After all that fun, we had to go home. We made it without any plane schedules being rearranged, but our bags didn't. They were brought to our door the next day though. However, when we got into the car there was a screw in one of the tires so we had to change the tire before leaving Greenville. We made it home safe and sound and somehow have even made it through going back to work.
When we got back to Boise, Pat's Dad cooked lobsters! It was my first time attacking one, and it was awesome! The meat was delicious and what's not good about food dipped in butter?
We had a great night in Sun Valley. Sushi for dinner, roaming around town and then Pat ran into a couple of friends he had played pool with when he lived there so we played several round with them....yes, even I managed to get a few balls into pockets! 
We got a great deal on a hotel suite since it was between the summer and winter seasons and greatly enjoyed the pool after the camping.
The next morning we went to a great place for brunch. It was so homey and delicious. There were three different kinds of eggs Benedict!
This is the hospital we visited last summer. We enjoyed not visiting it this time.
We made it back to Stanley on Monday.
We picked up Tiffany and headed into to town to have barbecue at the High Country Inn where Anne-Marie works this year. We ran into Katie who is back at the ranch too and we met several of the new employees from the ranch. Then Jason got off and we went over to the Rod and Gun (one of two bars in town). We had a great time catching up with them and hearing about the ranch this summer.
The next day we had lunch in town and then sat by the river all afternoon. Pat got some fishing in, but the fish weren't very cooperative and I read. I felt so amazed that Jesus had ever taken me to such a beautiful place, let alone for a whole summer where I also got to meet Pat. We went out that night with Tiffany, Jason, Andrew (the head chef from the ranch) and the girl who is the baker this year. We went to Redfish Lake and also got to see Dylan who worked at the ranch last year and is in the Redfish kitchen this year.
The next day we went to brunch with Jason at Smiley Creek and had one of the best chocolate shakes ever. Then we went down to the river and Pat fished off the rock that broke his wrist last year- yes! We hung out for a bit with John who worked in the kitchen with Pat last year and then took off for Sun Valley.
We arrived in Boise just in time for Pat's birthday on Saturday. First we met with Tim and Pat's friend John for lunch - during which we passed through the Basque Festival. 
Saturday night we had a steak dinner with his family, followed by a night on the town with Pat's friend Jimmy who shares Pat's birthday. That's a not-so-great picture of Jimmy singing Karaoke. 
Then on Sunday there was another family gathering, this one in honor of Brenda's birthday, who is Pat's brother's wife's daughter-in-law. Is that a step-niece-in-law to him? Who cares what it's called, it was fun to meet her and her husband, Caleb
and their very cute son, Nathan. Kellena and Marilee were also there. Gina fixed a great meal with strawberries and whipped cream for dessert!
We started our trip by driving down to Greenville on Thursday evening to spend the night and catch our early morning (6:40) flight. We drove through downtown Greenville because neither of us had ever been through Greenville before, which was a much cuter town than I had imagined and had a great toy store. Then we found a hotel and went for dinner at the Macaroni Grill. I don't think I had been there since I lived in Chapel Hill, but the whole crayons and wine on the table was still fun. Even if the food wasn't terrific, there was tons of it - we saved our leftovers for our 5am meal. Mushroom ravioli isn't quite as good at 5am, but it did the job.
We got to the airport with plenty of time. Which turned out to be good because our first flight was cancelled and they had rebooked us onto a 2p.m. flight, which meant we would not get into Boise till 9 p.m. We quickly asked if there were any other options, and got onto a 9:00 a.m. flight out of Greenville, but the next two flights, to Salt Lake and then Boise were stand-bys.
We picked up our gold Dodge Charger and headed to Pat's parents where we had pizza! We planned on just taking a quick nap and then meeting a couple of Pat's friends out on the town....but I woke up about 10 hours later!
The Greenville airport has an outdoor waiting area.
You can tell you're in a fancy airport bar when the chandelier is made out of beer bottles. Cool idea though.
This was a pot at the Greenville airport, but I think Mom created one just like it for Jessica's wedding. 
