The peace garden state

We made it back from the road trip of death. If you haven't taken a 42 hr road trip, consider yourself lucky. It makes the trip home to Oregon seem like a breeze. We made our way through Jackson Hole and Yellowstone, on through Montana (where Chris got pulled over for speeding, no endless speedlimit on the MT interstate anymore, turns out..the lucky duck got off with a warning) and on to ND.

Old Faithful

We had tons of fun with my aunts, uncles and cousins. I hadn't seen any of them since 2002 (and some of then since before that!) so it was definitely a much needed visit. I got to visit my little 2 1/2 year old cousin Rylee for the first time, and she is definitely a delight.

This is Chris showing his skills on Lake Cormorant. We got to spend a day at my aunt Susie and Barry's lake house in Minnesota (just over the ND border) and it was a blast!

Chris has much greater skill at wakeboarding..I am a fan, but can only seem to stay in the wake or go directly to the right and stay there..not quite sure how to cross back yet..someday.

And, the biggest feat of the trip: We got my MOM to go tubing. Mom, you're awesome.

On the way back we got to stop at Mt. Rushmore. It was pretty spectacular..somehow we felt the need to pose like the ye old presidents. We look just like them, I'm sure.

Overall it was an awesome, awesome trip. But next time, I'm flying.