Wyoming - Then and Now

Our family spent the summers while living in Columbus, Ohio taking family vacations across the country to visit family in Utah. Spending endless hours in a car with 5 brothers causes you to be creative and come up with something to entertain you while crossing the endless corn fields of Iowa and the endless nothing of Wyoming. From trying to find license plates for all 50 states to trying to find the alphabet on the road signs to I Spy we sure created some wonderful memories. While crossing the states we would stop at National Parks and other sites that were "must sees" along the way. Because of this we were able to venture over 38 states and see many of the nations scenery. All of this brings me to the great state of Wyoming. My only recollection of what Wyoming had was Jackalope's. I would spend the entire trip staring out the window trying to find a Jackalope only to be disappointed in not finding one. I have later learned that my search for the Jackalope merely was a good time filler and that it made the trip bearable until we arrived in Utah. As a result I have been left with a disappointment in what Wyoming really was. This disappoint has lingered since then until this weekend when we took a family vacation to the great state of Wyoming. Melissa's brother and sister in law live up there and are building a home so we thought we would take our long weekend and spend it with them. Though I didn't see any Jackalope I came to learn that there IS a lot more to Wyoming than the Jackalope. Here are some of the highlights while in Green River/Rock Springs, Wyoming:

• Parker's first encounter with "Lala" (Carson and Nykelle's dog). Parker looked at her through the window for fear that Lala would eat Parker alive
  
• Parker sleeping soundly through the whole drive while mom and dad enjoyed the scenery through the Gorge
• Melissa discovers that Devin just might be a handy man after all after helping Carson lay the wood floor
• Staying at Melissa's dad's town home and eating Oreo's and Chips Ahoy
• Meeting the friendly neighbors and given a history of the town of Green River
• Eating take out Chinese 

Most importantly it was fun to just be with family.  We look forward to many more trips to Wyoming to visit family and perhaps catch a glimpse of that Jackalope.