A Few More Details from Yesterday (July 3)

The boys got an early start again this morning for the Fourth of July (about 5am), so I haven't talked to them yet today. I did hear a few more details last night. They had a pretty easy day yesterday to compensate for their intense start to the trip. Scenery continues to be amazing. David sent along some more pictures (see below).

They had a bit of a challenge finding a place to rest their heads for this coming evening, since it's the 4th of July. They'll be staying in town that is very appropriately named "Liberty." I guess it's a pretty small town because there are only three hotels. They must have a popular 4th of July celebration (in keeping with the spirit of their name, of course) because when Bill called around, there were no hotel rooms available. One place even told him they had a 15-person waiting list! When he finished calling the last place, they pondered what to do. Bill said that one of the three places sounded a little hesitant when they said there were no rooms. He thought they weren't telling him the whole story. So he handed the phone to David and said, "You're the salesman! You talk to them!" So David turned on the charm, and wouldn't you know, he was able to secure them a room!