Sunday, June 26, 2016

Island Park

On Monday, we drove up to Island Park, Idaho.  We stayed at the Valley View RV Park.  We ate dinner at The Gusher. We went and saw the musical, Singin' in the Rain at the Playmill theatre.







On Tuesday, we drove to West Yellowstone and walked through all the shops.  We enjoyed the sunset over Henry's Lake.





On Wednesday, we drove the lower loop of Yellowstone, stopping at Canyon Village, Yellowstone Lake, and Fishing Bridge.  We had lunch at the general store in Fishing Bridge.  We saw bison and elk.  We cooked dinner for my uncle Don and aunt Viv in our trailer.





On Thursday,  Dad went fishing with the guys.  We went and saw the musical spoof of the movie, Three Amigos at the Mack's Inn theatre.  For dinner, we had prime rib, baked potato, beans, corn, roll, salad, and a ice cream sandwich.







On Friday,  we drove to the Canyons in Yellowstone.  We saw elk, bison, and a coyote.  We stopped at Canyon Village and went through the museum and saw a nature film about Yellowstone.   We drove on the windy road to the Virginia Cascades. We stopped at Artist's Point and heard the ranger talk.  We ate lunch in the cafeteria at Canyon Village.  We stopped at Norris and walked through the museum and down to the geysers.  There were several hats that had blown off into the geysers.  We stopped in West Yellowstone and got ice cream at Two Scoops.  We ate dinner and played games at Don's cabin.


















On Saturday, we drove home.  We watched the fireworks for Syracuse Heritage Days.




Saturday, June 18, 2016

Soundtrack of My Life

I saw Entertainment Weekly had a quiz with Charlie Puth, on the songs he loved growing up.   I modified some of the questions and added new ones.


Soundtrack of My Life:

Favorite song from Birth Year: Arthur's Theme (The Best that You Can Do)

The first song that I loved: Do You Love Me? by the Contours

The first album I bought with my own money: Belinda Carlisle: Runaway Horses.

Favorite Soundtrack: Grease, The Phantom of the Opera, or Dirty Dancing

First Concert: John Mayer with Maroon 5.
The song that reminds me of my first crush: Crush by Jennifer Paige.

Artists I love that would surprise people: Eminem

Song I love that would surprise people: Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio

The song that makes me cry: In My Life by the Beatles.

My go-to karaoke jam: Don't You (Forget about Me) by Simple Minds.

The best song to dance to: (I've Had) The Time of My Life

The song I play too much: Dude Looks Like a Lady by Aerosmith

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

A Hundred Summers

A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams is about love triangle.  A woman reflects on her time with her boyfriend and her best friend on two important summers in her life.  It's what happened between those two summers that make this story compelling.  Reminded me of two novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  A perfect beach read.