TRIP TO REXBURG
/surrounding areas
Friday September 16, 2011
(Betsy starts the log)
5:15 - Betsy gets off work and rushes home because she thinks that
Ashley will actually be ready. FALSE.
6:00 - Ashley takes forever
6:05 - Ashley takes forever
6:10 - Ashley takes forever
6:15 - We finally leave
"Put a suggestive face." -Ash
"And my brains are full of mucus." -Jacs
6:39 -
Just A Kiss by Lady Antebellum comes on the radio
6:39 - call Dacia and sing it to her
6:40 - Ashley is fetching annoying
(Ashley takes over since Betsy obviously has issues)
-"Where'd you put the movies???" -Ash
-"In a BUUUXXX!!" -Bets
6:43 - Cross the border into Idaho (luckily we get past the border control since we do have Betsy)
6:44 - Jacs lies about a pen mark on Bets' face - hilarious
6:46 - Betsy freaks out because Ashley is breathing
6:52 -
My Oh My Yer So Goodlookin' by Blake Shelton=Betsy's FAVE!
(Betsy grabs the log back like a 2 year old)
-"His knightly duties arise..." -Ash <-----Ashley has her mind in the gutter!
-"Ummm...?" -Bets (Ash: FALSE! Bets' mind can't get out of the gutter!)
7:15 - stop at the creepy gas station in Swan Lake that Jacs is obsessed with
and get:
choco covered nuts
cheeeeps (in English=chips)
donettas (in English=powdered donuts)
baked chips
we devour the salt and vinegar chips
7:24 - Jacs braves the rain to fix the windshield wiper
7:30 - Ash plays the geetar
7:40 - We stop @ Sinclair in Arimo and change windshield wipers in the
pouring rain. Fix-it Jacqueline puts wiper back on (w/ help from
old guy in neck brace) and Ashley and Betsy go puddle jumping.
(Ashley finally gets control of the log again...sanity reigns once more)
8:36 - Bets calls and chatterboxes it to her
"real" friend Mumsy
Ash and Jacs have their own phone convo
Bets smears her feet across the inside of the windshield
9:02 - Bets FINALLY starts talking to us again (
Bets: 24/7 Ashley whines)
Bets requests a SONG :D
(Bets somehow gets her hands on it)
9:37 - Stop @ Sinclair in SUGAR CITY
(Thankfully Ashley gets it back)
10:25 - Start a fire...Bets freaks out because Ash's hand was in the stove
ate food, watched Red, generator died, fell asleep.
0dark:30 - FREAKIN HOTTER THAN H-E-double hockey sticks
Saturday September 17, 2011
(Bets needs a complain sesh again)
6:00 - Jacqueline wakes up at the butt crack of dawn and
clanks around loudly for hours on end.
8:34 - We drink hot chocolate
8:51 - Betsy pees with NO INCIDENT
"I'm not getting naked in the wild." -Bets (Jacqueline has a hissy fit)
8:55 - Eat peaches that somebody else picked, clean up
10:02 - Go hiking, climb on rocks w/ beautiful view
1:11 - Pack up and hike out
1:11 - Betsy carries Ashley's 1,000 lb geetar
1:21 - Drive to Jac's house
2:00 - Be true to our city worker selves and load branches into a pickup
(just like old times!!)
3:30 - Life is pretty much all about horses:
Catch the horses
Tie up the horses
Saddle the horses
Mount the horses (Betsy is a pro)
RIDE THE HORSES
Jacqueline teaches us how to gallop
Ride all over the hills
(Ashley rescues the log)
Ride through the pond and over to pick apples
Go out to the pasture and ride around the cute little calves
Unsaddle all the horses and let them out to pasture
6:30 - Jacs becomes frantic about the lost calf up in the mountains
6:35 - Grab something to eat,
Ashley's sandwich is fabulous (bread-mayo, ham, tomatoes, lettuce)
Betsy's is gross (bread-chipotle grossy, ham, pickles of the devil)
6:50 - We gather up all our gear and head out to rescue the little calf
7:11 - Ashley drives the fourwheeler like a freakin PRO
drivin stick shift isn't a problem
7:15 - Bets gets off and clambers over the fence, Ashley discovers the calf
7:19 - We meet up again - Jacs on horseback - then we go on foot and
chase calf through fields and thickets, groves and cliffs,
canyons and hills. Ashley snags the leg to end the chase.
"HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!" -Jacs
7:46 - Jacs carries the cute little girl to the top of the hill on her shoulders
7:50 - Car smelled like gasoline + cow. Ash nurtured the scared little cow
to health sitting in the back of the Burb - named her Gabby
8:10 - Took pics of Gabby - Bets FREAKED out when she (Gabby) sucked
on her fingers
- Got pics. :>
(Betsy somehow gets ahold of it)
Rankings at Catching Cow
(According to Bets...who didn't catch the cow!!)
Betsy: *********
Jacs: *****
Ash: **
"I don't need 15 minute updates every 10 seconds." -Jacs
Things we didn't do that night
Make volcano cake things
Go to the drive-in movie
Be nice to Betsy
Smell Good
Eat real food
Things we did do
Rescue a calf
Watch the Man from Snowy River (fitting, no?)
Shower
Eat lots of delicious snacks/junk food
Sunday September 18, 2011
9:00ish - Wake up
9:30 - Wait for Jacqueline
9:35 - Wait for Jacqueline
9:40 - Wait for Jacqueline
9:45 - Wait for Jacqueline
9:50 - Wait for Jacqueline
9:55 - Wait for Jacqueline
10:00ish - Finally drive home
Jacs drives maniacally to get home before church to prevent
us all from becoming sinners
1:08 - Betsy is home!
1:11 - Ashley is home
1:16 - Jacs is home
Log ends. Over and out.
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