Home sweet home

After a grueling 22 hour drive, we finally made it home.

Holy smokes bat dude, what an amazing vacation. Every single minute of the roadtrip was full of magic.

We left kind of late of Friday, but due to some power driving from Ivan and Casey we made it to Montana by Saturday morning. I missed that part of the drive though. I was getting a little carsick so I took a Dramamine. Knocked me out cold. I slept from Moses Lake to Montana. I missed stops at gas stations, the switching of drivers, seals in the road.... All kinds of crazy stuff.

We spent the first night in Lo Lo, Montana. Campground was closed, so we slept in this vacant field. It was a 3 acre plot that was For Sale. Just parked the van, Casey and Laura threw down a tent, me and Ivan slept in the van.

Got up in the morning, packed up camp and went to the bar for breakfast. Got some really cool coffee mugs from bar. Has a pic of a naked girl on it.

From there we headed toward Yellowstone. It was kind of a long drive to get there, so we took our time getting there. We went to a ghost town. Colliage I think it was called. It was an old abandoned mining town. The old mine (in ruins) was there along with some old dilapidated houses. Tried to get freaky with Ivan in the middle of the woods, but the damn bugs must have been attracted to the scent or something. We just couldn't do it with that many bugs around.

So we head back from the ghost town and continue driving. We drove on this dirt road that was 60 miles long. It was such a beautiful road. So quiet and peaceful. We stopped the van several times so we could go outside and pick wild flowers. Have them drying out in the van. We saw all kinds of animals along the way, and very few people. I am going to look for dirt roads on every road trip from here on out.

We stopped in West Yellowstone for the night. Camped at a KOA campground. That shower was the best shower ever. I tell you what, you get dirty while road tripping. Then off to Yellowstone Park. We saw the painted pots, got some pictures there. Then we went and saw Old Faithful. I made everyone wait for an hour for it to erupt but it was well worth the wait.

Driving out of Yellowstone was a very beautiful drive. Between me and Casey we made it to Colorado by morning time.

So we get to Thornton (Jen's town) at 4:20 in the morning. (seriously) We had no idea where we were going, no one was answering the house phone and Jen wasn't answering her cell phone. So we drove around for a while till we found a Denny's. Turns out that Denny's was right down the street from where Jen works. We magically found that out. So we get to Jen's work, have to stop someone in the parking lot and ask them to go get her.

YAY!!!! I was so happy to see Jen. Can't believe how much I missed her. It had been a hear and 9 months since I last saw her. Got directions to her house and went to go crash from the drive to her place.

We crammed a lot in one week over there.

Monday: Some sleeping and recovery. Trip to Cheyenne with Jen, her boys, Casey and Laura, me and Ivan. Saw the PBR. Got cowboy hats for Casey, Laura and Jen's boys.

Tuesday: Took Casey and Laura to Denver. Dropped them off so they could go visit her mom. Went and visited Kelly and Kelly. Made brownie plans.

Wednesday: Back to Cheyenne. Brad Paisley and Chris Cagle concert. Took Jake and Jen. Wonderful show. Got to slow dance with my man to one of "our songs" Even more awesome that it was being sung by Brad Paisley himself.

Thursday: Played baseball with the kids. Neighborhood kids played too. BROWNIE DAY!!!

Friday: White water rafting. Ivan's birthday. Took him out to dinner. Fell in love with him all over again.

Saturday: Left for home at 8 am.

Now here I am trying to catch up with myself. So much to do before work tomorrow. Will write more later.