The big trip

So about 4,700+ miles later, this is what our trip looks like. It was a blast to visit family and friends and an eye opening experience. It was my first time out of the country (Victoria B.C. Canada) and it was the first time I had met my brother-in-law and his wife. Jon fell in love with Victoria and I fell in love with Seattle and Victoria. I definately see us living in an area like that in the future when we are ready to settle down a little bit. 

There was definately a lot of boring grass land that we passed through, but there was also a lot of beautiful country that we got to experience. The north west captured my heart and is holding it captive until I return. I loved the green landscape and the beautiful ocean views. The smell of the cool, fresh air even captivated me. 

Overall I would do this over and over again. I don't think that the driving was very fun for Jon and I got tired of it after a while, but given the opportunity I would cover that kind of ground again. I would have liked to have more time in certain spots such as seattle and the rest of the west coast, but it was still an amazing experience. 

I will be posting about each of our stops when I have time. We are headed to China in a week, so I only have so much time to spend with family and get errands done. I will try my hardest to keep this as updated as I can. I hope our experiences inspire you to travel and maybe try something that you wouldn't have otherwise. I am also open to hearing suggestions, because we will always need help knowing what is worth going to on our travels. Thanks for reading, and happy trails everyone! 

GRADUATION IN BOISE

Taylor's graduation

We headed out to Boise in May for my cousin's graduation. We had a blast being with family and getting out of town. Graduation was fairly large and it was awesome to see my cousin move on to a new chapter in her life. 

Taylor at graduation- not the best picture, but she was on the move.

We had fun going to eat out at a local chinese buffet and visiting a local park. We saw a bunch of baby ducklings and goslings. We fed them with dollar bread that was a dollar for a good reason, but they weren't too picky. A little greedy in fact. Some of the mother geese were hissing at the others and at us for getting too close to their food.

IDAHO FALLS 

Fourth of July-

For the 4th we decided to stick around the area because most family had other plans and we felt like we couldn't go too far with the gas money that we had. We headed out early-ish in the morning to get a good spot on the hill for the fireworks. After wandering for a while we met up with some friends, the Carters to go to a baseball game and watch the fireworks. 

Yes. Personel pizza. Only place in the world where you can get that.

I totally snagged this out of the air at the baseball game. 

 We went to a Chukars game. We ate good fries and some other overpriced food including hot dogs of course. We sat and talked and had a good time with our friends. The chukars won by a long shot and I got a crackerjack package and a free burger from Carl's Jr. It was a good time. 

Tautphus zoo-

We were tired of the grueling last weeks of school and needed an escape. Well, we settled on Idaho falls zoo. We got to see a few babies and some other interesting little animals. It satisfied my nerdy biology side and we got out and had something else to do other than homework and studying.