Monday, August 16, 2010

Ski resorts, museums, and bird houses

Yesterday afternoon we drove up to Pebble Creek Ski Resort near Pocatello and enjoyed the view. First time for Dad to visit one so he was pretty intrigued with the whole ski lift thing. Linda and I explained it as far as our limited knowledge would allow. She's not been skiing and I haven't been since way back in the day. We enjoyed the view.


Here we are painting our bird houses for the fence. You'll have to wait though to see the end result. Glen has to spray them with some sealer so we'll hang them tomorrow. We discovered that we are quite the artists.....well, Suzi and I are. Dad kind of slapped the paint on. But he was a good sport for actually even doing it.
This morning we traveled about 30 minutes to Blackfoot, ID to see the much anticipated potato museum.
Have you ever seen so many potato mashers???
After perusing the museum we hiked around the corner to eat at Rubes and had the most delicious bar-b-que sandwiches and shakes. It was another 50's style diner and very popular. We found out why. Yum!
Dad has won the prize for the funniest quote so far. Yesterday some of us were sitting out on the deck (we do that a lot!) and Dad came out just smiling and said, "I just tried to get on Google Earth and somehow landed on You Tube and there were some kittens walking on a treadmill!" We laughed SOOOOOOOO hard! I guess Dad's never really been to You Tube. He
later said, "There are a lot of crazy videos on You Tube". Good ol' Dad!


It's our last night here. We'll leave sometime tomorrow after lunch, stay in a SLC hotel, catch the train at 4 a.m. and arrive in Denver around 7 p.m. on Wednesday. We're thinking positively about the whole experience and I think we're ready to get home again. Suzi's excited to see the grandkids and to hear all about their first week of school and I'm just ready to see my sweet husband and my creative and encouraging daughter. I may even get to see Bobby this weekend. He graduated today from Sheppard Air Force Tech School today and will be making his way to Tulsa tomorrow to start his two month stint with the base there. He's looking forward to the move and being at his home base. Not sure when I'll be able to post next but maybe from the hotel. So, till then, thanks again for reading!