"Cabining" in Island Park

We haven't done a whole lot in the way of vacationing this summer, but we did sneak away for a long weekend. A few weeks ago Ben, Gavin, and I spent a few days in Island Park camping (if you can call it that) in a pretty nice cabin with all of Ben's family. We went up Wednesday night and stayed until Saturday.

While there we celebrated Daron's 25th birthday, and ate cake (with almost as much icing as cake) and had homemade ice cream (always one of my favorites). On Thursday we hung around the cabin and relaxed until the afternoon when most of us (Josh and Ben decided to stay at the cabin and nap) went over to Henry's Lake. I know it's windy in Idaho, but it was sooo windy that we felt like we were on the coast. Daron read while Jacob, Jonathon, and Kiana climbed rocks and got wet. Gavin enjoyed all the rocks and spending time with Grandma Ann. Kevin got out and inflated a raft, eventually convincing Jacob he wanted to come along for the ride. By the end of the afternoon both were quite soaked.

On Friday we spent our day in Yellowstone. We went to see Old Faithful, stopped at a few hot pots, had a fun pinic lunch by the river, and went swimming at Firehole. We then came out into West Yellowstone and went to the Playmill. It's pretty much tradition that we go once a year. Two years ago, we saw Joseph and the Amazing Techinicolor Dreamcoat. Last year, we saw Footloose. And this year, we saw Hello, Dolly! Even Gavin really enjoyed the show. Only the last half hour or so was a little hard because he was tired of being confined, but he loved the singing and dancing.

Saturday, we packed up and bailed out. All three of us were tired. Gavin slept in the same room as us, and needless to say we didn't always get as much sleep as we would have liked. We drove and all crashed for a nap! What a great weekend we had spending with family.