Independence Day

This year we decided to wake up at 3:30 a.m. and drive to Driggs and watch the hot air balloons take off. We had never done this before so it was a NEW adventure. I couldn't believe how beautiful the tetons were with the sunrise. There were only about 14 balloons, but it was well worth the early drive. The launch was over by 7:00 a.m. and we were left with the entire day ahead of us so we drove up to Jackson Hole and watched their parade. Little did we know, a celebrity was sitting right across the street from us...Dick Cheney. So we paparazzied him. Jackson's parade was more of a glorified car show and we missed seeing the high school floats that were going on in Idaho Falls. But it was low key and not too crowded. Roxy was with us- she was pretty popular as you can imagine. A ton of people had to stop by and ask us how old, why she is so skinny and tell us about their boxer that died. It was like the same conversation over and over... After the parade we headed to Palisades to walk around on the shore. But when we got there- there wasn't a shore at all! The reservoir is so FULL there is barely room to get a boat in. It's been so long since we have seen it that full. We drove right by the landslide area and saw the buildings that basically lost their foundations from it. Getting up so early made for a long day. We drove back home by 2:00 and slept until the fireworks. My only regret was not getting a reservation to ride in one of those balloons...maybe next year!