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Day 1 in Yellowstone included a 10pm drive to the south entrance of Yellowstone. Our flight landed on time, however Alamo's computer system was down and they could not look up our rental car reservation. That compounded by the fact that the "airport rental location" is 11 miles from the airport. Eleven!!! They had also given away almost all their vehicles, except minivans...after some discussion we ended up w the Expedition that the workers use. Needless to say, I'm not happy w Alamo and won't be using their services again. A minor hiccup... And we set off for our two hour drive to Yellowstone Lake Hotel. We did NOT know that the road was closed due to wild fires. Soooo when we were 30 miles from our hotel in the park, the road was closed and barricaded. This was around midnight. There were no rangers or really any way for us to communicate with anyone because there is no cell phone service in that part of the park. So we drove back an hour and a half to Jackson and discovered we now had a 6 hr drive to the West park entrance. Andddd that's how we ended up staying at Bates' Motel... Aka the painted buffalo inn. Which was about the only place in Jackson with vacancy. Cheers to a memorable first night!

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Quick trip to Phoenix to start off two weeks of vacation. Lots of old favorite places to eat (and one new one!), plus some hiking with Hunter and visiting with old friends made the first three days of vacation so pleasant. The hot weather and clear skies always make me 😀. 'Til next time Phoenix.

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Lake Michigan view from our cabin ❤️

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The sign of a beautiful person is he always sees the beauty in others.

Omar Suleiman (via psych-facts)

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Everyone has been so thoughtful 😢 missing my boy tremendously 🐶

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I truly believe all dogs go to heaven and my boy had a pass to the front of the line. On Wednesday I said goodbye to my sweet Gimli. What a wonderful eleven year ride we had together. 💔

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When u take the selfie too close to ur face #selfie #papillonsofinstagram #topogijo

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When you fall asleep standing up #papillonsofinstagram #topogijo #chucho

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The Night Show at Phipps was beautiful! 🎄 #phippsconservatory #pgh

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I'm not sure I've ever met a more fierce woman in my life. happy bday to my beautiful mom🎈🎉🎊❤️ #happybirthdaymom

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When you're on the road and you don't want your orchid to die... 🌸#ontheroadagain

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Are we really watching football still? #papillonsofinstagram #letsgocolts

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745 Saturday conference call? No thanks mom! 💤 #corgisofinstagram #gimli #corgination

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Precious little peeplion #papillonsofinstagram #topogijo

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Guess gimli doesn't really like my reads #orhanpamuk

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Jameson Old Whiskey Distillery Tour was actually quite interesting and informative. However, I still don't like whiskey 😖

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Belfast City. I wish we had more time there! There's quite a bit to see.