Monday 10 March 2014

Wyoming














Jordan's friends, the Warburtons have a cabin in Wyoming. By cabin I don't mean a small wooden hut with dusty bunks and no bathroom. The cabin is big. It has 3 or 4 bedrooms, 2 living areas, a dining area, kitchen…. It's extremely cosy and house-like. It sits on a big plot of land in a teeny town called Smoot. We recently went to spend the weekend there. It was exciting - the first time I'd left Utah since we'd arrived here. Our siblings came and so did Jason and his wife Valerie. Evenings were spent playing Scattergories and Dominoes; days spent snowmobiling (Or in my case, watching others snowmobile from inside). The snow was verrry deep and the weather extremely cold. It reached -18 celsius (which is a nip too cold for my liking).

Wyoming is a special place for us. Jordan's mom's side hails from Afton. It's a very small place with not much happening, surrounded by rolling hills and filled with small-town quirks. We went to the house where Jordan's grandparents lived (which is unfortunately no longer in the family). We ate the most delicious fish and chips (a rarity in the US) at a small seafood place and enjoyed driving through the twisting and turning, snow covered canyons. 

- Alice

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