4th of July

Can you imagine a mountain as surreal as this? This is the Teton Mountain range from the north looking south. This picture was taken in the middle of Leigh Lake in the middle of Teton National Park. As always we spent the 4th of July at Terry's grandpa's cabin in Jackson Hole, WY. It is such a wonderful place with beautiful scenery and fun things to do. We left on Wed and traveled up to Jackson. It was a long day as Terry had to make sales calls on the way up. But, we got there Wed night and ate at my favorite place called "The New York Sub Shop." They make the most wonderful hot sandwiches.

Thursday morning was spent preparing for the week by buying food in town and then relaxing at the cabin. In the afternoon we took the kids to the Rec center for swimming. They really have a good time there.

Friday was the 4th and we got up and went into town for the parade. This year it was the biggest parade the town had ever had. There were lots of cars and fire engines and people throwing candy. After the parade Nikita and I went shopping while the boys went fishing. We learned that Nikita and I have a lot more in common than we thought. We have the same taste in cloths and can talk each other out of things we should not buy anyways. The boys went to Slide Lake up the Gros Ventre canyon. They did not catch anything, but said they had a great time in the canoe using some flooded trees as an obstacle course. The evening was spent at the "Music in the Hole" music festival where the orchestra plays patriotic music and everyone is waving flags and honoring our service men. The night was topped off with the best fireworks show they have done in years. They had three levels of fireworks that they would shoot off at different times and then combine. For 20 minutes we were in aw at colors, sounds, and excitement.

Saturday was my birthday and once again I did not get to sleep in. We got up and had breakfast in Moose where they have a chuck wagon breakfast and we eat in a huge tepee. It has been a tradition of ours for the last few years. We then went into the park and canoed String Lake and Leigh Lake and had lunch. Terry made me get in the water and as my mom says "Lake water adds 7 years to your life".......or is it takes it away?????? Leigh Lake is a glacier fed lake and it must have unfroze yesterday because it was the coldest water I have ever been in. But the kids swam with Terry and we all had a great time. We even got Robyn in a canoe out in the water.

We had a wonderful time, but of course did miss Scott and Jess and Trish and Scott with their families. This is the first year in awhile we have not had everyone around.