on the road again

 Now that it's snowing I feel that it might be a good time to finally recap our summer vacation road trip...It was a jam packed, amazingly organized trip but most importantly we hit 9 National Parks/monuments. And just in case you decide after reading this that you must head to that part of the world, I will share with you some details of our travels.

Day 1: Our first day was mostly driving. On the way to Jackson Hole we stopped by Granite Hot Springs to rest our tired bodies. After dinner we tried to catch a nice sunset against the Tetons. OH MY GOSH. Is this view being serious? It was incredible.

Day 2: Hike to amphitheater lake (10 miles round trip). We then checked into an awesome half cabin-half tent situation in which we stayed in for 2 more nights. In the evening we again went to see the sunset atop Signal Mountain (Where we saw a black bear!).

Day 3: Canoeing on Jackson Lake. BEST THING EVER. Please do not go to Grand Teton National Park without doing this! But maybe don't canoe for 9 miles. I totally over estimated my arm strenght..by mile 5 I was crying.

Day 4: We so sadly left the above wonderfulness and carried on through Yellowstone NP, Cody, WY and camped out at Devil's Tower National Monument. The stars were amazing this night.

Day 5: We took a candle light tour through wind cave (highly recommend!!), drove through the needles highway (again recommend), ate some ice cream at Mount Rushmore and then spent the night in Rapid City in a hotel! The hotel was the cheapest one we could find but after 3 nights of camping it felt so glamorous.

Day 6: Started heading home but not without driving through Badlands National Park and a few other monuments in Nebraska.

 The end.

hallowiener

Have you ever read the book 'The Hallo-wiener" by Dav Pilkey. It's amazing. This was one of my favorite books growing up and had always wanted to dress up my future dog as a wiener. I've started a little sewing so I thought that this goal was in reach but alas my eyes and mind have a bigger appetite for crafts than my actual hands. So instead we stuck Sean's gross high school cross country shirt on him and he was a homeless dog. We had such a fun halloween at the Babbs household! Carved pumpkins, passed out candy to the neighborhood kids while huddled around a fire with cheese, crackers and spiced apple cider. Couldn't have asked for a better night. 

...And now it's November, it's nice and warm today but there is a forecast of snow in the near future. Yay yay yay!!!