Day Trip to Medora

Ryker got up, but couldn't figure out how to get down.  He made it but I had to crawl up and spot him on the way down.  After the summer, he was a pro on the fireman pole so he'd get down with no problems now.

Medora has two great parks.  This thing was one of our favorites.

This came in a close second.

Awe, the shooting gallery.  Awesome, but only open in the summer so the kids had never seen it before.  We used to spend all day here when my Grandma would take us down.  It is still only a quarter for 20 shots!  It is about the only thing in the historic town with historic prices, but it's about all we bought besides lunch and ice cream anyway.

 

Ryker of course, had to pull out his camera too.

He got some quality photos.

 

The only other purchase......a must have hot dog and marshmallow roasting fishing pole!

Canyon Ferry

After a couple days in Bozeman, we headed over near Seth's old stomping grounds of Helena to take in some of the best water Montana has to offer.  My Uncle Jim and cousins were there and we had a great time.

Brian, Cayden, and Ryker

Kya could get used to Jim's toys

Ryker met a lot of cousins for the first time and had his introduction to the washer game

Yeah, it's a cool boat, but did you see this stick?

I always thought that between the leg strap was to keep the lifejacket from floating up, but now I'm wondering if it is to keep their soggy drawers up....

What was I doing this whole time, you might ask while others are playing with my kids?  Relaxing on the beach with a few well deserved beers and adult conversation after driving 750 miles with 2 toddlers and a dog.

Yep, if the engineer can't fix it, it's broke.  Time for a new squirt gun.

We've had about all the fun we can handle in a day, we can head back to Bozeman now.  Thanks for the great time Zinda's!

Bozeman and Billings

We got up early and hit the trails around Bozeman.

We found a great little park that the kids were excited to show Brian and Kara when they got home from work.  Yep, they knew it was there, but they hadn't played on it before so I'm sure they were just as excited to go check it out:)

Kya not so sure about the car wash

Ty and Nikki's stoop.  We stayed a few nights in Bozeman, one in Billings, then on to Wibaux.

Showing Ty his cycling skills

Guess who got shotgun?  Yep, Cosmos rode in the car.  Never thought I'd see the day, but it worked out fine.

We were prepared for a long road trip.  There was no waiting to find a bathroom with 2 kids and a dog for me.  It was HOT and there was no way I could have left Cosmos in the car while Ryker did his business in a gas station.  Once we got into Montana, we could just tie him to the doorknob of the car, but in Washington and Idaho, there's just too much traffic and too small of parking spaces for him to be safe.

Ryker told me that he enjoyed the view.

Yep, that's 99 degrees and it got hotter.  I love Big Sky Country in the summer!