Quick Trips

I've taken two quick trips in the past few weeks. The first one was up to Island Park. My dad's side of the family has access to a great cabin up in Island Park and last year we all went up for the week so we decided to do it again this year. The problem this year is that the first week in July I took off for fireworks, the second week I had swine flu and the third I took off to make two wedding cakes. That left me with no time to take off for Island Park. I did manage to get Thursday off though so I woke up at 4 with Nolan, ran to Lewiston to pick up Lainey and then we drove to Island Park. We napped for half an hour when we got there and then loaded up onto the 4-wheelers.

Before:

During:

Dad in the fore-ground, the mountain we climbed in the background.

Dad frolicking in the wildflowers

Lainey spinning and singing about the hills being alive.

Me communing with my fellow yellow flowers.

We rode for 5 hours and went about 60 miles. It was a great trip and a ton of fun to hang out with my dad and Lainey. Once we got back to the cabin Lainey and I cleaned up, helped make and eat dinner, and then drove back home.

The next trip was a 3 day trip to Vegas and back with our friends Tony and Ginger. The night before we left I drove to Brigham to stay with Ginger since the guys had to work their grave shift before we left. We went shopping for road trip food!

Can you tell how concerned we are about eating healthy?

I get a discount on a hotel off of the strip through work so we got an amazing 2 room suite that usually runs for $899 a night for $89 a night! Our first night there we walked the strip and ate at a prime rib place that Tony and Ginger love. Our second day we spent shopping at 2 great malls. Nolan and I went into Build-a-Bear down there and I got this little guy!

Our second night there we went to Benihana for dinner and I actually got Nolan to try sushi. I should have taken a picture because I don't know if he'll ever try it again. We also decided to try out the Blackjack tables. The 4 of us sat down with $20 each and fully expected to lose it all but we each ended up winning around $50 a piece! We decided to quit while we were ahead.

Here's Nolan the next morning as we head back home.

Isn't he cute!!

The ride home was not so great. Nolan and I both got a bit carsick and then we had to stop at a motorcycle wreck in St. George. We probably would have watched it happen if we hadn't been behind a semi. The guy's tire blew out and he had his helmet strapped to his backpack instead of on his head. Nolan and Tony jumped out to try to help but he was gone as soon as he hit the ground. Definitely not the most fun way to end a vacation but what can you do?