Yes, I know we are so stinking predictable when it comes to Memorial Day weekend. Yes every year we miss the school field day/dance festival to head north to Yellowstone. First we can not drive past Idaho Falls without spending a moment on the lawn in front of the temple as we look across the falls and enjoy the beautiful view.
This year as we stopped there a lady from channel 8 in Idaho Falls asked if she could interview one of us about our vacation. So we all told her we had the perfect guy for the camera. Yes a guy that will just light up and say just what she needs to hear. DAD - Terry ran off to find him as she set up her camera. It was just a short interview about the gas prices and vacationing. It was fun to listen to him and watch.
Then we finally made it to West Yellowstone to stay in the Days Inn Hotel (because they have the "Big Blue Slide") My kids love to swim and they really love to go down the big blue slide before we go to yellowstone. That night we ate out at Gushers the little town pizza restraunt and then we swam and then watched the first Indiana Jones movie.
Then on Saturday we head further north into the park and then we see our Grandma LaVel finally take a big sigh it is like she holds her breath all year long until we enter the park again and then it seems her soul has found "Home". So up to Mammoth Hot Springs to stay in a little old cabin. The cabin is cool but the really cool part about Mammoth is the "PotGuts". Yes, this seems to be the kids favorite part of the vacation. They love going out and feeding the PotGuts so they can take photos of them and chase them. This year it was wetter and colder then it has ever been in the 10 years we have been doing this. But it was still fun. Just not as many potguts out to play. Then we drive the same route to Hayden Valley then back to Roosevelt and then down to Tower and then we repeat. Just looking for wildlife doing their thing. Then back to the cabin and enjoy a crockpot dinner and the second Indiana Jones movie.
We do love the bear and I must say that has to be our favorite but man it is fun to watch for that crazy dancing buffalo or that little sly red fox peeking from behind the sagebrush. We did see 6 bears this year which is the very little for what we are use to. But we were so thankful to see them. So this year our most memorable moments were watching the bear off in the distance take a baby elk that was just born moments before. The mother staying close by crying trying to do anything to save her baby, obvious her heart was broken. Sad, yes but something you don't see ever. Then as we were driving by the petrified tree. Dad being the cute old man that he is rolled down his window as we were passing a huge buffalo just off the road next to us, then my dad growled at the buffalo trying to get a reaction. Well we got one- the buffalo jumped all 2 thousand pounds of him toward our suburban and kicked his head at us in a motion of threat. WOW Colt and Treg who were next to the windows in the back got their hearts jumpstarted. As Terry punched on the gas to get us out of there. HOLY CROW - what a moment we won't forget as we feared for our lives and our burban.
Then Sunday we drove to Yellowstone Lake Lodge and stayed in a cute little yellow cabin. The lake was still frozen which this is the first time in 18 years it has been frozen this late in the year. It was a beautiful sight one I don't think I have ever witnessed. We enjoyed some tortilla taco soup from the crockpot and yet another Indiana Jones movie that night.
Monday we woke up and knew we had a drive a head of us so we loaded up and did alittle sight seeing before we headed out of the park. We have never seen so much snow in Yellowstone it was beautiful but wow was is cold. We enjoyed our "Twilight book on audio" as we drove around and headed south for Jackson Hole. We got there just in time to watch the new Indiana Jones movie in the theater. Terry took the two little ones swimming since he has seen it already and we enjoyed a very upclose version of the movie on the front row.
So that was about it our trip in a nutshell. It was so nice to have my brother Colt join us on this trip. He is such an easy going energetic guy. Simple to please and hard to annoy. We love you Spidey and hope you had as much fun with us and we had with you.
Yes, I know we are so stinking predictable when it comes to Memorial Day weekend. Yes every year we miss the school field day/dance festival to head north to Yellowstone. First we can not drive past Idaho Falls without spending a moment on the lawn in front of the temple as we look across the falls and enjoy the beautiful view. 
This year as we stopped there a lady from channel 8 in Idaho Falls asked if she could interview one of us about our vacation. So we all told her we had the perfect guy for the camera. Yes a guy that will just light up and say just what she needs to hear. DAD - Terry ran off to find him as she set up her camera. It was just a short interview about the gas prices and vacationing. It was fun to listen to him and watch. 
Then we finally made it to West Yellowstone to stay in the Days Inn Hotel (because they have the "Big Blue Slide") My kids love to swim and they really love to go down the big blue slide before we go to yellowstone. That night we ate out at Gushers the little town pizza restraunt and then we swam and then watched the first Indiana Jones movie. 
Then on Saturday we head further north into the park and then we see our Grandma LaVel finally take a big sigh it is like she holds her breath all year long until we enter the park again and then it seems her soul has found "Home". So up to Mammoth Hot Springs to stay in a little old cabin. The cabin is cool but the really cool part about Mammoth is the "PotGuts". Yes, this seems to be the kids favorite part of the vacation. They love going out and feeding the PotGuts so they can take photos of them and chase them. This year it was wetter and colder then it has ever been in the 10 years we have been doing this. But it was still fun. Just not as many potguts out to play. Then we drive the same route to Hayden Valley then back to Roosevelt and then down to Tower and then we repeat. Just looking for wildlife doing their thing. Then back to the cabin and enjoy a crockpot dinner and the second Indiana Jones movie.
We do love the bear and I must say that has to be our favorite but man it is fun to watch for that crazy dancing buffalo or that little sly red fox peeking from behind the sagebrush. We did see 6 bears this year which is the very little for what we are use to. But we were so thankful to see them. So this year our most memorable moments were watching the bear off in the distance take a baby elk that was just born moments before. The mother staying close by crying trying to do anything to save her baby, obvious her heart was broken. Sad, yes but something you don't see ever. Then as we were driving by the petrified tree. Dad being the cute old man that he is rolled down his window as we were passing a huge buffalo just off the road next to us, then my dad growled at the buffalo trying to get a reaction. Well we got one- the buffalo jumped all 2 thousand pounds of him toward our suburban and kicked his head at us in a motion of threat. WOW Colt and Treg who were next to the windows in the back got their hearts jumpstarted. As Terry punched on the gas to get us out of there. HOLY CROW - what a moment we won't forget as we feared for our lives and our burban. 
Then Sunday we drove to Yellowstone Lake Lodge and stayed in a cute little yellow cabin. The lake was still frozen which this is the first time in 18 years it has been frozen this late in the year. It was a beautiful sight one I don't think I have ever witnessed. We enjoyed some tortilla taco soup from the crockpot and yet another Indiana Jones movie that night.
Monday we woke up and knew we had a drive a head of us so we loaded up and did alittle sight seeing before we headed out of the park. We have never seen so much snow in Yellowstone it was beautiful but wow was is cold. We enjoyed our "Twilight book on audio" as we drove around and headed south for Jackson Hole. We got there just in time to watch the new Indiana Jones movie in the theater. Terry took the two little ones swimming since he has seen it already and we enjoyed a very upclose version of the movie on the front row. 
So that was about it our trip in a nutshell. It was so nice to have my brother Colt join us on this trip. He is such an easy going energetic guy. Simple to please and hard to annoy. We love you Spidey and hope you had as much fun with us and we had with you.
3 comments:
Sounds like a lot of fun. I am glad that you all had a great time and didn't freeze too much. I bet it was great to have Colt along for the trip.
That sounds like the best vacation, I LOVE Yellowstone!!! We love the potguts, too! And I'm glad you guys didn't get gored by that ornery buffalo!
I love your Yellowstone vacation each year. It sounds perfect! As soon as I feel more confident that one of my kids isn't going to fall into a geyser or go wandering off into a hot spring, we are there!
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