I am sure I am not doing this right. It took me a half hour on the phone to figure out how to get the pictures on here and now I don't have anyplace to write. I guess that is the next lesson Nancy. Anyway, here are some pictures from our long weekend. The purpose of the trip was to go to the wedding reception for
Hermana sellers and her husband, Shane Larsen of
Rexburg. She is from California where they got married and he is from
Rexburg. One of the other Sisters that we served with had come to her wedding but she had gone back to D.C. However, her parents were there and it was fun to meet and visit with them. None of the bride's family came to the reception - a cousin getting married this weekend and
Hermana Seller's sister is getting married the following weekend. It was an outside reception at the Church with cake and green punch with ice cream in it. Afterwards we went out to dinner, but found no restaurants in
Rexburg (a big business opportunity for any of you who want to be in the restaurant business). The only place we could find to sit down and eat dinner was J.B.'s but after an hour of waiting no food so we got up and left (after I explained to them fairly nicely that their service, or lack their of was
abysmal. They blamed it on lack of grill space because they were so busy but there were less than a dozen people in the restaurant
designed to hold 100 at least. If this is your competition, a good restaurant should do well there. I must have calmed down in my old age - I wasn't nearly as vocal as that time in Chili's that I am sure you remember, but I was pretty disgusted with them. One picture is from the
barbecue at Angela and
Brian's to celebrate Mom's becoming a U.S. citizen. The other pictures were taken in Yellowstone and Grand
Teton Parks which are right next door to each other. Unfortunately I did not bring my elk gun with me so no elk meat for those of you who acquired a taste for that
delicacy when Stephen took the big one. Last night on the history channel they were showing the same smoking caldera in Yellowstone and saying that it is the largest in the world. There was another about this same size that went some many thousands of years ago and nearly
wiped out all living things from the face of the earth. Fortunately, it did not go off while we were there. The new temple is in
Rexburg - It sits on the top of a large hill right next to the
BYU Idsaho campus and is going to be very impressive. It looks like they are about done with the exterior anyway - even Moroni is in place. The drive through the area was very pleasant - beautiful scenery the whole way. Lots of fields of wheat and potatoes, lots of rivers and streams, and just beautiful mountain scenery. We went looking for a nice cabin that we could buy and rent out when not in use. I
figured a couple of million but the ones we liked were in the 10 million dollar range. I am not sure what the weekly rental would be but I am sure I could not afford too many payments on the 10 million loan if we failed to rent it out, so maybe I'll have to do a restaurant in
Rexburg instead. It was a fun trip and we decided we needed to do more of those kinds of things. Love to all, Dad and Mom
I am sure I am not doing this right. It took me a half hour on the phone to figure out how to get the pictures on here and now I don't have anyplace to write. I guess that is the next lesson Nancy. Anyway, here are some pictures from our long weekend. The purpose of the trip was to go to the wedding reception for Hermana sellers and her husband, Shane Larsen of Rexburg. She is from California where they got married and he is from Rexburg. One of the other Sisters that we served with had come to her wedding but she had gone back to D.C. However, her parents were there and it was fun to meet and visit with them. None of the bride's family came to the reception - a cousin getting married this weekend and Hermana Seller's sister is getting married the following weekend. It was an outside reception at the Church with cake and green punch with ice cream in it. Afterwards we went out to dinner, but found no restaurants in Rexburg (a big business opportunity for any of you who want to be in the restaurant business). The only place we could find to sit down and eat dinner was J.B.'s but after an hour of waiting no food so we got up and left (after I explained to them fairly nicely that their service, or lack their of was abysmal. They blamed it on lack of grill space because they were so busy but there were less than a dozen people in the restaurant designed to hold 100 at least. If this is your competition, a good restaurant should do well there. I must have calmed down in my old age - I wasn't nearly as vocal as that time in Chili's that I am sure you remember, but I was pretty disgusted with them. One picture is from the barbecue at Angela and Brian's to celebrate Mom's becoming a U.S. citizen. The other pictures were taken in Yellowstone and Grand Teton Parks which are right next door to each other. Unfortunately I did not bring my elk gun with me so no elk meat for those of you who acquired a taste for that delicacy when Stephen took the big one. Last night on the history channel they were showing the same smoking caldera in Yellowstone and saying that it is the largest in the world. There was another about this same size that went some many thousands of years ago and nearly wiped out all living things from the face of the earth. Fortunately, it did not go off while we were there. The new temple is in Rexburg - It sits on the top of a large hill right next to the BYU Idsaho campus and is going to be very impressive. It looks like they are about done with the exterior anyway - even Moroni is in place. The drive through the area was very pleasant - beautiful scenery the whole way. Lots of fields of wheat and potatoes, lots of rivers and streams, and just beautiful mountain scenery. We went looking for a nice cabin that we could buy and rent out when not in use. I figured a couple of million but the ones we liked were in the 10 million dollar range. I am not sure what the weekly rental would be but I am sure I could not afford too many payments on the 10 million loan if we failed to rent it out, so maybe I'll have to do a restaurant in Rexburg instead. It was a fun trip and we decided we needed to do more of those kinds of things. Love to all, Dad and Mom
10 comments:
Sounds like, and looks like you guys had fun. Glad you got the pictures all figured out, I think posts are much better with some nice visuals. Maybe you could find your cabin to rent out in Utah somwhere. Bear Lake? Heber? Midway? That would be fun, then maybe the family could utilize it in the off season. Not a bad idea. If you do put a restaurant in Idaho maybe you could do one of those Good Wood types that Angela likes. I think people in Idaho would appreciate that, you should see if they are a chain.
I really like her wedding dress!
Also, if there are no restaurants in Rexburg, that would be a GREAT investment. I could not believe when I went to BYU that there were not more restaurants and movie theaters to service the college population. Finally, people caught on in Provo. But you could get in cheap in Rexburg, before everyone figures out that college kids need somewhere to eat!!
Glad you had fun at Yellowstone and the wedding. And I really like her dress, too!
Wow! What beautiful country. Looks like you had a great time!
And to Nancy, I'm pretty positive they already have GoodWood's in Idaho. I actually think that's where it started. It is a chain though.
I love yellowstone. How fun! If you are thinking of doing "more of these types of things" then I'm thinking of coming with you.
I really like the franchise restaurant idea for Rexburg. That place is up and coming. Brian could move there and manage it for you.
And Em, I agree--beautiful wedding dress. Very classy.
At first glance I thought it was Austin in the wedding picture. I thought, "Way to go. Thanks for telling me."
this is Savanna: Lucky!! You are so lucky you get to go to Yellowstone! I loved it there. Also, I love the wedding dress, too.
Not me in the pic, Steve, but I had a friend that wanted to set me up with Hermana Sellers once. I told him I wouldn't be dating anybody I met as a missionary. Looks like that part of the country is amazing, glad it was so fun.
The restaurant industry has grown rediculously in the past decade. People just don't eat at home as much anymore, and there aren't any indicators saying that will change. I'll bet you're right, it's probably a great opportunity. Let's brainstorm franchises for it.
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