Friday, July 31, 2009

"Lellowtone" (Yellowstone)

Yes, that is what Cade calls it. We had a really awesome time in Yellowstone last weekend! I hadn't been since I was like 7 so it was fun to go back. We had so much fun with the Biglers and Grandma Chris and Papa Mike. My favorite part of the trip was when we saw a momma bear and a baby bear. We decided to take a dirt road to see if we could spot any wildlife. My dad luckily saw the mom bear in the tall grass and we watched for about 10 minutes. The bear was like 10 feet from our car! It crossed the street behind our car and went over to a tree. A second later a little cub came climbing down the tree. It was so amazing to see a bear in the wild like that. A few hours later we saw a HUGE grizzly bear crossing the street. It was cool.

Getting ready to leave!

Beautiful Yellowstone

A little hike to the waterfall


Stinky sulfur pots



Haley and I were cold and wet after walking in the rain!




Our Hotel



Momma Bear


The boys freaking about about seeing the bear. Yes, the bear was still close. Don't ask me why they were out of the car!!?!



Yes, we were that close.


More smelly sulfur

Joe sharing his wisdom with Cade.


Bear tracks!

Yes, we were that close.

The boys getting the fire and dutch oven ready


Gorgeous rainbow. It covered the WHOLE SKY and then a second appeared above it.

Waiting for Old Faithful


"Old Faithful" There it goes!

5 comments:

Tasha said...

What a fun trip! How neat to see some much wild life so upclose. I have been to Yellowstone only once, but loved it. Glad you got to go!

Anonymous said...

so cool that you got to see those bears! Daryl and I are hoping to to Yellowstone soon! Glad you had fun!!

lindseylovesZARA said...

omg i LOVE the pics! i think my favorites are the ones where joe departs of his "wisdom" to cade (ha) and cade and the two other girls are sitting in the big rocking chairs waiting for old faithful (adorable!)

Amy Jensen said...

I love Yellowstone! Like you I haven't been there in years though. Looks like you had fun.

Ashley said...

What a fun and amazingly beautiful trip. You are one skinny prego mama. I hope you felt well enough to enjoy yourself.