Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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.



Thursday, July 23, 2009

A Little Frustrated...

I had to kill a spider this morning for starters. Then David was sitting in the kitchen this morning while I was making breakfast and I saw him pick up something black and so I told him not to eat it. After he "set it down" I saw just what it was...






It's huge! I have the bug in the jar and I'm taking it to management today because they sprayed our house only last month and it's not the first bug to come back in. I know bugs are a fact of life, but this one is almost an inch long and I don't need my son playing with it. I'm so done with bugs :(