A traditional Doyle camping breakfast of Captain Crunch on our first morning in the park.
The girls playing patiently, waiting for us to be ready to set out on the first full day of adventure.
Checking out all the cool geothermal features on our first day in the park.
Not the best weather to see Old Faithful, because the background sky was as white as the geyser, but it was still as neat as ever.
We had lunch at the Old Faithful snack shop instead of our planned picnic because the weather was turning lousy. The girls used the time to get started on their Junior Ranger packets.
The first of many pretty waterfalls, this one on the Firehole River Drive on the way back to the campground.
Making the best of a rainy afternoon. Margaret entertained herself with her new pocket knife while Caroline insisted on trying to start a fire in the rain.
Hanging out in the camper
One morning the girls and I took a walk along the beautiful Madison River near our first campground.
We had a picnic one day at Yellowstone Lake. Jeff and I froze up on the windy bluff by the picnic table while the girls had a blast skidding down the sand hill.
After lunch they even got daring enough to go in the water. I don't know how they did it--it was SO COLD!
After the picnic lunch, we took a rowboat out for a little spin on Yellowstone Lake. Quite a comic adventure with all the switching around of who was rowing, who was "navigating" and who was taking pictures.
The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
We found a great picnic spot along the Gibbon River where the girls could play in the water.
Another short hike to see more geothermal features, this time it was boiling mud!
Just one of many bison jams we found ourselves in...
The girls nicknamed this one "Walker" because he just casually walked along side the road, paying no attention to all the gawkers that were stopping to look at him.
Did I mention we saw a LOT of bison?
A huge elk--look at the rack on that guy!
Celebrating their Junior Ranger awards, after several hours over a few days of working on the packets.
The girls had fun setting up their own camps/forts at the Canyon Campground
The girls trying their hand at some of the camping chores...
Taking a swim in the hot springs where the "Boiling River" flows into the Gallatin River (near Mammoth). This was a VERY fun spot, except for the extremely large snake that we saw warming itself in a cave overhanging the river's edge. Fortunately the girls didn't see it.
On our last night in the park, we went on a wagon ride to an old west cookout, complete with pioneer bonnets!
Lots of good snuggle time on the trip...
Leaving the park...
Panning for garnets and gold in Nevada City, Montana on the way home
1 comment:
What a great looking trip! I love that picture of the bison in the road. So classic~
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