Day Two of our Coeur d' Alene Vacation

Most of day two was also spent in the car. We did take a small little detour through Idaho Falls. It took my breath away to stand next to the falls and hear the rushing water so close. I wanted to stay there all morning!

Brian reminded me that we had only been driving for a few hours and needed to get back on the road though, so we piled back into the car. Most of the drive was through Montana (which is beautiful!) and finally in the early afternoon we were passing through Northern Idaho with only a few hours to Coeur d' Alene. I was amazed at how many trees there were! Everywhere we looked there were pine trees covering every inch of space around us. (We went on a little hike looking for huckleberries a few days later in our trip and I will post some of the great shots I got of the beautiful scenery in that post.)

Brian's brother Mike and his wife Taylor bought us tickets to go to the Demolition Derby with them that same evening. It was really hot and we were pretty tired from driving all day, but we still ended up having a great time! It's hard not to have a good time with Mike and Taylor. They are a blast and I was SO GLAD to finally spend some time with them! The derby was pretty cool. Erek LOVED watching all of the cars. His favorite word is Car and anything with two or more wheels on it, to him, is a car. The crowd was a little crazy and the cigarette smoke got to be unbearable, so we had to ditch out early, before the fireworks. We were bummed to leave, but more exhausted than we thought.

Here are some pictures from the Derby.

Uncle Mike, Erek and Brian

Aunt Taylor and Cousin Mikey.

Grandpa Rusty feeding Mikey a red slushy.

Mmmmm...