Final Road Home

Flat Stanley made it back to California, mostly intact, one slight paper cut on the arm and that is about it. We left Jackson on Monday morning. Flat Stanley got to meet the most famous dinosaur in Rock Springs, Wyoming. How about that! When we are on a road trip we always stop at this gas station and visit the dinosaur. Rock Springs is a big oil and gas town. This dinosaur is the logo for the Sinclair company.

We made it through Wyoming, Idaho and Utah on the rural back roads of the true west! We made it to the Salt Lake City airport around 6:00 PM. Just in time to get our tickets and go through the security gate.




Everybody has to go through the screening gate, even Flat Stanley!

We always seem to see some funny things at the airport. On this trip we watched a woman who had trained her corgi puppy to go the bathroom on a special sheet, good dog!





Flat Stanley had some peanuts and a sprite in the air on a comfortable and big 757. After 2 hours we landed in LAX. Everybody was wearing long sleeved shirts, sweaters, uggs and scarves in the airport.. we were laughing to ourselves. If they only knew what cold really was!



Finally, Flat Stanley was reunited with Liam. What a long and sometimes strange trip it was! Bye Flat Stanley, we had fun with you and I hope you had fun with us!!

Teton Village, Jackson Hole

Flat Stanley took a trip to Teton Village with Tom Bartlett. Tom is a ski patroller with the Jackson Hole ski patrol. If you want to learn more about Jackson Hole ski area, you should visit their website: www.jacksonhole.com Jackson Hole Ski Area opened in the 1960's and is definitely off the beaten path. It is also an amazing ski area. People travel from all over the world to ski here. No visit to Jackson is complete without a trip to Teton Village. Even if you don't ski, you can ride the tram and have an amazing view of the valley below (far below). Their website will show you current mountain conditions, photos of the new tram, as well as live webcams and much, much more.

This is a view from the top of Rendezvous Bowl. You have to ride the tram to get here. A new tram opened last year. It cost over 30 million dollars to build. It holds over 100 people and is very fast! Everybody loves it.



This is a view of Corbett's Couloir. It is a very steep and famous ski run. Liam and Grant are looking at it out the tram window. All you have to do is put "Corbett's Couloir" in google and you will see videos, movie clips and crazy descriptions of this steep and deep run! There is actually a movie made about this run called Someday, Somebody Will Ski That

Well, Flat Stanley's visit is winding down. Tomorrow he is going home, back to Los Angeles. What is most exciting and surprising is how he is going to get there. He will be escorted back by Grant, Annabel and Audrey.. more on that later!!

Mrs. Steven's 3rd grade class and high school butte

This is a picture of Colter Elementary School. It is behind the brand new track and football field. Flat Stanley paid a visit to Mrs. Steven's 3rd grade class today.

The kids in Mrs. Steven's 3rd grade class at Colter Elementary School get FLAT in celebration of Flat Stanley's visit. We read the original Flat Stanley book and enjoyed his adventures! Most of the students in the class had not read the story, so that made it even more enjoyable.



After our storytime, the dogs and I needed a walk. We took Flat Stanley up High School Butte. A great quick walk with a nice view of the school. It was terribly windy and a bit dangerous for the skinny guy, but I kept him anchored down!

We made it to the top! Flat Stanley had to stay tucked in a crack in the rock. The Teton mountain range is in the background, covered in snow waiting for winter to really kick in.


Didn't I tell you it was windy? Here is a closer look at the rock that Flat Stanley hid in.