Idaho

Last weekend (July 31-Aug2) we made a quick unplanned trip to Weiser, Idaho. Ben's sister & family live up there. We also had lived in the area about 10 yrs ago for a short time. We have not seen them since before Ben left to go in the Army so about 6 yrs! Our nephews are all grown up now, 1 is married & has a daughter Grace. The other has a baby on the way due in Feb. I believe. :o) The kids loved playing up there with everyone. It was VERY hot!!! Over 100 each day & the humidity was almost 50%! That kind of weather and me do NOT get along!! :o) Our pictures are at www.public.fotki.com/karibird28 . The drive is about 8 hrs from here, friday night we left about 8 pm. It was a long day & nothing had gone right! We originally were supposed to go to Phoenix, AZ. to see my sister. We needed to get tires on the suburban before going anywhere, so I ran errands & picked the tires up in Reno. We refuse to buy them at a tire shop when we can get them from a distributer for half the cost. Well of course the day got away from us & Ben was already getting off work, so I switched cars with him so he could go get the tires mounted.. AND... they were not taking any more orders at any of the gardnerville stores, they were all that busy! Crazy! So by that time it was getting way to late to make a 12 hr drive to AZ. We decided to pack it up & head to Carson to get the tires on & then head up to Idaho since everyone was ready for a road trip and nothing was working out for it. We arrived up there at 3 am (they are an hour ahead of us) we decided to stay at a hotel in Ontario, OR (about 20 mins away). Saturday we hung out at Marti & Alan's house with the kids & our nephew Jake's family. John our other nephew & girlfriend came over later that night for a BBQ. Sunday we spent sometime over there with a huge breakfast & just hanging out before we took off for home. Before leaving the area we drove out to our house that we used to have. Loved that place! It was a cute little farm house on 40+ acres of farm land with a pond & grapevines, walnut tree etc. We finally left the area around 3 pm & made it home about 10 pm. Ohh... and if you have never heard of a donut peach.. You NEED to find them!! They are AWESOME! The juiciest best tasting peaches I have ever had! I forgot to get a picture.. darn it!