Tuesday July 10, 2012

We got up early this morning and took down the tents and packed the truck.  We decided to eat breakfast at Fishing Bridge so we wouldn’t have to deal with dishes.  We left Yellowstone under sunny skies and got a ways down the road when Alex asked to stop, as he wasn’t feeling very well.  He upchucked on the side of the road (it must have been something he had for breakfast), but felt better afterwards.  We passed the beautiful Grand Tetons and arrived in Jackson Hole in record time.  We checked into our motel and walked around the square.  We found a local deli for lunch and then the boys had an ice cream cone.  We rode out of town a little bit and found Mad River Rafting.  We took a white water raft ride down the Snake River.  We were on an eight-man raft with a couple from Georgia.  We went over several series of rapids some of which almost swamped the boat and us with it!  We were soaked to the skin!  We all had a wonderful time.  The boys cannonballed off the raft in a calm spot and Dave and the guide hauled them back on the boat.  At one point, Alex and Dan sat on the bow and held onto the raft with one hand while waving the other in the air (like a bull rider).  The waves were so strong that they both got blown back into the boat!  There was a lot of laughing and shrieking going on.  We got back to the motel and everyone took a hot shower to warm up.  We decided to order pizza to be delivered to the room as no one felt like going out again.  The kids are watching TV and we will all get to bed shortly.  The kids drew straws to see who got to sleep on the floor in a sleeping bag (they don’t have cots here) and Theo lost.  I will have to remember not to step on him in the night.  We are off to Arches in the morning and should be done with cold nights (maybe we will miss them – we will see).

Wednesday AM:  I tried to put up some photos last night, but for some reason was not able to do it.  You will have to imagine how fantastic the scenery is and the great time we are having.  I will have to play with the picture feature when I get home.