Yellowstone 2

The week after having completed the Wendt Family Reunion, Dale and I drove 4 hours north to Yellowstone park.  There we met Dale's parents as well as his brother and brother's girlfriend.  For those of you who recall from this post Dale's family has a generous friend who has shared access to their Yellowstone mansion cabin with the Tolleys on a regular basis!  I was getting over the sniffels, and it was just a normal 2-day weekend, so the brunt of this visit was lounging in the luxury of the fully stocked 3000 square foot, polished pine, vaulted ceiling marvel that only narrowly meets the definition of a cabin. 

On such a casual weekend, the only picture I grabbed was this: Dale eating s'mores and getting marshmallow in his beard.  Any weekend where family from three different states gathers is worth noting. 

What is also worth noting is that this place had a community recreation building that included a pool, spa, sauna, and racquetball court.  I availed myself of all of them.  I can now say I am someone who can play racquetball.  Or at least HAS played racquetball.  I found that with the bouncy ball and 4 walls to hit it off of, the best thing to do was swing wildly whenever it came to you.  The more wild your swing, the more likely it was that the ball would hit one of the walls before bouncing again.  And with this strategy I held my own against 3 grown men. :)

We came, we built fires, chopped wood, watched movies, and played games.  I think this is ideally what weekends are for: traveling as necessary to hang out with family.