Island Park, Idaho

This last weekend Shane and I headed up to Island Park, ID for the his family reunion on his mom's side of the family. I have actually never been to Island Park and we had such a great weekend.


Shane and I, Shane's Mom, and her parents at the family reunion.

We got up there on Friday night and headed straight for the local rodeo. When I say local...I mean local. Basically anyone that was there could just walk up and participate. Shane's cousin rode a bull, another relative rode the steer and of course the young kids participated in the chase the calf event, whatever it's really called.



Saturday morning we drove over to the Mesa Falls. I was actually very impressed with the size of this fall and it was soo beautiful with the constant rainbow at the bottom of it. Then we drove around the lake and saw the huge lake front cabins.





Saturday lunch time was the official family reunion. I didn't count but I am sure there were close to 75 people there. It was fun meeting a lot of family that I had never met before.

Saturday afternoon Shane and I drove over to West Yellowstone and walked through the town looking at some shops and then buying some yummy fudge. Saturday night we went out to dinner with some of Shane's cousins and it was fun getting to know them better.

Sunday we went to Sacrament meeting at the Island Park ward. Over the holiday weekends, they have a huge turn out and this year was no different, they had over 2000 people in attendance. They were in every room in the church, on the lawn and anywhere you can think of.

After church we checked out of the motel and and drove over to Big Springs where we saw huge fish that you can feed and some beautiful water. There was even a muskrat swimming around that was kind of cute.





After another lunch with family, we headed home. We had such a great time relaxing (although I am pretty sure the mattress we slept on is the worst mattress I've ever slept on.) It was soo nice to get away just for the weekend and see a place I've never been to. I hope to go back and spend more time there hiking, floating the river, and doing some other things.