We extended our 3-day holiday weekend into 5 days and hit the road north to Montana for Deb Winters' (Deb is Brandon's sister Heather's mom, for those of you keeping track) annual 4th of July Bash. We stayed at Pond's Lodge in Island Park, ID on Thursday night. Brandon got to do some fly fishing and Gavin and I got to do some charity work feeding blood to needy mosquitoes. Aside from the mosquito thing we really enjoyed the fancy new cabin and the pretty setting. On Friday morning Brody and I went for a jog in the woods behind the lodge and were treated to seeing two moose (a bull and his lady friend) and a
white-tailed deer. Gavin was treated to a morning in bed watching cartoons with Daddy as well as a giant, inflamed, red left ear - courtesy (we think) of the aforementioned mosquitoes. Despite his discomfort he traveled well and even took a nap in the car for the second day in a row - not a common occurrence for our 'spirited' child. We arrived at Deb's house in Townsend, MT on Friday afternoon and proceeded to relax and make ourselves at home.
We got to meet Heather's sweet 5-month-old nephew Delwyn and Gavin got to spend some quality time with his cousin Rhiannon. The two of them are peas in a pod - a beautiful thing on multiple levels.
We enjoyed stuffed burgers, tequila-soaked watermelon chunks, Brandon's tasty home-brewed pale ale, and numerous other food delights along with some hot tub soaking and fireworks lighting/watching and s'mores with strawberry slices in them (yes, it's a really really good idea). What's an American holiday without a boat-load of food and drink and a little fiery danger thrown in? We said goodbye to Heather and Deb and Rhiannon on Sunday morning and headed back south, this time via Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. We stayed the night in a cabin at Colter Bay in Teton Park. We were still spoiled from staying at the cabin at Pond's Lodge on the way up, so the Park Service cabin seemed kinda lame, but it had everything we needed and the views were incredible.
We took a couple of short strolls and, true to form, Gavin scraped up his face on a stump and, later, his elbow on I don't even know what. I can't help but wonder why Child Services hasn't knocked on our door yet to investigate the perpetual owies covering our child. We made our way home on Monday via Jackson Hole, Bear Lake and Logan Canyon. Another beautiful drive. Home's nice, but vacation is nicer. For a whole bunch more pictures,
click here.
We extended our 3-day holiday weekend into 5 days and hit the road north to Montana for Deb Winters' (Deb is Brandon's sister Heather's mom, for those of you keeping track) annual 4th of July Bash. We stayed at Pond's Lodge in Island Park, ID on Thursday night. Brandon got to do some fly fishing and Gavin and I got to do some charity work feeding blood to needy mosquitoes. Aside from the mosquito thing we really enjoyed the fancy new cabin and the pretty setting. On Friday morning Brody and I went for a jog in the woods behind the lodge and were treated to seeing two moose (a bull and his lady friend) and a white-tailed deer. Gavin was treated to a morning in bed watching cartoons with Daddy as well as a giant, inflamed, red left ear - courtesy (we think) of the aforementioned mosquitoes. Despite his discomfort he traveled well and even took a nap in the car for the second day in a row - not a common occurrence for our 'spirited' child. We arrived at Deb's house in Townsend, MT on Friday afternoon and proceeded to relax and make ourselves at home. 
We got to meet Heather's sweet 5-month-old nephew Delwyn and Gavin got to spend some quality time with his cousin Rhiannon. The two of them are peas in a pod - a beautiful thing on multiple levels. 
We enjoyed stuffed burgers, tequila-soaked watermelon chunks, Brandon's tasty home-brewed pale ale, and numerous other food delights along with some hot tub soaking and fireworks lighting/watching and s'mores with strawberry slices in them (yes, it's a really really good idea). What's an American holiday without a boat-load of food and drink and a little fiery danger thrown in? We said goodbye to Heather and Deb and Rhiannon on Sunday morning and headed back south, this time via Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. We stayed the night in a cabin at Colter Bay in Teton Park. We were still spoiled from staying at the cabin at Pond's Lodge on the way up, so the Park Service cabin seemed kinda lame, but it had everything we needed and the views were incredible. 
We took a couple of short strolls and, true to form, Gavin scraped up his face on a stump and, later, his elbow on I don't even know what. I can't help but wonder why Child Services hasn't knocked on our door yet to investigate the perpetual owies covering our child. We made our way home on Monday via Jackson Hole, Bear Lake and Logan Canyon. Another beautiful drive. Home's nice, but vacation is nicer. For a whole bunch more pictures, click here.
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