First Weekend at "The Cabin"

Last Monday, Kent's parent's closed on the cabin.  They were headed up there for the weekend so Kent and I tagged along.  Mary Jean and I went up on Thursday because Kent couldn't get away from work and Ron had a test in his class Friday.  We were going to give the place a good wash down, make beds and organize, organize, organize.  We packed their truck to the very tippy top with all of the things you need to make a house a home. I really should have gotten a picture of how full that truck was.  It was pretty comical.  We had to make several stops on the way up so it took us some time to get there, but when we walked in the door, we found the place had been left completely spotless.  They had even left some things like table cloths and rugs that we didn't expect.  So we got to work making beds and then we started finding places for everything in the kitchen.  We worked really hard that first day, first loading the truck, then unloading and putting things away.  By that night we were exhausted but we were also done!

  We both thought we would be working hard into the next day. So the next morning we hopped into the truck and went exploring. 

We also had to come back and wait for the Dish Network guy to come, but then we went into West Yellowstone and did a little shopping.  Then we headed back to make dinner.  Kent and Ron showed up just as the sun was going down.  Sunsets there are really quite pretty, sort of makes up for the fact that there aren't many trees where their cabin is.

The next morning we headed into Yellowstone.  This is the third time this year Kent and I have been to Yellowstone and every time Kent wants to go to Lone Star geyser but we just couldn't seem to get ourselves there until this trip.  For some reason, we both had it in our heads that it was a mile and a half hike, making it 3 miles round trip.  Turns out its more like 2.5, 3 miles each way.  My feet hurt so bad on the way back and I came home with 2 blisters. (Note to self: don't wear new shoes on a 5 mile hike) But it was worth it, that geyser is so cool! 

There was a group of morons there who actually walked up and touched the geyser going off.  Is it bad that I really wanted them to wound themselves so I could turn it into America's Funniest Home Videos?

The view on the hike

That night Kent and I drove down to the service station and got us a box of movie theater popcorn and came back and watched Mamma Mia with the surround sound on.  Man, that is my idea of roughing it!
It was a lot of fun to go up there and I can't wait to go back.  Thanks to my in-laws for buying a place where the whole family can get together and create memories!