A Tough One to Beat

So, we survived Thanksgiving! I love Thanksgiving. It has all of the good food and company of Christmas without all the stress of gift giving. Plus you get the Macy's Parade and lots of football. What more can you ask for?

So Friday, Victor and Allie came to visit. Let me first say we had the best time EVER, and it would be next to impossible to beat. On that note, if anyone wants to come out and visit and try to beat the good time they showed us, give it a whirl. So, we met Victor and Allie at the gate to let them in. They brought their Wii, so we had a good ole time playing. We played Wii fit forever and also some bowling, then we played Hearts. Hearts is actually a really fun game! Afterwards, we went over to the hotel to do a bit of ghost hunting and exploring. It was the perfect night. The stars were out, which is pretty rare out here. Victor got some amazing photos of the mountains and the hotel. He is such a talented photographer and has promised to share some photos, so i will post some when I get them. We spent a couple of hours in the hotel, checking out rooms and trying to scare each other. When we left, we came back to the cabin, and I started heating up leftover Thanksgiving dinner. Allie brought an awesome pumpkin pie! YUM! We played another round of Hearts in the meantime. At one point, Jeff stepped outside to glance around and heard wolves calling. So we all jumped in the car to get a bit closer. We couldn't see them because they were on the other side of the trees and up the hill a bit, but it was amazing listening to them. There was a very high pitch barking and howling, so we are not sure if it was a pup or not. I am going to look into it. It was just so cool listening to them. They were so close! When we got back, we feasted on the leftovers (finally!) and played DDR. we played DDR then Wii until 4 am!!!!!! Holy crap! Needless to day, we are a tad sleepy today.

Today we hiked up to Red Rock Falls. The falls are about halfway iced over and absolutely beautiful. It was a very nice hike, except for the cold wind in our faces. The lake on the way to the falls was even iced over, so we were able to walk on it. We led Victor and Allie out of the gate and are back at the cabin. Jeff is half asleep on the couch. Later we will eat more leftovers and more than likely call it an early night.