We survived!

We took our first real family vacation this weekend and survived it. No major catastrophes or bumps, it turned out really well and we definitely want to go again next year. Thursday - We went up to Yellowstone and camped in Madison. We saw a bear cub on our way into the park, but he disappeared before we were able to get a picture of him.

Friday - We woke up early after a fairly long night, thanks to David, so we set out.

Fountain Paint Pots

The Great Fountain Geyser

The dead bugs

Firehole Lake

Midway Geyser Basin

Grand Prismatic Spring

No Yellowstone Vacation would be complete without....

Giant Crows joining you for lunch,

Our First Bison Sighting (Definitely not the last),

Squirrels,

Elk,

Ninja Chipmunks,

And Ginormous attacking bugs.

After lunch we set back out to find more Elk,

And of course, Bison.

The Lower Falls

The Upper Falls

Like Father, Like Son...

More Elk right next to the road.

Saturday - We went "hunting" for animals and found some pretty fun ones...

Mr. Grumpy Pants

Good Morning Elk

Artists Paintpots

The View From the Top

I know you probably can't tell what you're looking at, but there's a black spot along the tree line and that's a black wolf with a white belly eating lunch.

Of Course more Bison...


Elk Behind the Visitors Center in Mammoth Hot Springs.

We saw three Eagles this day, but couldn't get a picture of any of them. So I took another picture instead...

So much has burned!


Our most exciting catch, I think...

In case you can't tell, it's a Grizzly on top of Mount Washburn

Oh yeah, more Bison...

An Eagle's Nest.

No camping trip is complete without dirt...

Sunday - We had a very relaxing day. We went and saw Old Faithful and surrounding geysers as well as Firehole River, West Thumb Geyser Basin, Fishing Bridge, Hayden Valley, and more Elk.

Firehole River

Snake!

Biscuit Basin

West Thumb Geyser Basin

Classical Music puts him to sleep every time. Fishing Bridge



We spotted them on the road while on our way to Hayden Valley.


For Todd...Note the Bison in the background.




Learning how to bird watch.
This one's different...
He has antlers! All trip we wanted to see a rack and this one was spotted in the bushes, so I snuck up and got a picture.

Learning to play Peek-A-Boo by himself.

Monday - We decided to make our way back through the Tetons.

You can't tell, but this Osprey has a fish in it's claws.

You can't see his expression, but it is pretty funny.

Yes, he's asleep again.