Our Trip to Yellowstone - Day 1

From home to Coeur d'Alene:

The drive to our timeshare in Coeur d'Alene took about 6 hours. We stopped at the Columbia river gorge overlook area for lunch. Above is the wild mustang monument.

Kaylee looking good in her new sunglasses!

It was a good place to stretch our legs and get all that pent up energy out.

We ate our lunch overlooking the river. Pictures just don't capture how pretty the area is.

We arrived in Coeur d'Alene around 4:30 and stopped by to visit some of Jeff's friends. Together we had a bbq dinner (which was so nice especially after a long day on the road!). Kaylee got to play with a bunch of kids her age on their swings and slides. Our hostess, Christy, learned that Kaylee was really into Curious George. She said she'd been looking for someone to give a large plush Curious George doll to. They received a duplicate one for Christmas. So she gave Kaylee a Christmas present to open! It was so nice of her. George was rarely out of Kaylee's sight the entire trip!

After a wonderful dinner with our friends, we headed over to our condo. We found it to be very nice and spacious with lots and lots of storage space for all our stuff.

The living room and fireplace...

The wonderfully large and spacious kitchen:

Dining and patio:

There were two bedrooms as well as two bathrooms. Our bathroom was ENORMOUS - I just had to take a picture of it.

So we settled in and got the kids to bed at last! The next day we got to hang around Coeur d'Alene all day, but more about that later...