Thursday, May 27, 2010

Fiberless West of the Rockies

We just don't get it. For days we have searched the major grocery stores and there are 2 things we just aren't finding: salad bars and bran muffins. Lots of fried chicken and double chocolate chip muffins. We figure there must be a lot of people out here without enough fiber in their... lives.

Today we drove from Rexburg to Salt Lake City, stopping off in Pocatello to search for bran muffins and to mistakenly buy lunch at a Chinese restaurant. No bran muffins, not even at Food 4 Less. And the Chinese food? Uhm... Corn starch and soy sauce surrounding canned vegetables and crispy noodles. Ugh.

The highlight of the day, though, was stopping to visit Paul and Janean Justham and their kids. Paul is one of my best friends from college, and we only get to see each other now and then. The kids are bigger... and there are more of them! We were so impressed with how intelligent and polite they were as we joined them for family dinner. Afterwards, we were treated to a mini-talent show. Luke, age 3, sang (actually sang the lyrics!) and danced to a Beatles CD. And Parker did his Thriller dance. It was loads of fun. Mary and I were like the aunt and uncle who came over to get the kids all fired up just before bedtime, then take off. We had a great time with a great family.

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