On July 4th, we got up and promptly packed up to head out of the park. But we were not completely finished with some things to do. The first thing we needed to do was have a picture taken of the
four of us in front of something yellowstoney. Since the Yellowstone Falls was on our way out, we decided to pick that and it was pretty much my favorite. We found someone nice to take our picture and they did a wonderful job. Next we went to the gift shop at Canyon Village to pick up some gifts for some and to look for a little something we could get for 
ourselves to remember the trip by. Once that was done, it was time to head out. We exited the park by way of West Yellowstone. This was a very touristy town with lots to see and buy. We did find a clothing shop and picked up a few sweat shirts for the girls at a mere $4 per shirt. I made the girls day by treating them to lunch at McDonald's. Ronald was very proud of his menu items with a Big Mac combo meal running a little over $7. Ouch!
Since West was in Montana, we had to take a picture at the state sign. We weren't in Montana long and then entered Idaho on our way to my sister's house in Chubbuck which is a suburb of Pocatello. It was about a 3 hour drive from West so it wasn't going to be too long of a day. The entire drive was flat with really nice mountain views all around. We even were able to see a little of the Grand Tetons. We did see lots of potato fields. They had not bloomed yet so it was not time for harvest.
Then it happened. We approached the town of Rigby,
Idaho and I noticed a sign that said that it was the birthplace of television. Wohoo! It even had a museum with TV memorabilia. Naturally I had to stop. Oh, did I mention it was July 4th and a Saturday? You can imagine my sadness when we found out it was closed. I must return sometime to visit this wonderful thing.
We continued on and finally reached my sister's house. She was outside watering plants and waiting for our arrival. Everyone was happy to see us. We took the tour of their house and became familiar with our guest house which was their travel trailer that they had fixed up very nice to resemble a hotel complete with chocolate on the pillows. We later came to call it the Empson Embassy.
We had intended to eat hamburgers outside and had just started eating when a pretty fierce gust of wind came up accompanied by some rather nasty clouds. It wasn't long until the clouds started dumping a lot of rain and pea sized hail. It kept coming and coming and soon covered the ground to a winter white. It appeared to not hurt anything, but it wouldn't be until later that we found out that we did in fact receive some damage on our camper, but more about that later. The hamburgers were good even though we finished them inside the house. The rest of the night we visited and had a wonderful time.
four of us in front of something yellowstoney. Since the Yellowstone Falls was on our way out, we decided to pick that and it was pretty much my favorite. We found someone nice to take our picture and they did a wonderful job. Next we went to the gift shop at Canyon Village to pick up some gifts for some and to look for a little something we could get for 
ourselves to remember the trip by. Once that was done, it was time to head out. We exited the park by way of West Yellowstone. This was a very touristy town with lots to see and buy. We did find a clothing shop and picked up a few sweat shirts for the girls at a mere $4 per shirt. I made the girls day by treating them to lunch at McDonald's. Ronald was very proud of his menu items with a Big Mac combo meal running a little over $7. Ouch!
Since West was in Montana, we had to take a picture at the state sign. We weren't in Montana long and then entered Idaho on our way to my sister's house in Chubbuck which is a suburb of Pocatello. It was about a 3 hour drive from West so it wasn't going to be too long of a day. The entire drive was flat with really nice mountain views all around. We even were able to see a little of the Grand Tetons. We did see lots of potato fields. They had not bloomed yet so it was not time for harvest.Then it happened. We approached the town of Rigby,
Idaho and I noticed a sign that said that it was the birthplace of television. Wohoo! It even had a museum with TV memorabilia. Naturally I had to stop. Oh, did I mention it was July 4th and a Saturday? You can imagine my sadness when we found out it was closed. I must return sometime to visit this wonderful thing.We continued on and finally reached my sister's house. She was outside watering plants and waiting for our arrival. Everyone was happy to see us. We took the tour of their house and became familiar with our guest house which was their travel trailer that they had fixed up very nice to resemble a hotel complete with chocolate on the pillows. We later came to call it the Empson Embassy.
We had intended to eat hamburgers outside and had just started eating when a pretty fierce gust of wind came up accompanied by some rather nasty clouds. It wasn't long until the clouds started dumping a lot of rain and pea sized hail. It kept coming and coming and soon covered the ground to a winter white. It appeared to not hurt anything, but it wouldn't be until later that we found out that we did in fact receive some damage on our camper, but more about that later. The hamburgers were good even though we finished them inside the house. The rest of the night we visited and had a wonderful time.
Hey Waltons! We are home safe and sound from our trip. I am glad to be home! Glad to see you guys are having a great time. Talk to you when you get home.
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