We made the trip up to Yellowstone this year. My dad has been wanting to go for a long time. This was his spot when he was a kid, and he has a ton of great stories about being there. One in particular about Fishing Bridge. We all went down there and my dad explained the story to all the kids. My brother recorded it and I'll have to get it from him and put it on the blog. We stayed at the Lake Lodge cabins which were just off the lake and very convenient for fishing. We went fishing almost every morning and the fishing was good!
This was Mike's first official time fishing and he did a great job. Mike caught 6 and Paige and I caught 7, but no one would ever rub that in! ;) We took up my dad's little aluminum boat that used to be my Grandpa Patterson's. It was great for trolling.
We saw almost the entire park in the ten days we were there. Here are some of our hundreds of pictures.....
A buffalo dusting himself. We had one do this right outside our cabin. We saw tons of "buckalos," as Alli calls them.
Mike at one with the birds.....
The kids loved having their bikes there and Jimmy took them on some nice rides.
The grizzly bear we saw right off the side of the road. It was amazing to be that close to one in the wild.
We went on an hour long horse back ride, well five of us did. Thankfully it wasn't ay longer, my butt couldn't handle anymore. Oh, and I think my horse had Tourettes. It had this weird twitch. Paige and Logan on the other hand did great!
Mike's horse was huge!!!
The Brink of Lower Falls. There was a ton of water running. It was pretty amazing being right at the edge. It was a nice hike down too. Alli had it the best being carried..... Poor Mike.
Roosevelt Lodge
West Yellowstone Bear and Wolf exhibit.
Waiting for Old Faithful
Skipping rocks....
The North Entrance. The one place we went that my dad had never been to.
The kids getting their Ranger Badges. It was a pretty cool program. They have a packet that the kids need to go through and so many different stops they need to make. When they get it all complete they get sworn in by a Ranger. Too bad Alli was too little.
The kids turned a downed log into a teeter totter.
Quake Lake. This house was moved off it's foundation during a quake. Allison was so upset by this house. She kept saying "Oh no, we need tape to fix it.... there and there...."
Mammoth Hot Springs
2 comments:
That looks like fun! I've never been there.
Looks like you had a great time and I am glad that your whole family made that trip with your Dad I know he loves Yellowstone.
And Paige is just getting to big!
Post a Comment