Trips to Salt Lake City

Kale and I have made 3 trips down to Salt Lake so far this year...and we've ended up buying something new every time we've gone down! Our first trip down was in March to go to the Sportsman's Expo. I had been looking at cars for almost a month before this trip. I wanted something that could fit more than 5 people in it. When my mom visited this last Christmas, it was hard because we had to take 2 vehicles everywhere we went since both of ours only sat 5 people. I had finally decided on a Mazda CX-9. There were a few available at different dealerships, but I decided to try Henry Day Ford first. It turned out to be a great deal so we bought it! I love having so much extra room! And now we are able to haul 7 people in my car. Ironically, our salesman at Henry Day Ford had previously been a social worker in Vernal so he knew all about this area.


Our next trip down was the beginning of June. We decided to take a day and take the kids to the zoo and aquarium. They had a blast! We were also considering trading in our camper for a toy hauler so we could haul all our camping stuff in one trip instead of two, and so I didn't have to pull anything. We decided to stop by Motor Sportsland just to check out what the toy haulers actually looked like inside. They happened to have a used one they had just gotten in. It was exactly what we were looking for so we bought that too! A few days later, we met them just outside of Fort Bridger with our new toy hauler. We love it so, so much! It's awesome to be able to just drive our Ranger inside and get everything to the camp in one trip. Plus we no longer have to carry a generator and gas cans with us; it's all built in to the toy hauler:)



Our third trip down to SLC was just this last week. Kale and I went this time without the kids. The purpose of this trip was to get a new truck. Ever since we've been married, we've always had a Dodge. Well last year, Kale decided he wanted a Toyota Tacoma. So we bought one. Since it wasn't big enough to pull our camper, we also had to buy another full-size truck. We ended up with my brother-in-law's 1997 Ford. Since we bought the new toy hauler, we didn't really have a need to have 2 trucks anymore. And Kale was really missing his Dodge, especially when he was pulling the camper. So I searched online for about a week and found some awesome trucks at a place in American Fork called Watts Automotive. We found a truck we liked and headed down at 6 a.m. As soon as we got there, the salesman pulled the truck we liked out of the garage and we instantly fell in love with it! I was sold before we even drove it! Lol! I definitely recommend Watts if you're looking for any kind of truck, especially if you like trucks with lifts and tires/wheels. From the time we arrived at the dealership to the time we drove off in our new truck was an hour and a half! By far the fastest vehicle buying experience we've ever had! When we got home, we took the kids for a ride up to our friends's house. Kale got a text from his friend Bubba who grew up in Manila and now lives in Green River asking where we got the truck. We were laughing earlier in the day about how we always end up with the exact same truck as Bubba, who also has a white Dodge. Well Kale called him and jokingly apologized for copying his truck again. Bubbe replied with, "You didn't copy my truck; that IS my truck!" Turns out, Bubba and his wife had traded in their white Dodge the week before at Watts and we ended up buying it without even knowing it!