Our new baby!

This is the product of the only good thing that ever came from the Bush Administration...the stimulus check bought us a scooter! Cool, huh? We ordered it online and it arrived at our door yesterday fully assembled, but for the handle bar and battery. We all took it for a spin around the block, and got the wobbles out right away, it is so fun and will save so much gas. Get this... it takes 2 gallons of gas and gets 80 to 90 miles per gallon! Also it can supposedly go up to 55mph. Next step, start a biker gang.

My mom and Joe left this morning, great trip guys, thanks for the visit!

Floating the Snake

Today we did a float from Deadman's to Moose, a 10 mile stretch on the Snake River that took us about 5 hours to float. It started out a beautiful sunny day and half way the clouds rolled in and we got caught in a quick downpour. No worries though, the scenery was still beautiful, the beer and wine stayed cold and Joe nabbed the fish of the day, beating out Trevor's best catch by a good 15"!

The captain and his crew

Our pimpin' ride

Just chillin'

Can't get much better than this

Not a bad view

Rena and Joe's first adventure on the Snake River

Joe's beauty

The "guide" releasing Joe's catch

A wild and crazy bunch

Finally pics of Trevor and I with my mom on camera duty

The clouds moved in pretty quickly and we got a bit wet, but still had an awesome day

My Mom and Joe hit the town

So my mom and Joe arrived Friday evening and have already had quite the tour of Jackson. Last night we went to the Brew Pub for some locally brewed cold ones followed by the infamous Cowboy Bar. It was packed with tourists and they were so surprised that we were locals when they checked our IDs, that they waved the cover charge for the whole crew!

Today we toured and got up close and personal with some bison outside of Kelly, saw some elk, amazing views of the Tetons and got the kayaks wet in String and Leigh Lake. Threw out the fishing lines to no avail. More on the horizon tomorrow!

Mom and Joe under the Antler Arch

The one and only

Back in the saddle again at the Cowboy Bar

Friendly critters

Posing with the Tetons at Mormon Row

The crew taking off at String Lake with Mount Moran in the background

Chelsea balancing her book in optimal reading position

Rena soaking up the sun

Joe, Rena, Chelsea and Trev...this is summer in Jackson!

More Newbies

Want to extend a huge congrats (and lots of luck ; ) to Trev's cousin, Linsley Adams and her husband Jeff who just welcomed two twin girls into their lives...welcome to the fam Ashlyn Olivia and Skylar Ann!

Now THIS is summer

Our first trip to Green River Lakes was amazing. It took us a little over 2 hours to get there on Friday night and ended up setting up the pop-up in the dark. The rest of the weekend was filled with kayaking, swimming, fishing, reading and good times!

This was a raging fire we passed on our way there, outside of Cora in the foothills of the Wind River Range.

This pic is from our drive in on Friday evening, but it looked to be almost controlled when we passed it again tonight.

Getting ready to kayak across on Saturday morning and see what we can find.

A total surprise! We found a perfect 1/4 mile sandy beach on the southern end of the first Green River Lake. We are pretty sure it is the coolest mountain beach in all of Wyoming.

So we decided to stay there most of the afternoon, relaxing.

The view from the beach, almost looks like Half Dome!

Can't get much better than this.

We dubbed the color of the water glacial-melt green.

Trevor fishing in paradise.

Just practicing high kicks under Squaretop Mountain. Unlike Trevor I can't sit around and fish ALL day.

Kayaking back across the lake fighting a headwind the whole way (much worse than this pic makes it look!) took us over an hour.

Finally made it. Tired muscles.

Our 1982 big rig RV...fits us just perfectly.

Fun with the headlamp

T + C...and you thought s'mores where the only fun you could have around the campfire.

A serene Sunday morning. The overcast definitely gave a feeling of a little fall chill in the air.

Once we crossed the first Green River Lake we had to rope up our kayaks and walk them about a mile upstream to the second lake. The current was a little too swift to make it anywhere paddling.

And here we are...Green River Lake #2

On our way back down the river we did a little fishing and this is what we found...the Green River rainbows were hungry!

We found some nice lake trout hanging out too.

Look at the color of this river! so pretty.

Yikes! I do not like holding these slimy squirming things, but since I caught it, Trevor made me hold it long enough to get this pic!