The Muench Bunch

   June 30, wedding day,  we left our cabin driving to the little town of Whitehall, for my niece's wedding. The town was small with very little other than a sandwich shop where we had lunch. Since we made it into town early, I had hopes of checking into the hotel early, and maybe use the pool. I called and they would not allow early check in and there was no pool. We arrived to our sketchy hotel around 3:00. The hotel had no elevator, we were on the second floor and the outside door to the building  had a broken lock, so anyone could freely come and go. This hotel was right off the interstate old, smelly, dirty, and stuffy. I had reservations for 2 rooms, one for the boys and one for us girls. Somehow the hotel had us down for one room. Our room was small with two queens and luckily we were able to get a rollaway. The bathroom was small and all 4 us us needed to get ready and change for the wedding. Noah didn't help matters and decided that it would be a good time for a self h

       Day 5 I made a lot of plans for Cody, but didn't really have much planned for our stay in West Yellowstone. I wanted to leave it open for the kids to have options. Any plans they hoped, such as ATV trip or rafting were already booked.  Without a plan, we had a slow day. I made pancakes and the kids were slow moving. They sleep in late and Jayden takes a nap every day and in the car. It was 11:00 by the time we got back into town. The Grizzly Bear and Wolves  Discovery Center was one of the top attractions, so we decided to check it out. They gave us a two day pass and I had read that you could easily spend more than one day there. 30 minutes later, everyone had seen all there was and were ready to leave. I was disappointed, that was supposed to take most of our day. There were around 5 wolves wandering around their pen that we could watch. They were shaggy with clumps of hair shedding and not too pretty to look at. They walked very little and laid around. A couple of them fo

      June 24 was the beginning of our travels West. The boys and I headed to the airport for a 9:30 Am flight. It felt weird flying with only the boys. I wished Mark was going on our trip, but he stayed home to keep an eye on the livestock and wells. He wanted to stay home if any of the families needed something done in a hurry, and he had an important land sale. He wasn't too interested in going on our trip west from the beginning and was  planning to fly in only for the wedding. He was fine with the rest of us making a trip out of the week.  In the weeks leading up to the date, he thought it would be best to stay home. The boys and I had carry on luggage and a backpack. As we were going through security Luke noticed Jake did not have his luggage. He left it down below the escalator. I guess he got distracted and forgot it. Fortunately, it was right were he left it with a security guard about to haul it away.  That was the first bobble. Our flight took us to Denver. As I unboarde