So begins our weeklong Yellowstone adventure.
Guess where!
Working diligently to become Junior Scientists.
Aaron and Kelly birding at Old Faithful.
Maggie playing guitar at the Ranger program about song birds.
Morning Glory pool.
Maggie getting her Young Scientist award.
There is a grizzley in this picture!
Good morning bison!
Watching a bear and her cubs with the Riggs and our new friends - a French TV crew ( in Yellowstone to document their experience for a Canadian travel show.
We hiked down this.....
...to get to this. 328 stairs to a powerful waterfall - 3/4 of the family think it was worth it.
Momma and two playful cubs.
This black bear just ran across the road right in front of our car!
It speaks for itself.
The paint pots, where Lucy had a minor tantrum.
En route to the Boiling River.
In the Boiling river during a wind/rain storm.
Jack in the hot springs.
The grand arch of Yellowstone. Heading into Gardiner for dinner at the K- Bar.
Yum!
Neenee? Omi?
Lucy and Ian at the petrified tree.
CommentsAdd
On the deck - Kari, Kelly, Ian
CommentsAdd
Lucy and I are pretty sure we heard wolves in the middle of the night. We are off early this morning on a wolf watch.
Comments Add
We may have seen a wolf it has all the features of a coyote but looked bigger than a coyote.
Comments Add
Ate breakfast overlooking Old Faithful geyser basin. Then drove to the Madison Jr. Ranger station where Maggie and Lucy got their Yellowstone Jr. Ranger badges!
Comments Add
Just saw a fox trotting along the side of the road with a Uinta ground squirrel in his mouth - awesome!
Comments Add
We said goodbye to the Rigfs this morning, left the grand park Yellowstone, and are cruising up to Missoula to meet the West SeAtwells.
Comments Add
Jul 16, 2010
We just spent an awesome day at the geysers (or 'geezers' as they say in NewZealand) with are great friends the Riggs (Piggs) - Kari, Kelly, Max, and Ian. Once we got away from O.F. The crowds were manageable. After our 5 hour geyser exploration we relaxed with ice cream and beer at the Old Yellowstone Lodge - cheers!
CommentsAdd
Jul 17, 2010
The eight of us spent Friday searching the Hayden and Lamar Valleys for wildlife - and man, did our efforts pay off. We saw 2 mama grizzly bears, 5 grizzly cubs, and 2 young black bears. We also saw a wolf (or 2 different wolves) chasing a herd of elk. Then there were the many bison, a few coyotes, a jack rabbit, pronghorn, and numerous Jackalope sightings!
CommentsAdd
Jul 17, 2010
We spent Saturday just hanging out. Kari and I went for a morning run out to a lake and back, while the kids hung out at the beach and Aaron did laundry - like a good camper husband. We had high hopes of making it back to the geyser basin, but the beer beckoned! A day of showers, beer, whittling, catching leeches, a bit of fishing, visiting with good friends, and even a ranger show tossed in - a glorious day!
CommentsAdd
Jul 19, 2010
Today Aaron pleaded with the campground staff and they allowed us to squeeze in the Riggs for tonight. So we hauled everything over, the kids hung out at the beach, Kari and Karli went for a run, and the husbands did the dishes - yeah husbands!
We then had a quick lunch and made our way to the gesyer basin where we took a hike until we had to turn around due to a mosquito assault
Now we are all hanging out on the deck of the Old Faithful Inn drinking beers and eating ice cream - can you ask for anything more?
Become our 
Follow 
Check out the 
Is there offensive content on this page? 
CommentsAdd