travel time! slightly OT

My dh and I are leaving the sunny state of California on Wednesday to travel to Altamont, Utah via Winnemucca, NV with a long stop at the new Cabela's in Lehi, Utah. After Altamont, we will travel up to Cody, Wyoming. The Yellowstone Quilt Fest will be one of the highlights of the days we are there.......Big Horn Quilt Shop

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will be one of the vendors. From Cody, we will travel to Jackson, Wy, Idaho Falls, Id to Boise, Id, into Oregon and possibly back down to Winnemucca before heading home.

Big question: what should we NOT miss on our travels? I'm talking fabric and/or fabulous sights. We have about 10 days. I have done a lot of internet searching and Googling but nothing beats the "local" aspect.

It's going to be a fun road trip! I'll get lots of piecing time on my Quilt Patis quilt and knitting time on my baby afghan......when it's not my turn to drive!

Looking forward to any info you lovely folks can provide. Laurie G. in CA

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Hi Laurie,

DH & I travelled to Provo, UT in 2004. He is a woodturner & took classes in Orem. Not to be missed, in our NSHO is Robert Redford's Sundance, which is just outside of Provo. (Which is very close to Lehi.) It's absolutely beautiful & the food is spectacular. There are 2 restaurants there - one is more formal, while the other is more casual. You can't go wrong with either one. Even if you don't eat there, the drive in is so pretty.

Are you committed to staying in Winnemucca? We did on the way up, but on the way back home to California, we stayed in another town, which I don't remember the name of, but if you're interested, I can check with DH in the morning. There are a lot of Basque restaurants in that part of Nevada. We ate in one in Winnemucca & in another one in the other town.

There are a lot of quilt shops in the area you are going to be in. If you are interested, I can email you a list I have from a Shop Hop that had just taken place before I got there. One store I highly recommend is Mormon Handicraft. The day I was in SLC, they were just getting ready to reopen in their new location, which is in "This is the Place" State Park. I had a chance to look around, but they weren't ready for customers yet. The park is very interesting as well. I also went to a shop in Sandy, UT called Quilt, Quilt, Quilt etc. It's on the way to SLC from Provo. It's the biggest quilt shop I've ever been in - they claim to have over 10,000 bolts of fabric. My feeling is that if they don't have it, it doesn't exist. (It was actually too big for me to enjoy, but if you're looking for something special, it's probably there.) I also took a class in a shop in Springville (near Provo) that was just charming. Fairly large & a nice selection of fabrics. I'd go back there. Overall, we had really good food in Provo in every restaurant that we went to.

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Thanks for the info, Pauline......it sounds like you had a wonderful trip! Our main destination is actually Altamont, Ut and we need to be there on Thursday. Winnemucca is about as far as we can travel in one day without being totally exhausted! We won't spend much time there.....just dinner, sleep and up early the next morning. We like Basque food though, so will look into that.......

I'll look up R.R's Sundance.....I'm not sure we'll have more time than it takes to shop at Cabela's! From there we head straight to Altamont. From there we head up to Cody, Wy and that's the last we'll be in Utah this trip. Someday, I 15 will be a trip we take, so I can shop more quilt stores then! But, if you can easily email the list, I'd be happy to get it! Thanks!

Today is packing day so it's a busy one! Laurie G. in "going to be hot" CA

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