Afton, Wyoming

Went to Afton over the past weekend. It's really pretty there. It's only about 30 minutes past palisades. Most people think that Wyoming is full of sagebrush but I didn't see any where we were. lol. My friend Katie is from there and invited us home for the weekend. She went down a day earlier than me and Kacy... or that was the plan. But she ended up "needing" us a little early so Thursday night at around 11 me and Kacy loaded up the car and took off! Let me tell you.. we had the BIGGEST sugar high when we finally got there. I'm talking a bag of iced oatmeal cookies, bag of jerky, a box of little debbie zebra cakes, two apples and some milk. We went a little overboard but we didn't want to chance falling asleep. Or this is the excuse we gave ourselves. lol. When Katie pulled into the Maverick, which is the ONLY place open after 8 even on weekends (I'm not kidding), Kace and I were laughing so hard people were looking at us like we were drunk. And then the inevitable happened. Our sugar high crashed around 2 am and we passed out. lol. But it was totally worth it.

Friday we went hiking! It was my kind of hike. A leisurely stroll through some pretty trees with a creek running next to it. We hiked up to this intermittent spring. It stops and goes every 15 minutes, kinda like Old Faithful. It was steep hiking up the waterfall part but totally worth it! The moss on the rocks was almost neon green and the water tasted just like melted snow! Which it probably was... lol. We passed under a glacier to get to the top which freaked Katie out, but not nearly as bad as walking across it to get back down. lol. That night we just chilled and watched Jackass 2.5. I love Jackass. It makes me laugh so hard! We are going to see Jackass 3D sometime in the next week! I can't wait for that! lol. Okay I got sidetracked.

Saturday we woke up early (10 lol) to go to the local animal shelter and snuggle all the homeless creatures. This is not something that I like to do because then I feel awful when I can't take any of them home. But oh well. There was a kitten there who was crazy! I loved her instantly but couldn't convince anyone to take her home... :( Later that day me and Kacy explored the town while Katie did homework. This town has about 1800 people so it's not huge. We found a super cute second hand bookstore where we spent about an hour looking through everything. I was in heaven. I could have spent all day there! Then we hit up a local mexican joint. I noticed that in super small towns everyone, and I do mean EVERYONE, stares at new people. I can't count how many people stared at us as we walked the street. lol. Oh well.

Sunday we went to a farewell and then headed home. Me and Kace took our time and stopped for some pics and square ice cream! You can't go through Swan Valley and not get square ice cream! It blew Kacy away that it was actually square. lol. So here is the picture overload. Enjoy! lol

Waiting for the spring to come back onEmbracing nature?? Lol

Me and Katie at the spring

Kacy is a picture nazi and made us all take portraits with the pretty rocks. lol

Drinking from the spring :)

Hiking under the glacier!

Exploring the big town of Afton! Kacy looks like an alien! lol

Four wheeler ride!

Headed Home!