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I really did not want to leave. I looked for any excuse to stop and see just one more thing. Everyone else was ready to go. We did at least make it back in time to get the sticker I’d seen when we first arrived to the park, and that made me happy. And even…
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We fit almost the entire Tetons into our day today. We started with sunrise at Oxbow Bend, then Schwabacher Landing, Mormon Row, Craig Thomas Visitor Center, an ill-advised stop at Jenny Lake, a drive up Signal Mountain, horseback riding at the hotel, and a sunset drive in search of wildlife. Teton is a gorgeous place.
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We crossed into Grand Teton National Park today. We stopped at the fishing bridge and Lewis Falls before getting there. We were disappointed not to see any wildlife at the fishing bridge since the guide books all said it was a really good place for it. Robin is getting tired of driving and seeing the…
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We learned a lot about geysers today, and we saw quite a few of them too. It seems a little trite to say my favorite part of the trip so far was seeing Old Faithful when that is probably the only thing I’d heard of (or all most people think of) before we came, but…
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We slept in a little more this morning and hit the road toward our campsite. We hiked to the Yellowstone River after seeing Tower Falls and then made our way to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. The falls were pretty cool, and we hiked down to the very top of the lower falls. We were…
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We were up before dawn to make it into Yellowstone. It is a pretty amazing place. We walked around Mammoth Hot Springs, drove through the Lamar Valley, saw some bison, pronghorn deer, a coyote, and Billy and Christina saw a bear. We went for a five-mile hike that just about killed everyone for some reason…
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We made it to Bozeman. Up at 4:30am and spent the day flying. I was happy that everything went smoothly, from the Uber to security to the flights being on time, smooth connections, no problem with the car rental… nice lunch at a saloon where we learned that soda is pop here. The mountains are…
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I think we’re all set for our trip tomorrow. Took Christina to dance and it was fucking hot in the car. Thank goodness it’s only a 45-minute class. We had Renna’s white pizza for dinner, which is always a treat. I think Jackson suspects something.
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I took part of the day off to run a bunch of errands ahead of our trip – post office to mail a birthday gift to Hailey, bank to get cash for Thomas, gym for the run I didn’t do this morning. It feels weird to do these things in ADVANCE and not at the…
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It’s another marathon Wednesday. Therapy, dance, NAMI, work, all happening at exactly the same time. One more NAMI class and then I think things will get easier. I’m realizing that the kids really need something to do with themselves this summer. Robin is walking around in a clouded funk, barely speaking to anyone except in…
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I wasn’t feeling well most of the day. I suspect some kind of mild kidney issue, but who knows. It hurt to breathe at certain points of the day. Whatever it was seems to have resolved itself, though. Right around the same time that Robin noticed this rainbow on our way back from the gas…
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Nothing too special about today. Work, made dinner (grilled chicken cutlets with black olives and feta cheese, plated on the platter I painted with Christina a couple weeks ago), took Christina to dance, watched the Yankees and Knicks. I made a milkshake after dinner, but I put too much milk in it. Not that it…
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The girls and I went to SeaWorld today. It was a much better day than the last time we came. We got to feed sharks, which sounds a lot cooler than it was. The fish we threw sort of floated to the bottom and most of the sharks could care less. It was fun throwing…
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I laid the first layer of gravel for the patio. It may not be thick enough and it’s definitely not level, but I put down a pallet’s worth, so it’s not nothing. I also tried to level out all the dirt piles in the big depression in our yard. I think I did about a…
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Christina had her dance recital and it went really well. I had thought she was in the back for all her dances and was upset about it, but it turns out that I just suck at picking her out with a camera. I took over 600 photos at the dress rehearsal and she was barely…
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