Thursday, August 24, 2017

Meridian Trip

We went straight from our Sun Valley trip with my family to a Meridian trip with Ricky's family! It turned out to be an awesome vacation!!!

It was so good to be with everyone again!

Dave took us river rafting! It was so much fun!


Huge salamanders compared to the ones we saw in Cecret Lake!

Nature Center in Boise


Boise Temple





State Capitol Building


Huge boxes of candy!!

Birds of Prey Center


So cool to see this bald eagle up close


Meridian Temple

Eagle Island State Park

Eagle Island State Park

Picking blackberries


Looking out over Emmet, Idaho with Grandpa. This was before we went on a wild goose chase to find a ghost town in Pearl, Idaho

This mine is what is left of Pearl, Idaho, along with lots of private property and ranches.

This old car is also what is left of Pearl, Idaho



Stinker Stores Car and Booth at the town's Dairy Queen Grand Opening event

Bogus Mountain

A ward corn feast



We went to drop off an ice cream cake to Alex, but he wasn't home! :(

Sun Valley


 Like always, we had a wonderful time at Sun Valley this year!!!



We stopped at a random gas station and found animals!



Paddle boarding at the lake

Bowling in Sun Valley

How many people it takes to roll a bowling ball!



Ricky scouted out the free food - a community event that Zion's Bank was putting on!

Monday, July 31, 2017

Cecret Lake and a Night Camping

So we spent the day in the mountains. The last and only time Brooke and I went camping was when we were homeless last summer. I'm pretty tired after our hike, we went to the “cecret” lake. I guess all my time indoor studying isn't good for my physical stamina.

-Ricky

Ricky's hair in the morning!

An ember landed on Ricky's shoulder and burned through his shirt!

It was so fun camping with my family! We camped for a night in Albion Basin. It was so pretty up there and the wildflowers were beautiful! It was fun to hike to Cecret Lake and see all the salamanders in the lake. There was a thunderstorm as we were going to bed and it rained throughout the night. Although we didn't get too wet, we did not sleep that well at all! But what else can you expect camping?

-Brooke


Ricky always does crazy stuff that gets me worried, then he teases me by acting crazier! He ran ahead then got in this position so I'd think he fell.

Trying to catch a salamander

Caught one!