Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Salem Sue

Well-we've made the trek to Minnesota for our winter life. We left Driggs and drove up to Cooke City, MT where there was enough snow to ride. Garth and some of his teammates rode for a couple days to break in their sleds (and their bodies!). On our way out of Cooke City, you go through Yellowstone Park. We saw all these animals:
Coyote-

Big Horned Sheep-
Elk-
Bison-
A trip to the hot tub with the boys!-
And in North Dakota, Salem Sue! The biggest Holstein cow in the US?

We coped with the long hours in the car with the IPod. It was a huge change from traveling with Palmer before. Evening is the toughest when it gets dark at 5:00 and Palmer isn't ready to close his eyes-but he can't see to play with toys...so out comes the IPod. We got free podcasts of Sesame Street from ITunes and and AUX cable to plug the sound right into the truck's speakers. Entertainment for hours. And Palmer has a SHORT attention span. It totally does the trick! I highly recommend it.

No trip through ND would be complete without a trip to Space Aliens. It's a restaurant/arcade/extra terrestrial museum of sorts full of artifacts and souvenirs. We played Deal or No Deal and won the max amount of tickets (I didn't take any of the banker's deals and ended up opening my own case!) and bought a bunch of crap w/the tickets. So much fun...

5 comments:

Melissa said...

What a great car idea with Palmer! Now I have a real excuse to get an ipod!

Good luck garth!

Ben and Summer said...

Emma LOVES the Sesame Street podcasts! I agree, total lifesaver in the car. If you find any other good ones, let us know!! Looks like a good trip for being so long. So is the baby going to be born out there? See ya next spring!!

Brenda said...

They have that Deal or No Deal in Pocatello at Outer Limits. It's so fun, and addicting!!

Heidi and Matt said...

oh, you made me sooo homesick for ND!!! We lived there for 4 years and spend many birthdays at space aliens!!! have a great winter!

Taryn said...

holy moly that is one big cow :) you are seriously one heck of a woman to move every year with a little one! I was just complaining our 10 hour drive home with my kids was ridiculous. But now...that sounds silly compared to you!