Vacation in the Wild Wild West

We were supposed to leave on Friday around noon. But the power went out here and at work for KC so he had to stay and take care of problems. We ended up leaving at 3:45. We were finally on our way and then cars are just completly stopped. It took us over an hour to get through. We really don't know what was the problem but it looked like them might have closed the road for a little while because of construction. We made it to Evanston and then we ate dinner. We wanted KFC but we missed the exit so we went to the next exit turned around and went back. We found the KFC sign but that was all. It had been demolished. Just our luck of the day! So we ate at Wendy's. We were finally on our way from Evanston at about 7:30 and we still had a long way to go. G does not like being in the car at night so we were a little worried. We made it to Cheyenne at 12:30. Safe and Sound.

Saturday morning we slept in. KC, G and I stayed at P&K house across the street cause Brownstown was full. We went on a tour of T&J house that is beeing built and then on a tour of C&R house. S had lost one of her contacts so we had to go and get her new ones at Walmart. We did some shopping for clothes for pictures the next day. That night we went to dinner at Guadalajaras. It is always adventurous when you go with so many people.



















Sunday we went to church, had dinner, and then it was time for Family Pictures. We were scheduled to do it at the Botanical Gardens but it was raining really hard. We waited and we were still able to take them there just not sitting on the grass.

Monday July 30 we drove up to the Passage Resort where Tron is the chef. It was about a 5 hour drive. We at lunch in Sheridan at a Pizza place and visited with Grandma's brother Dennis. Then we went up the mountain. We had two really nice cabins waiting for us. The adults and G stayed in one and the kids in the other. T had a nice dinner planned for us. Lots of steak. We ate outside and then we had a campfire where we roasted marshmellows.

Tuesday we had a very nice and big breakfast made by T and then we went to see the Medicine Wheel. It was a short drive but once there you had to walk 1 1/2 miles up to the place. We just did not plan on that walk and did not put sunblock on. A few of the kids got sunburned, including G a little on her arms. It was a very nice, quiet place where American Indians do ceremonies. In the afternoon the kids went fishing for a few hours. Then KC, J, T, Grandpa and I went four wheeling. It was fun. Its so nice to be out in nature like that. We came back and the kids were still fishing. They caught a few fish for dinner that night. We had fish and chips for dinner. We ate at about 9:30pm. It was so good to see T and be with everyone.

Wednesday we left for Cody to see a museum there. It was an awesome museum of WY history. We had lunch at a restaurant and then we needed to drive to Thermopolis where there are hot springs. We drove down and saw them but it was to late to swim so it would have to wait until the next day. We stayed in a cabin (Dawn's family). It was very nice of them to let us stay there.

Thursday we had breakfast at their house and then went swimming at the hot springs pools. It was a nice relaxing time in that medicinal water. We were there until about 1:00. We then had lunch at Taco John's. After that we drove back to UT. G was really good, she slept on and off for about 4 hours until we got to Rock Springs. I drove in a major rain storm while KC slept. It was kind of scary. We made it home that night at 9:30. We had a wonderful time with KC's family. The kids just love playing with their cousins from Miami.

We had to hurry home cause K was going on a river run with the Laurels from the ward early the next morning.