Last weekend Thad and I took the kids to Thermopolis/Greybull in Wyoming to visit friends and take the kids to the Thermpolis Hot Springs. We had a gosh-darn good time, so I'll share a few of the highlights!
We left Friday night after work and got to my friend Dena's house close to 9 PM. My cousin Johnna lives in Greybull with her husband and son so she was over at Dena's to see us when we got to town. Dena and her husband Taylor live in a lovely home with their 4 kids, and we have been wanting to make it over state lines to see them since they moved there last year.
We stayed up way too late (including Colter, who didn't get to bed until 1am, which shocked me) and woke up to a delicious breakfast of biscuits and gravy with hash browns. Oooooo-ee, Dena makes some good hash browns. After breakfast the men went over to Taylor's job site to give Thad a tour, and we started getting ready for the drive to Thermpolis.
The Thermpolis drive started with a delicious strawberry shake for me (burgers for the kids) at A&W, then kids napped during the hour long drive to the springs. We went to Star Plunge, which has both indoor and outdoor hot springs pools, as well as indoor and outdoor waterslides that are open year round. Colter was even big enough to go down the outdoor slide with LaKenzie, who is the best little babysitter ever. Elora went down the huge indoor slide all by herself, what a big girl!
We got done soaking and headed to Butch's Place in Kirby, WY for some burgers that I've heard raves about. Well, lo and behold we weren't able to eat at any of the 3 restaurants we stopped at because there were so many basketball/wrestling events going on that every place was packed. So after trying Kirby and Lovell we tuck-tailed it to Greybull and ate at Lisa's and it was awesome. Dena and I had some big ol' margaritas (super delicious ones, at that) and we all stuffed ourselves. We got back to their place and watched Moneyball while all the kids crashed.
Sunday came too quickly. Dena made us a big heaping pile of pancakes and we lounged and visited and played until it was pretty much time to go home. I had a bunch of clothes to drop off for the youngest little spud in their brood, and I came away with a bunch of jeans (in my new and improved smaller size) and a couple cute tops. All in all, it was a win-win!
We had a great time, and I can't wait to make it back down to visit and start doing some Big Horn camping this summer. Thanks to Dena, Taylor, Jim and Johnna for showing us such a good time in Wyoming!
1 comment:
Sounds like a great time for all! Wish I would have been there to panic cause those little spuds shouldn't be doing that by themselves and any other thing a grandma can gasp at.hahaha Sounds like good food, good times, and kids galore to keep everything in check.
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