I finally gave up on her and put what I could together from a couple of pictures she originally took with her iPod and sent to me while on the trip when she had WiFi, a few pictures that Christian's sister texted to him while they were there, and a couple of pictures that I got from Christian's dad afterwards. She hasn't even returned the camera she borrowed from Christian to take all those pictures that we didn't get on her trip or my SD card that she borrowed for the camera.
Christian's dad came very early Sunday morning, July 22nd to pick her up. They headed out on the road and met up with Erin's family in St. George, Utah for lunch. I know that they stopped in Tooele where Grandpa Caldwell was born and they apparently visited the cemetery where his dad (Christian's Grandfather and Emily's Great Grandfather) is buried. Emily apparently took a fall in the parking lot or something and never ended up recording any of it for us. I never could quite get a full story of what happened so I am presuming that she was doing something stupid with her cousins at the time.
They stayed with friends of Erin's family while out there. In the morning, they headed out to Idaho. Emily's cousin Mason is going to school at BYU Idaho currently. They planned to pick him up along with his girlfriend (fiancee?). Emily and the younger cousins were supposed to get a tour of the campus. Christian tried to set it up for her a week ago but never heard back from them. They finally contacted him after they already took the tour. Apparently, they were having commencement ceremony's that day and they got a very abbreviated tour of campus. They gave them from free swag and sent them on their way....all of which was nice, I guess...but less than helpful.
That evening, after Mason and his girlfriend got off work, they all headed out to the cabin in Yellowstone where they would be staying for the next couple of nights.
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On their first day in Yellowstone, they went hiking around to see a bunch of geysers and hot springs, including Old Faithful and the Grand Prismatic.
On the second day in Yellowstone, they went to see the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone which includes Yellowstone Falls.
They got to do some swimming somewhere near there.
The next day, the party split up with Erin's family heading back to Utah and then home, Mason and his girlfriend were going to go visit her parents and Terry and Emily heading out to Montana to visit with Terry's brother (Christian's Uncle Tony).
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Tony has a cattle ranch in Montana. He raises Red Angus breeding stock. He puts up his own hay still. Emily got a small glimpse of what life on a ranch is like. Terry went out of his way to take her around to a few places in Montana to keep her entertained.
On their first full day there, he took her to the World Museum of Mining in Butte. It rained after that, so they headed back to the ranch.
The next day was Sunday, so Terry and Emily ventured into town to attend Sacrament Meeting but did not attend the full block of meetings. They stayed home that day to hang out and visit with the family. Uncle Tony took them back into town for dinner.
On Monday, they went to another museum in Helena. On Tuesday they went to Georgetown Lake. Apparently, Emily got to do some more swimming.
They also stopped by in Phillipsburg to go to The Sweet Palace and loaded up on a bunch of candy.
They made their way home after that. They spent the night in Nevada before continuing on their journey home.
As far as I know, the best part of her trip to Yellowstone was of course, seeing new and beautiful places but also, hanging out with her cousins.
And the best part of her stay in Montana, was Uncle Tony's basement, where she got to stay. She said that it was so cool and quiet, she never wanted to leave.
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