Saturday, June 21 was the last day of our trip. Thankfully we all woke up somewhat healthy. Colby still had no appetite but was at least not trying to puke every hour. Russell and Emily felt much better. Unfortunately the sickness had now touched my dad. He was up all night with the stomach ache and just not feeling good. We still had a long way to go to get home and it was going to be a long trip being sick. We headed out early to get to Idaho before too late. The Hughes had to go to a wedding in Pocatello that night. We drove through four states this day. We started obviously in Wyoming.
As we were driving through Yellowstone going from the East entrance to the West entrance, we passed another herd of buffalo right on the side of the road. These animals never ceased to amaze me. The west entrance of Yellowstone is in Montana. The second state we drove through was Montana. We stopped in a little town called West Yellowstone, MT because Colby threw up again. Thankfully this was the last time he puked. We continued to drive through Montana until we reached our third state of the day, Idaho. Okay so we really only drove through a little corner of Montana, about 20 miles. But hey I am counting it.
We drove through Harriman State Park in Idaho and stopped for lunch at Big Springs. This place was really beautiful. The water from this spring was so clear you could see everything in the water down to the gravel bottom.
It was fun to drop bread crumbs off of the bridge and watch the huge trout and the seagulls eat the bread. Emily accidentally dropped her whole sandwich into the water. Too bad it was still in the Ziploc bag or the fish and seagulls would have had a good time with her peanut butter sandwich. There was no way to get her sandwich back either because it just floated right down the river. She was so sad. Grandma made her a new one though. Below you can see how clear the water was. If you look closely you can see the fish in the water too (the red arrow is pointing to it)
Right by the spring pond/river a German immigrant, Johnny Sack, built his house. This little house in the picture above is actually his pump house and the little water wheel generated energy from the water coming out of the spring. He was a smart little guy in his time. The cabin is now owned by the Forest Service. This was a fun little stop for us to eat and stretch our legs.
We drove through Rexburg, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, and finally Downey, ID. In Downey, Lacie had some friends that said we could stay at their house (well, yard) for the night. The Hughes were staying of course because they had their wedding to go to and it was their friends. My parents stayed too because my dad was not feeling well and he was tired of driving and needed to go to bed. We didn't know what to do. We really wanted to make it to Logan before the Gossner Cheese Factory closed. We love their milk and ice cream and go there whenever we can. The store would be closed on Sunday if we decided to stay. We also wanted to make it to the Pepperidge Farm factory but it closed early on Saturdays. We also still had along way to go to make it home. So we had to make a decision: Do we keep driving or spend the night in Idaho. Well Russell took two steps outside in Downey and got Hay fever so bad he had to drink some Benadryl in order to breathe. So that made our decision. We drove on. We soon hit our fourth state of the day, Utah. Gossners closed at 6:30 and we made it there by 6:00. Yes! So we got our flavored milks and our ice cream and were out of there just in time.
As we drove through Logan, we stopped at Willard park to eat dinner. While I cooked dinner the kids had a blast playing on the playground. They had been cooped up on the car all day long so they needed to get some energy out. At the rodeo arena near the park, a monster truck show was going on. We ate dinner fast and walked over to see if we could get in or at least look over the fence. Well when we got there, the guys taking the tickets let us in for free! Russell and I were amazed because the tickets were like $26 each! Well we didn't ask questions and walked in to find a seat.
Even though Colby was still not 100% better, he LOVED the monster truck show. He said this was the best part of the whole trip. Emily and Logan liked the trucks too.
The four monster trucks did a lot of cool stunts and tricks but in the end the big blue truck ended up winning by popular vote. This was a fun show to watch. I am glad we decided to drive down instead of stay in Idaho. After the show, we walked back to the park and our truck and trailer. It was starting to get dark but we decided to at least drive to Brigham City before stopping for the night.
We spent the night in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Brigham City. The next morning Emily puked again... I was so tired of sick kids that I told Russell lets just go home! So we drove straight home from Brigham City to St. George with no stops except for gas and bathroom breaks. I don't know what bug we caught in Cody, WY but I am so glad it finally went away when we got home.
This was such a fun trip. We got to see and do so many things. I hope my kids remember the fun times and memories we have made over the last week and a half. I know I will remember the trip for a long time. I am glad we got to take the trip with my family. That definitely made it more fun to have other people there too. Emily, Colby, and Logan were good kids on this trip. Yes they had their moments especially after being in the car for a long time and being sick, but for the most part, they were really good travellers. I think I would do this trip again because there was so much to do that we could not do everything. It would be fun to go back and see different sites.
We definitely had a lot of fun but it is nice to be home now too. It took us all day after we got home to clean out the trailer and the truck, another day to do the mounds of laundry and another day to get back into the swing of things. But the trip was well worth it.
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