Yellowstone Trip

We wanted another break from our routine life, so we went to yellowstone. We drove to Craters of the Moon first and hiked a 0.7 mile hike in the wind, which was mostly fun. The rock is amazingly lava like. I'm glad we missed the eruption thousands of years ago. Madeline said her favorite part of the trip was pushing the button at the museum to start the movie.

Then we stayed at Uncle Calvin's in Rigby. His house is very peaceful. He has a huge aquarium in his house and cool bird feeders by his living room window. The girls loved playing with their toys.

Then off to Yellowstone on Friday morning. It was suppose to snow, but it wasn't too bad. There were hundreds of buffalo and lots of elk. We saw 2 bald eagles and some osprey. At Old Faithful, it started to snow and it was cold. Most of the girls were crying at this point, so we didn't stay long. We stopped a lot to observe the buffalo herds close to the roads. They were so close, it was like three dimensional television. There were about 2-1 adults-to-baby ratio of buffalo.

On Saturday, we visited some cousins I haven't seen in years. That was fun. Then off to Iona, where Jen visited some childhood houses and schools.

We also stopped at Rexburg to walk around the new temple. At Idaho Falls, we attempted to, but it was snowing so hard, we went back to the car.

Lastly, we visited Uncle George. They are doing great and it's good to catch up on family. We also visited by grandparents tombs in Pocatello and saw the home were my mom grew up.



Craters of the Moon


Sitting in the car watching Buffalo