Traveling toward Salt Lake City Monday night, we stopped for a sit down meal since our food that day was rather meager, we enjoyed a salad bar and a normal meal. As we headed out across the Wasatch Mountains toward Salt Lake it became apparent that something was not right with our health.
A short time later we pulled over for Lyn to unload his dinner the same way it was loaded. Jolene took over driving and Renae promptly mentioned that her stomach was not well. Since we were in the mountains, it was several hours before we came to a town with motels, camping was now out of the question. By then, Darryn and Devan were both not feeling well.
To summarize and save you the graphic details, Jolene earned super mom award as she took care of 4 sick people the same night, at times there were three people lined up for the bathroom; trashcans became vital necessities. Renae said she lost track of how many times she upchucked. By morning, Ericka and Dwight joined in the party as well. I'll refrain from posting pictures with this post.
Needless to say, we parked at the motel until around noon, by then the stomachs were empty, but the pain was still prevalent. We made our way to Idaho Falls, Idaho were we are again in a motel trying to gain our strength back. Supper was a trip to Wal Mart for chicken noodle soup and some fruit. I think we are mostly over it, Devan and Renae always seem to hang onto these bugs the longest. I'm afraid to mention that now Jolene is not feeling the best....
We are a bit puzzled at what caused this outbreak, we didn't eat the same food, so we can't blame that. We talked about something in the water we drank, but normally those illnesses don't pop up until several days later. Whatever the case, we've never experienced anything like it before and don't wish it on anyone.
We were just saying that we have a "free day" with nothing pressing on our schedule, the illness fell on that day. We are also grateful that we all got sick at once instead of having it drag on for days and days.
Hopefully tomorrow we can head out feeling better and ready to enjoy the Grand Tetons. Jackson Hole Wyoming will be our first stop.
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