Our original Yellowstone plan was to camp on BLM land just outside West Yellowstone to let the weekend pass by, and then to head into Yellowstone on a Sunday to try our luck to snag a first-come first-serve campsite. However, when we woke up Friday morning to a rainy day, we thought “maybe the rain will keep the crowds away– let’s go!” It didn’t work out as well as we had hoped…
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Bruneau Dunes State Park wasn’t on our radar at all. We needed a place to stay somewhere between Pendleton and Yellowstone, and we had chosen a different Idaho state park at random. However, on the way we saw a sign for Bruneau Dunes and on a whim we veered off our route and changed plans. It turned out to be a great choice!
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Oh my goodness! Believe it or not, we are on the road again. We lost half our sanity prepping for this trip but, we’re here. You might notice that I chose not to write a post the first day we set out on the road. Spirits and moods weren’t especially high for the first couple of days and writings about hard times isn’t very fun to read about. Let’s just say we pushed ourselves a little too hard with projects and our family’s overall well being took a hit.
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Oh Country Fair! We had wanted to go to this festival for years but didn’t think the girls were old enough to walk on their own feet for that long so we had passed. We finally did it this year and it was like a Renaissance Faire mixed with Burning Man and a hippie concert. It was fun!
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We have been wanting to attend a Renaissance Faire for years but never felt ready for it costume wise and didn’t feel good about going to it without some solid medieval costumes. Well, this year we prepped! By prepped I mean Justin was my continuous reminder to make family costumes for the faire; in a good way of course.
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Man! This summer has been jam packed with projects! For most of the summer Justin went back to work so we could pay off Azul. This meant we would see him in the morning as he was headed out the door to work, he would come home usually in time for dinner, scarf his food to then rush outside to work on projects until dark. Weekends were different only in that he wasn’t going to work at his office. Instead he worked from a respectable hour in the AM, as we have our Airbnb guests to consider, until dark.
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Once upon a time, Justin and I went to this very event prior to having kids. We had a blast and thought it would a fun event to bring kiddos to. However, for one reason or another, we didn’t make it to the event with the girls until now.
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We spent days unpacking Wobbles, Dimes and the house basement. We were determined to make our home ours again as fast as possible. Organizing makes us happy so it worked out. We also had another opportunity to filter all that was brought back into our home which is always a good thing.
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The morning of our last day on the road was bitter sweet. We had explored so much together and managed to end this amazing journey loving each other and wanting to do more exploring like this in the near future. However, nothing can compare to coming home to a home.
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From the Redwoods National and State Parks we headed north to Crescent City where there was another ranger station where the girls could turn in their Jr Ranger booklets and take their pledge. While in the town we saw the Shoreline RV Campground. Since it was within a short walk to the visitor center and it was approaching dinner time, we decided to stay there for the night.
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