Friends, Hippies, and Broken Cars

It surely was an adventurous weekend for us. The plan was to drive to Jackson Hole Saturday morning and hang out with some friends for the weekend. It was a lovely Saturday morning to begin with, and we were only forty five minutes outside Rexburg when the car began acting strangely. We were going downhill and loosing speed. As I continually pumped the gas nothing happened. Sad day. So we coasted down the hill, across a bridge, and barely made it to the side of the road. We had gas, we had oil, and we had power, so we had no idea what the problem was. Two times someone stopped to help us. The second man gave us the number of a towing company in the tiny town of Newdale we had just driven through. We both hardly had cell phone service, but we were able to contact our parents, our friends in Jackson, and wake up my dear best friends to get them to come pick us up. 170 dollars later we, and our car, were back in Rexburg. Our awesome friends in Jackson jumped up and offered to come get us before we even made it to Rexburg. In fact, they got there almost the same time we did. So after all that we were on our way to Jackson.


So they took us to a hockey game (Go Moose!) during which the players only fought once. :( But we did get to experience the unique culture that is Jackson Hole. Gotta love those tree-hugging, not-showering, tye-dye, really drunk, spastic natives in Jackson. Great entertainment.


Here's our fight action. Basically everyone got involved and ended up on the ice. Pretty good fight.

Checkin' against the glass. Classic move.

*The Happy Gang*

Daniel, Ashley, Lara, Mike

Can't go to Jackson without seeing the Tetons.

I'm so brave. I crawled through a bear cave, with a bear in it.

More or less.

Our wildlife adventures of the weekend consisted of driving really close to bighorn sheep. The most entertaining part was watching Mike get out of the car and sneak up as close as he possibly could with a camera before he made eye contact with a very impressive looking sheep.

This majestic shot was taken by none other than Daniel. Good work babe.

Classic Antler Arch Shot.

Cute, right?

Bigfoot vacations in Jackson.

So that is the end of our weekend. Two days later we received a bill for $360 to fix the car. Sigh, poor car.

Only two more weeks of school!! And the worst part is already over!! :) Then we get to move! Hoorah!