Summer Vacation: Part 2

On Tuesday, after spending time around the Old Faithful portion of Yellowstone until about 3 or 4 pm, we traveled to Meridian. On the way, we stopped to get 50 cent ice cream cones in Montana, and stopped at the Costco in Pocatello to get gas, and just in time to eat dinner at the food court. We got to Meridian around 12:30 am Wednesday morning. We took turns showering and got to sleep by 2 am.

On Wednesday, despite the hot weather and late start to the day, we went to Zoo Boise. It was actually a really nice zoo, and the perfect size. My favorite parts were the petting zoo, where we could feed the animals, and the butterfly exhibit! The butterfly exhibit was so neat, and SO much better than the one I went to at the Living Planet Aquarium! There were so many butterflies, and so many different kinds!

 

 

This little guy is thinking hard about something

We found some prairie dogs

 

Butterflies!

This one loved Grandma!

One landed on me!

The next day, we went to the mall and did some shopping, which was fun. Later, we went to the Idaho Military Museum. We also had to have Sonic shakes that night, because that's a Meridian tradition for us. And a few of us played disc golf!

 

On Friday morning, we headed back to Utah. We made a pit stop in Twin Falls to see Shoshone Falls. I had never seen Shoshone Falls before, and it was so pretty!

 

We got back to Uncle Dean's around 5 pm. We took him shopping at Market Square, which was fun! Ricky and I used to take him there a lot when we lived with him. After that, we all had Chinese take-out together at Uncle Dean's because that's all everyone could agree on. It was so fun seeing and spending time with Uncle Dean again! Ricky's family left to go back to San Diego the next morning, and Ricky and I headed to Ogden for the sealing of his friend Bennion. It was SO hot (and smoky)! That night, we went to the reception. It was really nice, just really hot at the beginning! It was fun for Ricky to see his friends Reid and Bennion again! Ricky and I flew back to San Jose on Sunday morning. We are so grateful for the wonderful, full trip that we had! It was so fun being able to see so much of my family and of his family! It was perfect!