picture is from my sister, Peggy
Laverdure
Our Thanksgiving Trip Back to Wonderful
By
After
getting my almost brand new van for myself and Dad’s recent health scare with
his left eye, the folks and I decided to hi-tail it back home to
So on
Saturday November 21st, we left
We made it
to
Afterwards
we left to hi-tail it to
We had to
leave
While
driving up to Ralston, we did have an interesting and very Wyoming-like
adventure. Before driving through
Meeteetsee, 31 miles southeast of Cody, we almost hit a very big whitetail deer
who was trying to cross the road to go up a steep hill to look for food.
Had Dad who was driving not seen it out of the corner of his right eye,
that deer would’ve ended our trip.
It was big enough to do some major damage to the front right side of the van,
had we hit it. Score one for paying
attention to what’s going on around the vehicle at all times.
After that adventure, we made it to Ralston without any more problems.
We spent
the week staying at my Grandmother’s new modular house.
It was built for her about a year ago.
After her retirement from the railroad, she wanted to move to as close to
Cody as she could afford, since she absolutely loves the Cody area.
During the
week, we did several things. Dad and
his oldest sister, Peggy, took a day trip around the mountains near Cody and
took hundreds of pictures of the scenery and wildlife.
On that same day, Dad and Peggy met up with my mother and I over at the
Cody Middle School to watch my cousin, Sam, play in a 8th grade
basketball game against the Lovell Mustangs. The
Cody Cougars won easily. Dad took
several pictures of Sam playing.
After we got back from the trip, Dad made a DVD of the pictures and sent them to
his brother, David, Sam’s dad.
One
evening we drove to Powell and met friends, Becky and Tim at Hansel & Gretel’s.
Their daughter, Carrie, and her daughter, Taylor, also joined us.
The company was great but the service and food were nothing to write home
about.
Thanksgiving at my grandmother’s was nice.
My parents, Grandma, myself, uncle J.J., and his son, Jacob plus family
friends, John and daughter, Janet, had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal.
My mother made a homemade apple pie from
scratch.
The day
after Thanksgiving, my parents and I went to Cody for another Thanksgiving
dinner. This time it was hosted by
my wonderful Aunt Peggy. Almost all
of my dad’s brothers and sisters and their families came to Aunt Peggy and Uncle
Jim’s house for a Thanksgiving buffet.
It was wonderful seeing relatives, most of whom I hadn’t seen in 15-20
years. Aunt Peggy was a wonderful
cook. She made some foods that
haven’t been made since before my fraternal grandmother passed away in 1986.
As with
all good things, they have to end.
My parents and I left Ralston in the wee morning hours of Saturday, November 28.
On our way back home, we stopped in Thermopolis, and ate at a really nice
restaurant called the Thermopolis Café’ for breakfast.
After eating, we got a
We made it
to
The next
morning we went east towards
Now
throughout this entire vacation, we experienced construction in all of the
states we went thru except for
The
adventure started at about 7 p.m. local time.
At first we thought that a major car wreck had happened up ahead a ways.
As we slowly got closer to the situation, along with hundreds of other
cars, trucks, minivans, etc….we noticed that cars were changing lanes as we
kinda expected as with any situation regarding a wreck.
The entire time we’re in this, we are only going roughly 5-10 miles per
hour.
As it
turns out, it wasn’t an accident.
There was an area of construction on I-35 on the
After we
got through that mess, we were back to driving at the speed limit of 75 miles
per hour so we could get home at a decent time as all three of us had be at work
the next day. I’m volunteering at
the
The trip
ended for us as we pulled into our driveway at around 9 p.m. It was a fun trip
but it had a few “interesting” moments along the way.
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