To Grandpa

Sorry your head isn't in the right place...

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ice cream sandwich

To Ted

To the mad scientist and his family:

(I couldn't get Ted's mouth to match and I really should update my collection of heads and at least include Ben, but that's all you're going to get for this Halloween. I'll include Ben in a later show.)

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mallory and laura at our house

doug and benjamin at our house

mallory, nate, and isaac at grandma's house.

42 years of bliss.

August, 1967. Good year for Mustangs
too. I cropped this when I scanned it from the slide. I've got to go back to the slide and scan in the original with the Tetons in the background.

42 years later. Same place. Notice we were on the top rail back then.

Devil's Stairs, South Teton Creek Canyon

We figure this is Devils Stairs. They were rocks to get to the final part of the hike.

The boys. Brandon, Nate, Dustin

(Tom's brother in law) and Tom.

Add Sue. See Table Rock in background. We were going there. But to limits of time (BYU football and weddings) we went to Devil's Stairs. I about died on this hike. I will have to really train to go to Table Rock. Losing my aerobic skills. Fine on flat trails, but a little slope kills me.

Only time Nate was carried. The boys were great hikers. Brandon led most of the way. He was the first one back to the car. With his mom 1/2 mile behind.

Nate kept right up.

Notice who is in lead. Brandon, Tom, Dustin, Sue, Nate. Somebody had to take the picture. I was resting every few minutes.

Sue wanted a tough guy pose. Brandon is just too nice. At least he wasn't making a face.

This was at the first of the hike. We went up part of the way of that mountain in the background.

Lewis Lake, 3 Tetons, Devil's Stairs

Wednesday, we took Aunt LaRee to Jackson to meet Uncle Doug. We all crowded in the pickup because we had the 5th wheel too. Mom and I went on to Lewis Lake just inside Yellowstone. I planned on fishing, but after talking with the campground host and the lake being cold, I decided that reading a book by the campfire would be just as

fufilling.

Dont you just love my new Nikon SLR? Mormon Row in GTNP.

I did not know there was a natural bridge in YNP. It is by West Thumb-Bridgebay.

We saw this Moose at Moose Junction in GTNP. It stayed in this pose for about 2 hours before we got there. I think it is stuffed for the tourists.

42 years later. Same place plus a few pounds for Dad, less a few rollers for Mom.

She loves her picture taken.

West Thumb Geyser Basin. I have never been here before. Always drive on by. Mom has been with her family.

Mom at Moose Falls at South Entrance

YNP.








We finished Friday by staying at Tom's in preparartion for the big hike. Next Blog.

another post

I feel so good about putting pictures on this site that I'm going to add a few more from the summer. Where did the pictures go?

Ctr Boy, Batman and Superman

Mystic Falls and Black Sand Basin

these pictures go with previous message

Trains and Yellowstone

We enjoyed taking care of William and Sean while the rest went to the Oquirrh Mtn temple dedication, Th3e day before we went to Ogden's Union Station. The past week mom and i went to the cabin and Yellowstone. Mystic Falls and Black Sand Basin.

mallory and nate

 

 

who discovered that it is fun to play spaceship together. and eat chips and salsa together.

busy week

Mom and I entertained Paul and Yolanda Sorenson Tuesday as they were on their way to Rexburg for education week with their brother and sister. We had liined up that nite to go to Marlene Reid's with the Webelos to talkl about the Bannock indians, they were good sports and went with us. Last nite I got the bug to go to the open house for the fish ladder and the remodeled dam on the Buffalo river. We stayed at the cabin and attended teh open house today. very interesting love dad

Montana-Mosquito Adventures

We left Idaho Falls at 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday and drove to find a campsite in Montana somewhere near Crystal Park. We stopped in Dillon for groceries. We ate really expensive deli chicken in the car as we drove to Bannack State Park to check out their campground. We really liked the site next to the creek, and we would have stayed there if it wasn’t for the noisy air-conditioned bus. So we searched for another campground with less noise. After we drove all the way to Wisdom, we turned back to try the way-out-of-the-way campground at Lower Miner Lake. It was nice, except for the swarm of mosquitoes that attacked us the second we opened the car doors. We set up the tent trailer and camp quickly since it was after 9:00 by this point. The kids enjoyed being out of the car finally. The next morning, Scott found a bar of soap that he whittled away at with a pocket knife. We didn't stay long enough to find the trailhead that I wanted to hike, but we enjoyed just hanging out at the campground. We packed up in the late morning and began the search for a campground closer to Crystal Park. We discovered Grasshopper Creek campground and set up camp yet again. We enjoyed playing in the creek while we waited for our meatball sandwiches to cook in the Dutch oven. Then we drove into Dillon, again, to fill the car with gas and we enjoyed ice cream cones at the local Dairy Queen. We stopped at Bannack State Park on our way back to the campground. The kids had a great time running around the abandoned ghost town. That is where Grandma and Grandpa miraculously found us. The kids were thrilled to hear Grandma and Grandpa calling their names from the other end of the boardwalk and they ran to greet them. Later, we enjoyed fajitas, watermelon, beet greens and fruit cobbler back at the campground. The next morning, we had a quick breakfast and loaded up our shovels and screens to go hunt for quartz at Crystal Park. Grandma and Grandpa watched the kids and Ted dig for a little while and then continued on their own adventure. We dug for a while longer and headed for the car when we saw the rain clouds rolling in. We barely made it to the car before the rain started. All the bugs washed off of the car as we headed back to Idaho. We intended to go to the cabin and catch a family reunion Saturday for lunch, but Scott said it the best after he realized there would be no cousins to play with at the cabin. “I have enough mosquito bites. Can we just go home?” So we came home a day early and slept in our own beds and had baths. All in all it was a memorable trip. Next time I go camping I want more effective mosquito repellent! We used an entire can of spray and we're all still covered with bites!

the trip

Honorable Mention Photos