Last month Scott and I went on a 12 hour road trip adventure to Bozeman Montana to celebrate our niece Mikayla's 16th birthday. We greatly enjoyed spending time with the family and while it may seem shocking, we loved the road trip. It was so much fun spending time with Scott, just he and I and miles upon miles of Interstate 90.
Our trip started on a Thursday afternoon. I got off work and we hit the road to our first pit stop, Coeur d'Alene. Not much excitement here other than a quick dinner, McDonalds ice cream cones and then to bed so we could get an early start on the road.
Friday morning we got up, grabbed coffee (a definite must) and hit the road. We were on a mission to get to Bozeman! The scenery going through Lake Coeur d'Alene was incredible. We hit it on a foggy, fall morning and it was like something out of a movie! There as hours and miles to go so we killed time but talking about childhood memories, dancing like goofballs to Taylor Swift songs and just enjoying the drive.
Then, this happened...
I've seen hundreds of those "scenic pull off" signs and have never really stopped but always wondered how scenic they really are. Well we decided to do just that and take a small break, stretch our legs and have a mini adventure. We skipped rocks in the river, hiked up a rocky mountainside and made a memories we won't forget. Most importantly though, we learned that sometimes you have to stray from the plan and be spontaneous. I am such a planner with every day life that stopping and just enjoying a moment "unplanned" was much needed.
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| You guys may not know this, but my husband is a kick butt rock skipper! |
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| This giant boulder was so cool, smooth like glass and bright red! |
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| View from the top of our hike. |
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| We even found a cave with ashes and remnants of a fire. Apparently we weren't the only spontaneous ones at the "scenic pull off" |
Finally, after a few more hours and a quick drive-thru style lunch we made our way to Scott's sister's home. We have 12 total nieces and nephews, and 8 of them were there so you can imagine the ambush that happened when we arrived! They were excited to start the fun weekend ahead, as were we.
There was go-kart races, family dinners, party set up, kick-ball in the dark, horse riding, rodeo games and lots of memories made.
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| Our nephew Trace, the goofball. |
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| Sunset over Big Sky |
The road trip home was made in one day and minimal stops, we couldn't wait to get home to our pup and our bed! One of the few stops we did make was in Ellensburg, where we picked up 60 pounds of fresh honeycrisp apples. Seriously still dreaming about how delicious those were. Wish Ellensburg wasn't two hours away!
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