On the Road Again - Through Idaho

After Church on Sunday, Marlynn fed us some lunch and we hit the road - to Yellowstone - via Idaho.
Our first stop was Idaho Falls and the beautiful temple there. We loved how the falls from the river framed the view of the temple. Apparently others do too, as we saw a cute couple get engaged while we where there at the falls.

The grounds of the Idaho Falls Temple were lovely and it smelled so good! (Much better than it did in that car! Whew!) The boys enjoyed the visitor's center there, and it's new display of the Christus. The older sister missionary there was so cute. She said"Wow, six boys! I have six boys too." We said, "Wow, you do?" And she said, "yes, AND 8 girls." Oh my! We've got it easy, I think.

Next stop, Rexburg and the beautiful new Rexburg Temple overlooking the BYU-Idaho campus.There we also made a quick visit to Dennis' lovely cousin Melissa and her great husband Jack. They were so sweet to invite our whole crew into their darling little apartment there is Rexberg. We miss them and it was so fun to stop over for a bit before our final leg to Yellowstone National Park.

We arrived at Yellowstone National Park at dusk, so we really didn't see much of it that first night as we drove to the campground. When we got to the campground, they were just about to close the office. They told us our reservations were not until tomorrow and that the campground was full. We were so miserably tired and hungry, and the thought that we have to drive another hour or so out of the park to the nearest town to find a hotel was devastating. Luckily they finally located an available campsite. It was so late and we had to be out by 10 am, so we only set up one tent, ate canned stew, and slept in our clothes because we were so tired and didn't want to unload the top of the car just to have to load it all up and strap it all down in the morning.