Mimosas on the River

Normally when guests visit from out of state- we have plenty to entertain them with. Living in a tourist town definitely has it's benefits. We can take them white water rafting, up to Yellowstone or Teton National Park, hiking, around town to see the elk antlers and go shopping, etc... Being that this was my friend's 4th time visiting us in a year (love her!), I at first was a bit stumped on what to do. Sure we could sit around in our pj's all day and watch old FRIENDS episodes, but since she did pay a good chunk of money to fly out, I wanted to make sure it felt worth it.

Luckily, my husband came up with the awesome idea of taking us scenic rafting. We'd taken her on a commercial white water trip before, but this time he personally was going to take us down- and this time with mimosas... count me in!

I love him

Danny was awesome. He did all the hard work: Coordinating the trip, getting the supplies, blowing up the raft, arranging for someone to pick us up at the end of the trip. As for us girls? We were in charge of the mimosas and food. Easy enough. Getting the champagne out... Don't be jealous of my sexy PFD either

It was the perfect day to go rafting. It had just stopped raining, the sun was out, and there was a nice breeze in the air.

Bald eagle! And yes- I get just as excited as the tourists

We of course posed for a few pictures to remember the trip by...


And then Chris and I decided to give Danny a break and try our hand at the oars. Not as easy as it looks! Those things want go all over the place... and they're heavy



It didn't last too long before he jumped in again. I totally felt like I was at summer camp and the cute counselor was coming over to teach me how to row properly.

The next day, the activities just kept going and we decided to bike through Grand Teton National Park.

Helmets are not my best look...

It was another beautiful day...

Chris looking all cute with her wispy hair coming out from her helmet... why didn't I do that? You can easily tell she's a girl. Me? Not so much. I look like her bald little brother. Scroll up- you'll agree

We ended up cycling about 20 miles that day... this was definitely one of my favorite parts...

We finished off her trip with some camping that night about 30 minutes out of town. And woke up to this...

It was awesome.