Darby, Montana

We spent two glorious nights at Robb's parent's house in Darby, MT. They have a beautiful house up against a mountain with a calm lake and a section of river on their property, along with many randomly huge sheds that I enjoyed touring. It was so nice to have a break from our rather fast paced trip- and their backyard was almost as scenic as some of the spots in national parks that we stopped at! 

We discovered some scrapbox with some great pictures of Young Robb

Early morning fishing

Annie was oh so impressed with Robb's fish. Well mostly she was determinedly trying to reach the grass and eat it.

I have always loved being on water.

Yes, we did take the baby on the kayak. The water on the lake was perfectly calm. Annie wasn't a fan of the life jacket, so it didn't last long. Elliot and I went longer. 

Eating all their produce

Robb's sister was there with her kids, which made it into quite the delightful kid pack

The second story was perfect for launching paper airplanes

Colby was very excited about Aaron's drone. We established once and for all that it is sadly a worthless piece of junk.

We developed a chopstick method for stacking pokey pine cones

Taking the kayaks out on a little half mile jaunt on the river. I went once with Aaron and once with Alice. Alice and I were feeling brave and got soaked when we deliberately aimed for the biggest waves. 

We could have a whole album of Aaron holding Annie from this trip

We celebrated Independance day on the 5th of July since we got in kind of late on the 4th. We had a wienie roast followed by fireworks on the riverbank.

Holding the little lady's ears for the louder fireworks

Sparklers!

oh my baby face

It gets dark super late that far north- around 10pm. It was as bright as the middle of the day during our firework show, even though it was past the kid's bedtime.

 A big thanks to the Hays for their hospitality!