let's ride!

This weekend we got together with a few other couples, gathered up a few Harleys, got suited up in our leathers, and went for a lovely little ride.

We had a ball!

The group: Breezie & Matt, Tyson & Kate, Me & Kolton, Andra & Marshall

We had been planning this little trip for a while so when Friday came we were running around getting everything ready to go. We borrowed my dad's bike and all my parent's gear. We met up with the other couples in Terreton and headed to Ashton. We stopped by Mesa Falls and it was SO beautiful!

I had never been there in the summer and Kolton had never been there ever so it was a nice little stop. Then we headed up towards Island Park. We were going to stay at Bitter's cabin that night but we went to West Yellowstone first to grab something to eat. We ate at the cutest little fifties diner, The Canyon Street Grill, I think is what it's called. Then we headed back to the cabin. As we were driving home the sun was setting and all I could see were silhouettes of pine trees and the back of Kolton's head. And it was just SO beautiful! I loved that part. 

At the cabin we played a few games and just chatted before heading to bed. I don't know why, but we were all so tired! Biking is hard work, I guess! I don't know about everyone else, but sitting behind Kolton and being a backseat driver really wears me out.

The next day we headed for Yellowstone Park. Kolton hadn't been there in forever either so it was a nice ride. We saw a ton of buffalo-big herds and then just lone buffalo sitting on the side of the highway. They were huge ugly suckers and it was fun to see them so up close and personal.

We had to take a picture of our leather chaps. We felt kind of silly getting all dolled up because we are nowhere near profession/hard core bikers and we felt like wannabe's but the leather gear was so nice and kept us warm and gave us a little protection from the wind. So it was worth feeling silly.

We all started to get a little crampy and had to stop every hour or so.

We saw this neat waterfall right off the side of the road so we stopped to take a few pictures.

After we left Yellowstone, we headed to Jackson. It was a long, long ride and I was ready to get off the bike. But we were all hungry so we were trying to get there quick and not take any more stops. Luckily we had an awesome view of the Tetons to distract us. Those things are huge and rugged! And were just right there in front of us. It was an awesome view.

We finally got there and ate lunch. We stopped once more to get square ice cream in Swan Valley. I think that place is so funny because everyone makes a big deal out of it and it's just a dinky little gas station with a ice cream scoop that happens to be square. I just can't believe how busy it always is! After that last stop we made our way home. We had such a good time, but it was also nice to be home. We are excited for the next trip!