Springtime Fun

It feels like spring has come to this part of the world. And not a minute too soon. We have been busy having fun, here at home. Let me go back a couple of weeks to explain..

Nate flew back to DC, met Roy there and the two of them went to the Jimmy Lange flight on Sat., May 2. Nate spent the weekend with Dad and the two of them had a lot of fun from the stories I heard. It was a wet rainy weekend, so the planned baseball game was cancelled.

Last weekend, Mother's Day was celebrated with a picnic at Grandma Turner's house, Sunday afternoon. Aunt Jan came up and Tonya from Casper came with her 4 kids. They are cute kids and are very active. After lunch, I took the three older kids to the state park to see the 5 baby bison.

After a hectic week dealing with banking snafu's, Nate and I loaded up the new Santa Fe to see how it handled a Yellowstone weekend. Jason was out of town and Cheryl didn't want to spend the weekend alone, so she invited us up.

Saturday morning we got up--not too early--and headed north. After a stop in West Yellowstone, headed into the park. We encountered a herd of bison taking a nice leisurely stroll with babies in the group.

We then drove to Canyon and stopped at the Canyon Education Station. It explains all about the seismic events that shaped the Yellowstone Region. Then we drove through Hayden Valley, around the Lake, which still has ice on it, and then on to Old Faithful. There is still a lot of snow on the road to Old Faithful.

After watching Old Faithful go off, we headed for the south entrance to the Park and a drive through Grand Teton. We drove through Jackson, along the Snake River, Palisades, and Swan Valley to return safely to Cheryl's for bedtime. It was a busy day, but a very fun day. On Sunday, Nate and I returned home safely.
By the way, the Santa Fe handled very nicely. It will be a great car to take on our adventures.

Nate has eight days of school left. It is that time of year, when you have had enough school and let's get on with summer.

Our plans for the summer are not finalized, but we have fun things planned. Roy will be home for a week for Memorial Day. Nate and I hope to go to Florida for a beach vacation sometime in June. Roy comes home again for a week over the 4th of July. He will then come home for a week beginning the 17th of August. Any one wishing to spend a week with us in August is welcome to join us, hopefully in the Yellowstone area. Let us know asap if you wish to join us.
We are also going to meet up in Albuquerque the first part of August for Ryan's baptism on the 8th. Roy will fly to ALB and Nate and I will drive. I would like to do some sightseeing on the journey and also in the ALB area. Anyone wishing to drive with us, you are sure welcome to come along. Michelle, Cheryl, and I are planning at swimming trip to Lava Hot Springs and also a camping trip in the Bear Lake area. Anyone wishing to join us on these trips are welcome.

So--that's what we have been up to and our plans for the upcoming months. I hope to do some camping along the way, too.