~~Yellowstone 2009~~

Michael at the Corral in Big Sky

Michael at FireHole Falls

Firehole Falls

Jess and I in the River...it was warm


Cliff Geyser



Rainbow Pool

Michael and Old Faithful

Old Faithful

Elk

Tower Falls

Instead of coming home from picking up Yoshiko at Camp Timbercrest in Red Lodge, we decided to take a detour and go through the park. It was tons of fun.

Our detour took us over the Beartooth Pass (10,995' on the GPS) and through Cooke City. We were going to stay there but every hotel was booked. It was starting to look like we might have to see if Wade had a spare couch but the Travel Lodge in Gardiner had one room left. It wasn't cheap though. haha!! There was only one bed, so the front desk guy brought us two roll aways for the kids to sleep on. My advice to anyone going to the park, make hotel reservations before hand and DON'T forget the credit card, cuz no one takes checks anywhere.

Our main objective was seeing Old Faithful. I love this Geyser, it is stunning to see. After that we toured different areas of the park on our way home.

We got to see tons of Bison, an Osprey that was fishing, elk, and a couple of wolf pups. We didn't see any bears. We have been to the park twice in 3 years and still haven't seen any bears...grrr!!

On the way home we stopped in Butte and got to see Avery, Lacy and Jeff. Avery is always a ball of fun. She was dancing and singing and just having a blast. I wish I had 1/2 as much energy as she does. We need to go see these guys more often, They are so fun to hang with. Even if its just for an hour.