Canyons, Cows, Caves, and Cars Vacation Post Number 2

If you missed part1 of our vacation to Idaho you can find it here http://reutherfamily.blogspot.com/2017/09/vacation-to-idaho-part-1.html


There are so many great places to see by my home town. We took the kids to Canyon and watched some BASE jumpers jump off the bridge. We got our one and only family picture and probably the only one I was in thanks to a homeless guy that spends his days at the bridge jumping and just talking to people.

We also went to visit my grandma and grandpa. The kids helped her feed the cows.

We had really wanted to take the kids to Craters of the Moon. Unfortunately it is a bit of a drive and in the desert plus mostly lava rock so we figured it would be hot. They just wanted to see a volcano. So instead we took them to the Shoshone ice caves. This is where I failed! I actually forgot my camera in a diner in a small town. We got to the caves about 20 minutes away from the diner and realized it. So I just had my phone. This is actually a lava tube from the volcano so they got as close as we were going to get. They loved it. We left the babies at home.

After the ice caves we went and visited one of my grandparent's friends that collects rocks. It was a great follow up to us studying rocks last year for school. He even sent us home with some rocks for our nature area.

The other thing they were fascinated with this trip was my grandpa's old car he has redone through the years. As a kid I use to see him in his shop working on it. It is good to see him actually driving it now. They thought it was the neatest thing. He loves it because it reminds him of his youth. 

I have one more post to share of our trip. It probably won't happen for another week! Although I may surprise myself and get it done! School is in full swing and I am busy with that plus sewing and life! More to come soon....