Happy Anniversary

Today is August 13th. It has been exactly one year to the day that we started this trip. I can't believe it. We have had such an amazing journey. People ask us all the time, which place was your favorite? That is really tough to answer. I would have to say that it has been the actual journey that is my favorite, not the exact places. The people we've met, the food we've eaten and the experiences we've had, have made each place we've stopped amazing. Being able to eat an apple picked right off the tree, getting drenched by one of most powerful falls in North America, looking into the vastness that is the Grand Canyon, living in a National park, and so much more, are the memories that I will never forget.

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We have had a lot of visitors lately. It is always great when we can show off this amazing park to other people. Scott's mom, her husband Bobby, my sister Jessie and cousin Arden were all just here. It was great. We went white water rafting, hiking, and just tooled around.

I wanted to share a story with you about karma. My sister, cousin and I decided to go hiking, but first I wanted to take them to the top of a road that has spectacular views of the Tetons. After taking a ton of pictures we met a mother and daughter that had hiked up and needed a ride down, which I told them was no problem. (By the way, it is totally out of character for me to give rides to strangers, but this place has that kind of affect on people.) Turns out that the mothers name is Denise (same as my mom's name) and the daughters name is Kelly (same as my..well, you know), too weird. They were from New Orleans and were super nice. We dropped them off at the Signal Mountain Lodge and decided to go to lunch.

After lunch we went on a 2.9 mile hike to Phelps Lake. It was great fun we even saw a moose, nothing like my 16 mile hike in Yellowstone, ugh the horror. Anyway, I digress, later that night when we were getting ready for dinner we realized that Jessie's wallet was missing. The last time she had it was at lunch. To say she was panicked, would be an understatement. She was getting ready to fly out in a week and had no identification. We called the restaurant, but they told us they did not have it. So we decided to drive over there and look for ourselves. Turns out we ended up finding it at the front desk of the lodge, which was such a relief.

The girls left the next morning and I went back to work. When I got there one of the staff said to me, "You know those two girls you gave a ride to yesterday? They found your sisters wallet on the bench outside the restaurant and had turned it in. They just wanted to let you know".

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