Allred Family Reunion

Friday we set out to Thayne, Wyoming for Justin's family reunion. Thayne is in Star Valley, where Justin's Aunt, Uncle, and several cousins live. It was a gorgeous valley! We left around 10:30 and with only one short stop we were able to arrive around 3:30. There was a great turn out of family and it was great to see everyone again! Friday evening we had a very yummy dinner then we went to the pool for an evening swim. (I chickened out since it was getting pretty chilly out and like I said the dinner was really yummy so I didn't feel like putting on a bathing suit...) but everyone had a great time swimming. We then sat around a campfire, had s'mores (the best part of camping in my opinion!) and cherry cobbler. We got to bed around midnight, or rather I should say 'sleeping bag' instead of bed, and did the best we could to stay warm. For as hot as it was during the day, it was equally as cold at night. It didn't take long before we were both sleeping with our heads buried under our sleeping bags.

Saturday morning we were awakened early(6 a.m.) by some lovely roosters giving their wake-up call. I would usually think thats a pretty neat thing to hear but not so early and not nearly so often as they did it. Then the cows started chiming in with their 'moo's'. But thankfully after tuning that out and ignoring the growing need to go to the bathroom, we were able to get in another 1 1/2 hours or so of sleep. After we had breakfast and packed up our tent and other belongings we headed up to Periodic Soring for a mile hike. It was gorgeous up there and the hike was really nice. That was, until we were actually hiking to the beginning of this waterfall. One point was so narrow with such a long and sharp drop off that I was quite scared, to say the least. Justin was great though and held my hand the whole way through that area. It was a very fun hike but we were excited to be back in our air conditioned car. We are pretty wimpy campers/hikers.


We left after the hike, headed back for Provo. We went up around Bear Lake on our way home, first time I have seen it or tried their famous (and tasty) raspberry shake. It was also the first time I had been into Idaho which, not surprisingly, looks a lot like Utah and Wyoming. We finally made it home yesterday evening, it was so great to see a city again, even if it was Provo. But we did really enjoy the reunion and the road trip.