Our last day in Grand Teton National Park, we took a scenic boat tour on Jackson Lake at 7:30 am that took us around the lake and made a stop on Elk Island for a full breakfast. I SHOULD have taken some photos of the "camp stoves" that the chefs were using!
We were served fried potatoes, sausage links, eggs, trout, french toast, yogurt, fruit, granola, pastries and muffins, campfire coffee, hot cocoa and juice all on picnic tables topped with traditional red and white checked tablecloths! (As a side note, I have to point out nephew #3... he is wearing the light blue Cabela's hooded sweatshirt. Check out his pants! It was quite cool that morning and mom and dad insisted he wear pants. HE had other ideas and wanted shorts. Mom suggested putting on the shorts and then covering them with the pants so that if it got warmer, the pants could easily drop and he'd be in shorts. Apparently, Moms know NOTHING, because he needed the shorts on the outside. Obviously not a fight worth fighting while camping, but I will one day rib him good when he has some cute girl around for some holiday thing!!! I'll make sure to enlarge a few photos of him in his "interesting" outfit!)
The big treat that morning was a pile of supplies for s'more making!! After some sausage and eggs were consumed, the kids cozied up to the fire and roasted some golden "meshellows" (as coined by Blossom). Then they put them on the graham crackers and chocolate pieces... yum! But, maybe a bit early for that sugar sweet treat?!?!
Maybe not toooooo early, if it will get you a smile like THIS! This gal loves her some "meshellows." And the chocolate? Yep, she likes that a whole lot, too!
We enjoyed cruising around the lake and learning about the Teton Range and Jackson Lake.
I think it would be fun to take a boat there one summer and tool around a bit. However, there is a fifteen (yes, one-five, 15) year waiting list for getting yourself a dock to rent at Colter Bay. That puts us at... hmmmm, maybe we need to get on that waiting list! Blossom will be 19 or 20, our littlest will by then be 15 - THAT might be a whole lot of fun! Camping and boating without worrying about a squirmy kid falling over the edge, wonder what that would be like!!!!
Man, your husband and his brother sure look alike!
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How neat! I love seeing all of the children in the pictures--it's not just two sets of parents with a child or two wedged in, it's two sets of parents with a whole bunch of kids! I can't believe how much Bud looks like his cousin. When you posted family pictures a few months ago, I had to do double takes on that. How fun! I also got a kick out of Blossom's marshmallowy face!
ReplyDeleteHey "M4" (as coined by his brothers and Bud) may just be starting the newest fashion trend... yah never know. ;-) Great pics by the way! They turned out really cute!
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