Girls Weekend Journal

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Sigh......  The last day of Girls Weekend 2011.  The day that I always have mixed feelings about.  I hate to see Girls Weekend end, but I also miss my family and am usually ready to see them again by the time our (extended) weekend comes to an end. Kathi's flight leaves out of Jackson at 1:23pm, and we are looking at around a 3 hour drive from West Yellowstone to Jackson, so we agreed to get up early (5 a.m.) to allow ourselves enough time to make the drive in case there happens to be snow or ice along the way.  We also decided that, rather than   drive through Yellowstone Park, where the speed limit tops out at 45 mph and there could be any manner of animals crossing the road, causing delays and even weather related road closures, that we would take the surer road back to Jackson through Idaho.  So we were actually in three states today as we traveled.  We woke up in Montana, crossed into Idaho for sever...

Monday, October 17, 2011 ( Ok, Kathi wrote up this day and I am going to leave it in her voice)   Our last full day. Every year it catches us by surprise. We have so much more to do and to see!   I was in bed last and up first – that almost never happens. Lori must have been tired! I actually got up at  5:45 , journaled, sorted pictures, and made coffee before waking Lori at about  6:55 . We are getting out early today, remember?    Side note: this is obviously a lie, as I am typing this at 10:09 a.m.! We just hate to rush our last morning, since we have already planned to be ON THE ROAD tomorrow morning at  6:00 . We’ll get out of here soon, we promise!    After Lori was up and showered we ate more delicious yogurt and furiously turned to getting caught up on blogs and journaling. It is a stunning morning, with crystal blue skies and lots of sun. The living room of the condo is such a pleasant place, as we can look out of the...

(Again, this day's journal is actually stolen from Kathi and I just made a few adjustments and made it sound like I wrote it.......but I really didn't.  Anything in italics are my additions and personal observations).  Thanks, Kath, for doing most of the work!! Sunday, October 16, 2011 Kathi was up before me (ya think? Considering she went to bed at 10:15 and I stayed up until something like 1:30am??) but we were sipping coffee together by  7:30 , and enjoying yummy Greek Gods yogurt. Realizing we had again forgotten to toss the states, we did so, and now have only 8 states remaining as our possible for next year’s destination. They are:  North Carolina , South Carolina, Colorado, Oklahoma, Washington, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey.  Kathi and I had both been rooting for Arizona, but since it is gone we really don’t have a favorite. We are, however, joined by a strong desire NOT to go to Oklahoma!  Please let that pu...

(Kathi wrote up this day and I just stole it!) Saturday, October 15, 2011 Kathi got up at  7am  from a lovely night’s sleep…I mean nap…to find that I had been up since  5:00 ! Yikes! I had made coffee, the smell of which is what had finally penetrated  Kathi's subconscious and caused her to come out and investigate.  We spent our normal couple of hours writing, blogging, and arranging and sorting pictures. We finally showered and left the condo (did I mention this place beats the hell out of a hostel?) and went to breakfast at  Running Bear  Pancake House. I had French toast and Kathi had eggs and pancakes. Both of us had lots of yummy bacon on the side and justified it by saying we needed to have lots of energy to get through the physical day we had planned. We haven’t talked much about the weather, which has been really great so far. Despite the threat of rain and possibly snow, Thursday and Friday had lots of sunshin...