Yellowstone Part I

We made it to Fishing Bridge. We are all sung in our camp site for 2 nights. We explored the visitor center and got the jr ranger booklets for the kids and found out about a few different hikes.

The next morning we meet the ranger at Storm Point and took a fantasic hike along the shore of Yellowstone Lake, throught dried up hot springs, past some marmots, throught an awsomely old pine forest, and ended walking in a medow. It was about 2.5 miles and the kids were awsome.

This was just the beging of our awsome 7 days in Yellowstone.

Almost Yellowstone

We drove to to Yellowstone but it was to late and we couldn't get a camp site. All the first come were full and the reservation campgrounds were full too so we got a reservation for Saturday and headed to Cody WY.

We spent 2 days in Cody. It was a pretty fun town. The first night we went to the Irma Hotel (named after Buffalo Bill's daughter) and watched to hookiest western gun fight in the street with Buffalo Bill, Wyatt Earp and just some savory western cowboys. The kids loved it and it was totally entertaining.

The next day we went to the Buffalo Bill museum. It was fantastic, stuff for the kids and adults. There are 5 wings. One is largest gun collection in the country, one of Buffalo Bills Show, One on Yellowstone, one on the people of the plains and Western Art. We only saw the first three and ran out of time.

Grand Tetons National Park

Each park is so spectacular, with their own unique attribute. We spent 4 days here. The kids are really into the Jr. Ranger program and we learn so much from helping them complete their booklets. One of the high lights was hiking to Phelps Lake. It was so peaceful and quiet. We didn't really see to many people which was odd considering we got one of the last camp sites in the park. Whew...

We are no longer talk about rattle snakes but are bear aware. This means do not under any circumstances leave food out or anything that smells like food. It will attract Bears and that means trouble for both people and bears. We did a little research and the chances of being attacked by a bear are really slim I mean you are more likely to be attacked by your dog or bit by a spider than attacked by a bear. Yet we talk about it daily.