The Cabin Capers

This weekend we took another trip to escape the monotony of Rexburg, Idaho.  Freedom Wyoming, which has 214 people (and like 10000 cows) could be our weekend haven. The drive lasted about an hour and a half and this is what we saw.

It was a beautiful drive! 

Lisa, my mother-in-law, takes awesome pictures of flowers, so I thought I would take a crack at it. Here is what I came up with. 

After grabbing the key from Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Reed, we entered our new home for two days. It felt like we went back in time through many different eras. The bright orange carpet and the furniture reminded us of the 70's. The logs, old pictures and the outhouse brought us back even further. We enjoyed exploring the timeless treasures that were found all over the place. For example, we found a record player. It took us about 10 minutes, working together, to get it working. They also had an 8-track player and about 20 different cartridges.

Old Telephone

BB Gun 

Another old telephone

8 Track Cartridge 

That night, we decided to go for a little walk up the road. As we were walking by a pasture, a herd of cows took a particular interest in us. They must not have seen people that often because they all came running up to stare at us as we passed by. It was kind of creepy and funny at the same time. A horse in a nearby pasture did the same thing. Apparently, we look like we are from out of town.

Saturday, Bonnie and Reed took us on a drive around the vast town of farms. It was a pretty sight to see. There were plenty of beautiful cabins and farmland that stretched for miles, all the while seeing the mountains in the background. It was really cool! 

While on the drive, we even found a street with our name on it! It was named after one of Spencer's relatives.  His family has a lot of history here.

Later that afternoon, we took a walk around what I guess you would call "downtown Freedom." The Main street has just a few buildings on it, only one of which seemed in use: The Post office. Everyone has to go and pick up their mail everyday since it is so small and there are not mailmen to delivery it. It was built in the early 1900's.

These are the few buildings we saw. 

This must have been a hardware store. 

 Street Corner with the Church, a very old Gas station and The General Store

The Church building was built in 1889. Spencer's great great Grandpa was the first bishop of this ward. 

The Gas station had these really cool, old gas pumps. It even still had a price on it: 42 and 9/10ths of a cent for a gallon. I wish gas would be that cheap today! Think of the money we would save! Yeah, in our dreams. 

This road is called the State-Line road, so we have one foot in Idaho and one foot in Wyoming. Like in the movie, "Walk to Remember", we were in two different places at once! 

Some other cool things we found around the house, are these little signs with cute sayings! I would use some of those even today! I should make them for craft time one day.

This was on the bathroom door: "If you have to go, Don't stand and yell, just cross your legs and ring this bell." 

You make due with what you have!

Haha, this one is just funny!

This would be good if you have a few kids, especially teenagers.
"Don't Rush me! Take a number"

So true!

I could see myself saying this in the kitchen. 

"Do something. Lead, Follow, or Get out of the way."

This cabin is so cool, it even has an outhouse! I remember my dad saying he had to use one until he was 5, so I took these pictures just for him! The funny thing is, the outhouse has two seats, one for boys and one for girls! Or... two could go at once! lol.... 

Overall, we had a great weekend away from home! It is always fun to go back in time!