Yellow Stone

Brandon and I wanted to take the family to 

Yellow Stone.  I had never been so it was

nice to have my mom and her husband John

who has been more times then he can count

with us.  It is not too far from their home.

We actually wanted to visit my mom in Idaho

but ended up making a trip to Yellow Stone

together.  On the way there we stopped

at a beautiful place I'm not sure the name

of.  Brandon had been there before when he

was a scout and John has been there many times.

The kids fed the huge fish in the river and

Grandpa, Paige and Sierra looked for fish and

cool rocks.  The drive was not very long to 

Yellow Stone but my kids get sick easy driving

so this stop was very nice and refreshing. 

Yellow Stone is such a beautiful place.  Yes you can

do a lot of driving but John knew where everything

was so we made lots of stops.  The first was at 

Norris Geyser Basin.  It was pretty incredible.

The kids had an animal check list and were getting

discouraged not seeing any wild life other then

birds.  But finally we got to see a Buffalo.

And very close to our car.  After seeing that

buffalo that is all we saw.  There was a lot of them.

 Our next stop was Mammoth Hot Springs.  The

girls loved it because it looks like snow but

it is rock that is very hot. 

The Lower and Upper Falls was a bit of a hike.

But it was nice to stretch our legs.  The kids

liked watching the cute squirrels. 

It is so pretty and amazing there not to mention

extremely high.  I don't do well with heights 

and kids.  I was slightly paranoid! 

 This is on the other side of the falls looking

at it from the other direction.  

That night after much walking and driving we

were tired and it was late.  However the kids

could not pass up swimming in the Hotel pool. 

The next day out we made a few stops at the hot pots

 and paint pots and walked the board walks. 

We stopped to snap a picture by the Yellow Stone 

sign but all the kids accept Sierra were worn

out sleeping in the car. 

Grandpa and Grandma took us out

for dinner on the way home for good

food and fun entertainment. 

The kids thought it was pretty fun getting tin

plates and a ton of food and standing in line

to be served kind of like school lunch. 

Owen got bored pretty quick but he did not go far

because of the big bear statue.  He stayed close to me

even when the girls wanted there picture by it.