Washington DC!

This is a little over due...but back at the beginning of August I got the oppurtunity to go back east to visit my friend Karli who was being a nanny for her sister. I was there 2 weeks living in Maryland where the temperature was beyond blazing...and you dont even have to move a muscle to break a sweat! But it was so much fun being back there and being able to see everything that you dont get to see everyday! We did a whole bunch in those 2 weeks...hit up all the Washington DC sites (capitol, white house, washington monument..etc), went to baltimore (loved the marina there. NOw it makes me want to visit Maine), to the beach for the day (where karli became a burnt flamingo), and New York City for a weekend (defiently a good story there). We had a blast hanging out together like always, and took a ton of pictures (that i wish i could show you!!). Fun rides in the car with karli driving..like going 35 mph when your suppost to be going 60 mph, getting lost in DC, and staying up late sneaking pictures when karli wasnt looking, only to be blinded by a bright flash of the camera! In DC, we basically saw everything there as to see...all the monuments we did at night which was a good choice cause it wasnt as humid and the monuments looked cooler. We tried to walk all the smithsonian museums, but once we found out how many there were we kind of gave up half way through. Then we waited in line to see the decleration of Independence and bill of right and all those. (dont have too many pictures of it, since none of them turned out good. So you have to trust that I saw it, and it was the originals all locked up in boxes!) The last friday I was there, we drove to the Ocean City, which is in Maryland. We spent the day there just playing out in the water and laying on the beach. and then we walked the pier. as all of this was going on..Karli got beyond burnt! She was in pain....for the whole next week. Luckily I only got a spot of sunburn. To make a long trip short, that pretty much sums up and gives you a glimpse of what went on over there on the east coast! Of course there is a ton more that we did, but it would take up 5 posts to tell you about it. So this is an abbreviation of Washington DC/Maryland!..............New York City is a whole post by itself coming soon! Go on facebook to see my pictures of DC and NYC. if your not my friend on there add me. But one day i will figure out why it wont let me post these on here. stubborn thing. Sorry!

Back to Childhood...

Downtown Coeur D' Alene
Resort
On the Boardwalk
Boardwalk watching the cliff jumpers

We used to live in Couer D' Alene ID...or more like Hayden ID. same thing. On the way back from Canada, we stopped and stayed the night with our good friends from their, the millers. It was fun to be able to see Couer D' Alene again, and being back. I loved living there, and would go back anyday if I could! you got the lake..mountains..resort..basically anything outdoors you would want. and I have good childhood memories growing up there for 7 years of my life.

CANADA..eh?

After crossing the border from Canada...
Generations have lived in this Stutz home in Canada
Glacier National Park

Chief Mountain
Prince of Wales Hotel
Waterton---Canada side

Waterton Canada
Me and mom

Mounties!

Hutterite Colony...nicest people you will ever meet.
Boys sit on one side..girls on the other
their ginormous soup bowl to feed everyone..geesh!
Me and uncle Ron..and some little cows
Cardston Alberta Temple
Waterton..the Montana side

The line going up..shows the border between Montana and Canada

Glacier

Five Guys in Montana...so good!

I was able to go to Canada with my parents a few days after I got back from school. We went to Cardston Alberta Canada, and it was a blast. We had family reunions...walked around waterton which was beautiful, and a bunch of other things. It was just cool to see all that was there. Waterton is kind of a resort town, and we went on a cruise boat ride around the lake that went from Canada to Montana. defiently worth it. We even fed a deer..and then he trampled on the next person who tried to feed him. whoops!

Thats a my bad...

the post right under this one..once you get to the last picture and the thing I wrote...there is a big empty gap. Whoops. but keep going..and you'll find the next one!

Can anyone say..Home on the Range?

Me, Cody and Sierra..Cody is the actual Telford.

Me, Tait and Sierra

That right there folks....is POTATOES!

Prob my favorite pic... Deer in the headlights

Our 4 wheeler we found..its the only one we know how to ride. too bad its for 5 year olds. ha

Tait..with some antlers we found. He is suppost to be pulling a deer face..


Front of the Grain tractor..

Tractor used for grain..the thing was gigantic. Thats me and sierra

I think I was speakin something to him...weird

Sierra and I
Tait and I..that horse was crazy!

LAst week Summer semester ended! so on the way home back to Oregon for me, and Washington for Tait and Sierra, we stopped at our friend Codys house for the night and to hang out around his farm. We got there that night, and we went 4 wheeling and out the dirt bikes. It was so fun, especialy at night as we went through and all around the farm. The next morning me and Sierra woke up at 530 am to go out and swing, and waited for cody and tait to get up. Once we were all up we ate some breakfast and then went and got 2 of the horses so that we could ride them around. It was my first time being on a horse...it was a little scary not gonna lie! but a lot of fun.

Canoeing Trip @ BYU-Idaho

Left to Right: TEacher and some other girls in my class
For my canoeing class, we were required to go on a overnighter and get tested on the things we learned. It was such a fun trip. We drove about 2-3 hours to get to Salmon National Forest and we ended up camping right by a beautiful lake. The water was beyond freezing, so luckily we were in canoes. There was though, one canoe that tipped over so we had to do a rescue to get them and their canoe. It was awesome for us..not so much for them. That night also, me and 2 others, (another girl and our chaperone) went fishing with a fly rod, and a hanger that we found around camp with somefishing line hooked up to it, and a spinner. We went out on the canoe, and was probably out there for a good 2 hours. The hanger caught 2 fish, and the other caught 2 fish. Rainbow Trout! we cooked them up late at night..and ate them! It tasted just like chicken...literally.