Yellowstone

On Monday, Mom had to go get her broken nail fixed, so I walked around the grocery store next door.  We drove up to Idaho and had lunch in Soda Springs.  Daisy got sick in the car and threw up all over everything in the backseat, including Shadow.  While Dad and I were cleaning stuff up, the cows kept mooing and scaring the cats.  We ended up in Jackson Hole and stayed in the Virginian Lodge RV Park.  We had stayed in the Virginian Lodge in 2007, but had never stayed in the RV park before.  We were in spot 57.  We at dinner at Bubba's BBQ.  I had the garlic toast, corn on the cob, red potato salad, and smoked turkey.  We drove around town before returning to the trailer.  I read the book, Angela's Ashes.

On Tuesday, We went shopping in Town Square.  I bought some books.

 We drove and walked around the shops at Teton Village.

 We saw an accident between a bike and open air tour bus near Bar J Ranch.  We went and saw the town square shootout, where the Jackson Hole Playhouse players performed a number from Footloose.

  We walked around the shops.  We ate pizza and bread sticks at Pinky G's Pizzeria.  I read the book, Fisher of Men.

On Wednesday, we drove through Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park.

We drove up to West Yellowstone and stayed in the West Yellowstone KOA Park.   We were in spot 53.

 We saw The Playmill Theater production of Fiddler on the Roof.  We got a program and some fudge.

We ate dinner at the Slippery Otter Pub.  I had the fish and chips.  I read the book, House of Night: Marked.

We walked through the shops in West Yellowstone.

We saw The Playmill Theater production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.  They sang happy anniversary to Mom and Dad.  We got some walnut fudge.

 We had dinner at The Gusher, ordering pizza and bread sticks.  The guy at the next table, worked with Dad at DISA.

On Friday, we drove to the Fishing Bridge RV Park.  I read the book, Things I Want My Daughters to Know.  We were in spot G-326 and were packed in like sardines.

We went to the Fishing Bridge General store.  I got a stone necklace, a shirt, a hoodie, and an Old Faithful pin.  We watched the movie, Oz the Great and Powerful.  Dad went to the amphitheatre to hear the ranger talk about the lake.

On Saturday, I read the book, Look Again.  We had to wait for a bison to cross the Fishing Bridge.

We went and saw Old Faithful and got a Huckleberry ice cream cone.

We walked through the gift shop and the general store.

We went to Biscuit Basin and saw the geysers.

 We went to West Thumb to see the geysers. Dad had a huge beetle on his back and I took a picture.

We went to Canyon Village and walked through the stores and museum.

 We went to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone to see the waterfalls.

We saw a bear cub playing in the water and hide behind the trees.

We went to the Mud Volcanoes to see the mud pots and Dragon's mouth.  Dad went to the amphitheatre to hear the ranger talk about the bison.

On Sunday, we drove back up to West Yellowstone and drove home through Island Park Idaho Falls.  I read the book, Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me.

Starcrossed

Wood Crafts

I painted a Liberty Bell for Independence Day:

I painted flip flops:

I painted a flower:

I redid the Popsicle letters for our Summer Block:

Ogden Raptors

We went to the Ogden Raptors game at Lindquist Field in Ogden.  They were playing a double header so we watched the first game.  They beat Idaho Falls 7 to 6.  We were in the H section, R row, so it had no shade.  After the game, we went and got an ice cream cone at Farr's

Sun

Anderson Cove

We drove to Anderson Cove.  We were in spot 47, which was close to spot 55 we were in last time.

 On Tuesday,  Dad made us french toast for breakfast.  I read the book, Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn &  David Levithan.  Dad tried to put the cats out in their cat tent, next to the trailer, but they were too scared and meowed the whole time.    We took a drive up to Causey Estates to see the dam.  Dad cooked us hot dogs for lunch.  Then we packed up the cats and Dad drove us home, and then he drove back up there for another night.

On Wednesday, Dad came home. He brought home leftover dutch oven cherry cobbler and cheesy bacon potatoes.

On Thursday, Mom had to go get a second iron IV infusion in Ogden for five hours.

Lake Tahoe

On Sunday, we drove to Wells, Nevada with a stop for dinner in Wendover.  We stayed at the Angel Lake RV Resort in spot 29.  We drove around town before we went to bed.

On Monday, We ate breakfast at McDonald's. We drove to Lake Tahoe, with stops in Elko, lunch in Winnemuca, and Carson City.  We stayed at Zephyr Cove in spot 139.  I finished reading the book, Bossypants by Tina Fey.

On Tuesday,  Dad made us french toast for breakfast.  I finished reading the book, Fairy Tale Blues by Tina Welling.  My cousin Tina called my mom to tell her, Tina's brother, Gary, had passed away.  He was 54.  We drove up to Emerald Bay.  Then we went to K-Mart and Raley's for breakfast.  We went and walked around the shops at the Village Center and The shops at Heavenly Village.  Mom bought some slippers made of wool of Alpaca.  We ate dinner at Grand Central Pizza and Pasta.  We watched the movie, RV.

On Wednesday,  Dad made us eggs, bacon, and toast for breakfast.  We drove to Carson City. I went into Raley's, while Mom and Dad went into Kohl's.  We stopped at 7-11 to get a Slurpee.  We then drove up to Virginia City.  We walked around the shops.  Dad bought some unusual taffy flavors, including some Maple Bacon.  Dad pulled up to a field and used his metal detector, while Mom and I waited in the truck.  We saw an iguana and a snake.  I finished reading the book, Lost by Gregory Maguire.  We ate lunch at Wendy's in Carson City.  Dad made us tacos for dinner.

On Thursday, Dad made us pancakes for breakfast.  Mom had me go collect pine cones to make a wreath, since they had so many big ones.  I then walked down to the beach to take pictures, while Dad was using his metal detector.  We walked around the Horizons, Harrah's, and Harvey's casinos.  We ate lunch at Chevy's Fresh Mex grill.  I had the chicken Caesar salad.  We watched the movie, Safe Haven.  We went for drive up to Regan Beach and Tahoe Keys.  When we got back to the campground, the people in the RVs across from us, told us there had been a bear who had walked near our trailer and down into the woods.  Dad made us some hot chocolate.

On Friday, we drove back to Wendover.  We stopped in Carson City to get gas and Dad hit the left side of the trailer against a pole and dented the aluminum.  We ate lunch at Burger King in Wiinemuca.  We stayed at KOA campground in spot H-1.  We ate dinner at the Cafe Milana at the Peppermill, at the Seafood Extravaganza Buffet.  We went to Smith's to get some groceries.

On Saturday, it was the third anniversary of Patches's death,.  We ate breakfast at the coffee shop, Primo, at the Rainbow hotel.  We then drove home.  I finished reading the book, Love Anthony by Lisa Genova.  When we let Daisy outside, she jumped down in both of the window sills.

Monkey

Layton Park

On Saturday, we went and walked around the duck pond at Layton Park.  I haven't been there in like 6 years.  It brought back a lot of memories of school field trips and family reunions.

Demi

Duck Pond

There are three duck ponds near my house that I have gone to.  One at the university and two at the local parks.  They each haunt me with memories.

The one at the university, is one I have walked past several times by myself, on my way to class, while I was a student there.  I walked by the pond as I walked from the social science building to the art building.  The pond involves several water fountains and a zig zag path leading to a round about sidewalk.  The sidewalk is covered in duck feces, which is pretty gross.   The sprinklers are usually on around the grass during my visits, so I had to choose certain paths to walk around it.  My grandparents and my mom took my brother and I to feed bread to the ducks when they were alive and I was little.  The pond seemed bigger when I was a kid.

The second pond is at Layton park, my hometown.  The park is a cross the street from my high school.  This duck pond is more like a river with rapids, than a quiet spot.  We move down the path in a south direction like the water does.  I spent many Saturdays walking around it with other kids while my brother had baseball games in the park.  I had a science field trip in junior high, where we had to walk around the pond and collect leaves for our notebooks.  There was two old benches with a waterfall made out of rocks, which has severly become decrepid over the years.  I had a art field trip in high school, where we had to take elements from the park and turn it into an art piece.  I chose a tree and I collected some flowers and grass and stuck them into the tree branches and into the knot on the tree.  My theme was Like flowers, life blooms.  My teacher took pictures of all of our projects and turned them into slides.

The third pond at Pioneer Park. I didn't go to this one a lot, because it is kinda far away.  I went there with my family and some of my cousins.  Another time on a field trip with my elementary class.  This park has a giant hill overlooking the pond, where you can sit and watch people paddle in their boats.  The park also has a carnival attached to it, with games and a ferris wheel.  This ferris wheel was featured in the movie, Charly, where a dying Charly gives her husband, Sam, tickets to ride with her when he gets to Heaven too.