I was really looking forward to our family camping trip this year. I asked mom and dad if they wanted to go camping with us last fall so we could get it all planned and reserved. We decided on Ririe, Idaho because we had free tickets to Bear World this year and I was excited to use them with our kids. Anyway, what once started out to be our family trip ended up being with more siblings and cousins and we loved it! It was such a blast. We even ended up getting three RV spots right next to each other so we could all stay in one area. That was so nice.
We started the night off with dinner and celebrating Dad's 68th birthday. Even the neighbors yelled Happy Birthday to him, haha. I got Dad a few different odds and ends that reminded me of him. I found Spook and Katie for him, gave him some tissues for his snake bites and a razor, some nuts, and a D&B gift card. It was a lot of fun reminiscing about our childhood.
The next morning we picked up our sand boards and headed to the St. Anthony Sand Dunes. We stayed there until lunch time sledding down the dunes. The weather was pretty perfect. Next we drove the pot hole filled road up to the ice cave. This was supposed to be the highlight of our trip. We had lunch there and got to the mouth of the cave only to find that the ice had melted flooding the entrance so we weren't able to go inside. The water would've gone up to our chests. SO disappointed! I've only ever been to the cave in the fall and winter so I wasn't aware that it would do that in the summer.
The next day we drove out to Mesa Falls and did some hiking for half of the day. It was gorgeous. We had lunch at Big Jud's and swam the rest of the day at the hot springs.
Saturday we packed up and drove home. Except we were going to use our tickets to Bear World...only to find out our tickets don't work on Saturdays. Grrr! This was the other highlight of our trip, ugh. But we also had free tickets to the newer Yellowstone "zoo" so we went there instead. It was not near as good as Bear World, but we made the best of it.
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