Saturday, July 4, 2009

Yellowstone

So after Scott's brother's wedding we headed out to Yellowstone for 4 days. About 2.5 hours into the drive up we got a flat tire (on my in-laws mini-van). Sounds simple enough, but the last time there was a flat tire a professional changed it and did something to the lug-nuts so we couldn't get them off. Anyway, 3 hours later, AAA, and a new tire we were back on the road again. We first stopped at Grand Teton National Park and hiked around Jenny Lake. It had been raining all morning, cleared up just in time for our hike and then started hailing when we were yards away from finishing our hike. Talk about luck.



Grand Teton
Jenny Lake


We left the Teton's during the storm and continued to Yellowstone. We camped right in the park at Grant Village. When we were setting up our tent we discovered that most of the sleeping bags had gotten wet in the trailer we were pulling. But after that one wet and cold night the weather cleared up, our sleeping bags dried out and everything was wonderful.


The first day we saw Old Faithful...


...and saw lots of these.

Mmm...s'mores.

Cody was so excited to see some wildlife.

We took a beautiful walk to see this...

"The Grand Canyon" of Yellowstone

More pictures to come of our Yellowstone trip!

4 comments:

K-Krew said...

The last picture looks exactly like one we took the time we went as a family way back when. Looks like the backpack came in handy :)

Nick and Maddy Winward said...

What a fun trip! I would say you were blessed with the weather. What great pictures, can't wait to see more!

Davis and Carter's Mommy said...

Yea! We LOVE Yellowstone! :)

Scott and Stacia said...

Sounds like a fun time...well minus the flat tire! I love the family pictures you guys always take. That is one thing we could be better at!