Idaho Visit Part 1

Hello, The Family!

Here I am at home, once again, after our swell

soiree out in the lovely land of Idaho. 

(I so do love alliteration.)

As you all know, I am having a bit of a fuzzy-brain

problem. So. Here are a bunch of real nice pictures

of our trip out to see you. It is fair to say that I 

have little idea of where most of these pictures

were taken. It was pretty. I had fun. Etc...

We stopped to see Sammy on our way.

It was really funny. Dad and I parked in the

parking lot and headed for the dining lodge. As we strolled

up we heard a booming Sam voice say, "Hey! Is

that my mom? What are my parents doing here?"

We stayed and visited during his lunch break. It was so

good to see him and he was equally glad to see us.

I sure love that boy! We brought him some snacks

and quarters for the laundry. 

He is getting to be way too grown up.

Look at that cute face!

All too soon it was time for him to get back to 

work, so we hugged and headed out.

We were famished and stopped at a Perkins

 for lunch. The weirdest thing happened there.

When I was a trying-to-be-cool teenager in the 1980s I 

listened to a very alternative band called Bronski Beat.

I never heard any of their music on the radio. Ever.

Until I was in a Perkins restaurant, in northern Minnesota,

in 2014. And oddly, there it was: Bronski Beat, wailing 

out, "Can you tell me why?"

Bizarre!

We stopped to sleep in the gracious 

(I use that word very loosely) 

accommodations of ye olde Walmart parking lot. We put

the air mattress in the back of Wayne-Daryl, pulled the shades,

and got comfy. We even had my wind up alarm clock from home.

Surprisingly cozy!

Next morning we breakfasted on McDonald's, and resumed

driving. This wayside rest was one of our first stops. We

got out and walked the paths several times to give my

back some respite from sitting. After a while Dad went to

read the visitor info, and I grabbed my camera to take

some pictures. I was bopping along until I saw this:

and stopped dead in my tracks. 

Yikes!!!

And then I resumed, because we had already walked

all over without seeing any snakes. 

Ugh! Blech! Shudder!

Snakes freak me out.

Then we drove a looooooong time.

And it must have been boring.

Or I slept?

I don't know. What I do know is that there are no pictures.

Oh wait! We stopped at a really great little place in Bozeman

for lunch and had a gorgeous salad, brick oven pizza, 

and some super delicious beverages. It was such a hipster

place and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Haha!

And then we were past Bozeman and into the pretty

part of the drive. This is one of many stops.

The Mom/Dad selfie.

We were alone. What else could we do?

Wayne-Daryl wanted a pic with the pretty scenery too.

Before we knew it we had phone service and a pile 

of texts from all the people.

We tried to surprise Mandy and Mia, to no avail.

They were in the library studying like good girls.

 (finals week for those who don't know) 

 We ended up having to text M and M, got excitedly 

together, and the fun began! We visited for a while and 

then headed out to Kayla and Kerry's house.

And that concludes today's portion of our vacation

story. Join us next time and see what further

fun Ross and Kim enjoy on their journey!

Until next time....

Love,

The Mom