You would think a trip to Jersey and back would be enough for us this summer, but oh, would you be wrong. It was certainly enough for Collin (who spent one morning of this trip with his hands against the car window crying: "I don't want to go! I don't want to go!").
The rest of us, though, happily (mostly) packed our bags and the car and hopped right back into trip mode. We started off going to Wyoming, to my sister-in-law's "cabin". It's really a homestead, with a farm and everything. I know, I know, I already told you this! But now I have pictures.
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Jack in a rare moment of calm. |
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The canal |
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Everyone floating down the canal |
I pretty well explained the goings-on in my last post, so I'll move on. The only major bummer with the reunion was the camping out. I love going to sleep under the starts. However, I dislike getting woken up multiple times in a night by a two-year-old who is unaccustomed to such sleeping arrangements. Argh.
So we packed up again and headed north, to a cabin in Idaho. Our friends own the cabin and graciously offered to let us use it. They insisted it was not a Taj Mahal, and gave us very little else to go on...I was hoping for a roof and a toilet.
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The cabin |
We were surprised (and not a little thrilled) to find not only a working toilet, but a shower, a dishwasher, a clothes washer and dryer, and seven comfortable beds. Heaven! There was even a television for Doug.
And there we stayed happily, and spent every day driving to Yellowstone - about 45 minutes away. We decided that Yellowstone is basically all about the water and the animals. There are thermal features (geysers, hot springs, mud pots and fumaroles - our new word for the trip) and waterfalls aplenty.
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Sorry this is such a low resolution - I should never let the kids play with my phone! |
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Collin decided the sulphur smell was a bit much, and brought his handkerchief after the first day |
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The girls in front of a hot spring |
The animals were plentiful, also - bison, elk, pelicans, a hawk, and even a black bear and a rabbit.
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Those dark spots are all bison |
After three days of driving around the park - that sucker is
huge! - we decided to call it a vacation. Five hours of driving later, we pulled into our own driveway. Ah, home.
Sounds like you all had fun - and score on the cabin!! :D
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