Dinosaur hunt is on

Cards, cards, cards

As you might imagine there is not alot for the locals to do. So many folks turn to playing cards. Grandpa showing the next generation the ways.

Mom says no...Dad says Bang Bang

After much resistance from Jessica I pulled into a fireworks stand to pick up $5 of fun.

Riley was very concerned about driving around with fireworks in the back of the van. As he put it, "explosive...gasoline, hello Dad".

However we made it back to my Dad's safely and of course I wanted to light them off immediately. But everyone wanted to wait. Finally after a couple of hours the time came, everyone was ready.

We started out with our biggest bang first. Figured after one bang Jessica would shut down the operation so I wanted to get the main attraction accomplished.

Keep in mind this is the kids first exposure to fireworks that weren't put on by a city. Also given that the both hate load noises I wasn't sure how it was going to go.

Of course the first round went off and I loved it but I didn't hear much from the kids. I quickly qued up round two, a package of "bees" which are suppose to spin up into the air. They all lit but didn't really fly. Grace did not like those. I'm not sure why. It could have been from Grandpa telling me that if it landed on the roof it would burn down the house.

Finally we ended with two packages of sparklers. After the first one Riley wanted to try holding one. And after he tried a couple I convinced a reluctant Grace to try a couple. It wounded up being fun for everyone.

Mommy says no more. Daddy says stay tuned for pictures from Tuesday.

The main drag

We headed to downtown Hamilton for a little blast from the past on this lazy Saturday. We wanted to go in the morning because the forecast called for a blistering 100 degrees. Luckily a summer storm came in with lots of clouds to cool everything down. There was only a couple rain drops that came down so it made it perfect weather to play in the huge castle playground structure at a local park.

After some tag, swings, and slides we headed to see my infamous high school. The kids could really careless.

A couple of blocks down we ran into a small but fun farmers market. They had some great local wares for a cheap price. The kids and I got a small bag of cinnamon carmal popcorn to munch when walking around. Jessica found two sets of handmade earings for only $5 and some poetry.

Girls in the garden

My girls in a garden at a great local museum.

Bison hunt is over

After hunting bison for several days, with his camera, Riley savored his first bison burger at a great pub called Temeraca in Missoula, MT this afternoon.

Random roads

You never know what you might find down a random road. On our search to find a local lunch spot, I turned down a road to find a big enough area to turn around. The road dead ended into this great bridge. The bridge spanned the West fork river. The river split which looked like two rivers. And the end of the bridge there was a concrete wall that several people decided to make some local street art.

Now back on track to find food...or another adventure.