kid, contemplating how many licks it took to get to the center of the tootsie pop. Their scientific analysis on the commercial determined that the correct number was three, but we decided to design our own experiment to determine the magic number. After we left Walmart and began our drive, we killed about 20 minutes of our lives trying to solve this age-old question. Jenny's number turned out to be 260; Robbie's was 480. We then determined that the tootsie roll center was definitely off-center with both of our pops, and that Jenny had picked the "close" side and Robbie had picked the "far" side. Our rigorous scientific experiement determined that there are just too many variables to take into consideration: the size of the rater's tongue, the size of the pop itself, the presence or absence of cracks, the moisture level of the rater's mouth, and of course the positioning of the tootsie roll within the sweet outer shell. Our conclusion is, of course, that the number of licks remains unknown. The world may never know.

After this bit of entertainment, Jenny passed out for her 300th nap of the trip (likely due to a sugar-crash). We eventually rolled into monument valley, driving near several tall rock formations in the middle of a field. We thought that this one looked like a hand giving a peace sign:

We got to Moab, Utah around 7, set up camp at our adorable campground, and cooked dinner. We are pretty tired, so we might crash early tonight. Our campground not only has internet, but it has really nice, HOT showers with amazing water pressure, grass, and lots of cute bunnies. We are surrounded by tall, red rocks, and it's nice and quiet.

View of our campsite:

Tomorrow, we are going to Arches National Park. It's going to be over 100 degrees for the next couple of days, so we'll be sure to bring tons of water.

Today's route:

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