Yellowstone Trip - Day Four

Thursday was a lot of fun! We headed to Old Faithful and got there just shortly after it had erupted (gotta love our great timing!) so it gave us time to hike around the area. We made the 2.8 mile (round trip) to Morning Glory Pool. Can you believe these colors?

We saw some smaller geysers.

This is Chromatic Pool - again, I love the colors.

And finally, it was time for Old Faithful to erupt again!

Then we drove up to Fountain Paint Pot.

We saw more wildlife. I have to admit that deer are my favorite animals. I think they are beautiful! Truly one of God's masterpieces!

Then we headed back to camp and spent a long afternoon kayaking on Yellowstone Lake. This was one of the highlights for me. I really enjoyed it! (Now I want a kayak). Chandler took Alec so that Alec would have the opportunity to go (Alec can't go by himself and he and I can't fit in a kayak at the same time)

Shanley kayaking.

Kayakin was Chandler's favorite part of the trip. He went twice and spent hours on the lake.

Yellowstone Trip - Day Two (part two)

The whole day was so scenic (heck, all of Yellowstone is amazingly scenic!).

We loved seeing the Upper and Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.


Shanley

The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone




Chandler

Yellowstone Trip - Day One

Our Yellowstone trip was planned to be 4 families minus a few teens with other commitments (Katie to Oakcrest, Zach to band camp, and McKayla to soccer). At last minute, Karen had to back out to help care for her ailing mother. Our family begain our trip right after church on Sunday by making the drive to Idaho Falls where we stayed with Nebeker's parents along with Nebekers and Goins.

Monday we met up with Pococks and drove to Jackson Hole, WY. Alec enjoyed getting acquainted with a bear in the Albertsons where we stopped to buy chicken for a picnic lunch by the river and elk preserve.

We traveled on to Jenny Lake.


We had talked about kayaking on Jenny Lake or hiking to the falls but we were hit with a torrential downpour so we headed on to Yellowstone to set up camp.