Love.
Could it have had anything to do with where Jackson's name came from? Yep.
We have been talking about taking a trip up to Jackson Hole for the past couple of summers. This year we finally pulled it together and went. Evan and Rachel joined us as well. We headed out nice and early on a Friday morning, Lesson learned, apparently you can't rely on you phone GPS when driving to Jackson Hole and if it's been a really long time since you've driven there you may not remember exactly how to get there. We didn't actually take any wrong turns but I was a bit worried occasionally. I had forgotten just how beautiful it is there. As we drove in we stopped at the Lunch Counter to show the kids. We had river rafting tickets and Jackson was feeling a bit apprehensive about going. I figured if he could see some boats float through what I described as the scariest part that maybe he would feel a bit better.
A little family selfie.
(Baylee had ridden up with my parents so she wasn't with us at the time)
It worked! Jackson agreed to go.
Even Wyland was thinking about it after we sat and watched for awhile.
It wasn't long before we arrived at our pricey KOA campground. My parents had pulled up the trailer since while it was expensive it was still cheaper than staying at a hotel. The KOA was sat right on the Snake River. Unfortunately the kids couldn't swim in it because it was moving much too quickly. So they just did a little paddling instead.
Once we were all settled it was time for pre-dinner drinks and snacks. We like to have little cocktail parties when we camp. It's kind of a tradition. It was fun to try some local brews too while we were there.
We always have the best snacks.
Have you tried the Fresh Market deli salsa?
If not, you MUST. Now.
Our first official "event" of the trip was to take the kiddos on the cowboy wagon ride and dinner. We'd done this one before. In fact it was before we even had kids. It was BEFORE I even met Jeramie. This was his first trip to Jackson Hole too.
We did the later dinner offering and it was just gorgeous light as we went up to the little camp spot.
Then the Indians came and scared the crap out of Wyland.
He spent the rest of the evening a bit afraid they'd be coming back.
It didn't help that they sat on the hill and watched us!
Short story, dinner was good. We sang some songs. But honestly I don't think this was as fun as I remembered. We did a similar kind of thing in Idaho Falls I think that was better.
to be continued ...
