Mini Vacation continued...

Well, upon returning home from our day trip to Heber, Utah the weather turned sour here in the valley so we decided to head up to eastern Idaho and visit Lori and her family. We stayed the night at a hotel in Rexburg where the kids were able to have a swim then we spent the rest of the weekend visiting our cousins and seeing the sights.

Steven and Wyatt showed us how fun it is to have chickens as you can see Wyatt grabbing one for David.

Mike and Lori took us up to Mesa falls which proved to be more spectacular than anticipated. These really are world class falls. The 150' falls kick up a lot of mist which seem to have created a micro climate on the west side of the river similar to a rain forest. Just beautiful!

We had a picnic lunch in the shade near our cars. We hand fed a bird that came for a visit, watched Mei-Mei step into her peanut butter sandwich, and received lessons on the only way of making a PB&J sandwich (spread PB on one slice, and J on the other - never spreading the J on the PB!).

After lunch, we drove to the Harriman State Park were the kids were able to hike around and Mike and I were able to throw our fishing lines into the river. It was pretty hot and the fish were not biting so after a short stay we opted to find a better spot (one where the kids could get wet and the big kids could fish). Mike told us about a local fishing hole with another waterfall and a beach so we headed back out.

The place Mike took us was called Monkey Falls... Mike was anxious to get his line wet so before the rest of us could get the kids in their suits and down to the river, Mike caught the first fish, a 19.5" cutthroat, just at the base of the fall! (On his first cast no less). It took me a bit longer but was eventually able to pull one out at the same spot... a more humble 18.5" cutthroat..

Of course, that evening we ate an Idahoan smorgasbord of Potato and Trout!

We spent that night with Lori and the fam as Alex, Vanessa, and David continued to have a great time chasing chickens and playing with their cousins. We had a fantastic time being with them. Vanessa wanted to know when we could move to Idaho... My guess is, not until she chooses to go to BYU Idaho in 9 years :)

We would have loved to continue our travels up to Burley, Idaho to see Grandma Fillmore; however, each of seem to have shared a little too much over the past 4 days cramped up in our car... besides the water bottles and recycled air, we all shared a nice soar throat and runny nose. So, we thought it would be best not to share that with her. We headed for home Sunday morning just in time to allow the Courtney's get ready for church. Until next time... adieu!