Wonderful Montana Trip

 

We had an amazing three days in Montana with Stan, Julie and Thia - Sept. 11-13.

Hebgen Lake is a pretty place.  We stayed in a cabin at Yellowstone Holiday - the same place Dad had his men and boys 75th birthday celebration.  Here we are eating dinner - delicious foil dinners Julie made and Stan cooked on the camp stove - no fires allowed!!

Julie driving the boat!  She took us in circles and honked the horn a lot!  fun!!

Julie helping Thia fish, Luna looking on and Stan fishing from the front.  Lots of fishing and no catching!  The boat ride was delightful - the company amazing and the weather great.

This and I stayed in the cabin and area while the fishers went to several streams - Julie caught 4, Stan and Dad a couple.  We ate the one Dad caught the first day with our foil meals - delicious.  Thia kept asking for more!!  Stan's girl!!

Breakfast of huckleberry pancakes -and bacon.  Pretty setting, huh?

We had the greatest afternoon - reading books, buying candy at the office store, going for walks, etc.

Thia was the happy recipient of Jamaican wooden carved animals - Zebra and Frog.  She played and played with them - and she has an amazing imagination!!!

There was an algae bloom on the lake so there was no swimming or wading.  But we enjoyed the rock climbing and log sitting!!! 

Thia liked the top punk and we played some fun games - she would throw the stuffed animals down to me on the opposite bed and then I would throw them up for her to catch.

All the way from the West KOA where Katie used to work, to the city of West and then on the road to the camp were signs that said: Bison on Road - cautious.  Sure enough - we saw these two large bulls - right on the road!

Stan on the phone - told Dad to go fish near the bottom of the dam - and he caught this small but delicious fish.

This is the road to Montana - such a beautiful ride.

We stopped in Rexburg and spent about an hour with this beautiful Maddie!  

So nice to catch up with the busy lives of our wonderful grandchildren.  Maddie is working for the Birch Apartments - where she lives - and also Cafe Rio.