Yellowstone

Well, we made it to yellowstone. Thanks to a bit of laziness on my part last night our 6am departure this morning was delayed until 11am. ouch! That's okay, it was a lot nicer to be laid back and not stressed out. The drive was not too bad, about 5 1/2 hours had we driven straight. however, we stopped in tremonton, UT for lunch. Then we stopped in Rexburg for a mid-afternoon snack. WOW! Has that place changed. The Rexburg temple so beautiful. We drove by our old apartments and talked about all the things we remembered. The children were not intertained, I think watching paint peel might've been more interesting for them. But it was nice to go back in time with Gilbert to where we first met. Rexburg is still in the middle of nowhere, but there's lots more to do there then there used to be. After driving another hour or so we stopped in Island Park, ID at one of Gilbert's favorite fishing spots. Apparently when he was here last year the fish were biting like crazy. Not the case this time. but that's okay, we're here a month earlier than he was and it's a lot colder. Finally we got to West Yellowstone. Our hotel is moderate, nothing fancy but it'll work. We went out to dinner at a cute little downhome type place. But in a tourist town it wasn't really down-home, especially the prices (yikes!) Anyway, we did plan ahead and brought lots of food and since our room has a kitchen we will be cooking the rest of our meals. We did have to stop and buy perishables, another 'yikes!' since milk was $5.09 a gallon. We'll be rationing the one gallon for the rest of the trip. Also, I thought I would be cute and load my memory card from the camera onto my laptop the show you some pictures of the kids fishing...but my comp. doesn't have a port for the card. I guess I should've brought the cords. ohwell. I guess you'll have to wait until I get home. It's time to get the troops in bed, lots to do tomorrow. We already saw a calf moose on our fishing adventure and a deer jaywalked in front of us on the highway (not close though). We're looking forward to seeing all the wildlife tomorrow. more to come from our adventures in yellowstone soon.