ok, so we are home, sweet home...........my spouse kept a written journal during his 21 days away.........just like he kept on the last 5 installments of this bike journey......i didn't even consider writing things down.....i have been spoiled by computer diarying..... so here is what i have had on my mind during the 6 days that i have been away..... i will be adding to this, so keep checking back.......

high points:

1. being at the welcome to rawlins, wyoming sign when my guys finished their 6 year...cross-america ride..........taking the requisite photos..........

2. driving 75 mph legally for 6 straight days on extra wide wyoming highways in a ford expedition......i felt like quite the yupster........

3. the smells.........warm pine forest, cool,moist pine forest, extra-warm sulphur hot springs

4. the wildflowers........gentian, cinquefoile, yarrow, indian paintbrush, wild mint, saxefrage (sp) lupins, larkspur, harebells, just lovely..........

5. the thai noodle dish carryout from jackson hole.......with fried tofu

6. the geothermal features.......geysers....old faithful, anemone, the grotto.......the hot springs...... the chromatic spring, especially......the bubbly paint pots.............

7. cable tv..........the newest monk, al tv on vh1 with his pretend interviews with avril and eminem and his weird al videos/lyrics....the spoof he does of dylan is so funny...........

8. the beauty of the tetons...........just breathtaking

9. the hike to taggert lake...............

10. yellowstone canyon....especially the hike down to the lower falls overlook

11. people watching.....the couples in matching outfits, the couple's in catalog gear- straight outof orvis/llbean/eddiebauer...........the overdressed women out for hikes....in wedges, etc.........the overweight couple who were still hiking up out of yellowstone canyon as we went down, and came back up........


the low points:

1. cayle's fit at the yellowstone canyon lookout about taking guides without paying for them......

2. cayle's fit about not wanting anything on the kids meal.at the restaurant in jackson.........she announced that she no longer ate the following.......cheeseburgers, hamburgers, corndogs, grilled cheese, pasta and sauce, chicken strips, or macaroni and cheese.........just so she could order an adult meal which she proceeded to dislike as soon as it arrived.......

3. seeing 47 out of 50 state liscense plates.........never saw new hampshire, south carolina or delaware.........

4. poor radio reception except for gospel stations and country..............luckily i brought along children's books on tape, which i enjoyed more than the intended audience

5. not being able to blog daily.....we never saw an internet cafe.....like we thougth we would see one.........

6. cayle's bag being searched by armed guards at lex airport...they found scissors....why she brought scissors we will never know..........