It was a great day. Not only did we have good friends to hang with in the Anderson family (Blake & Brendon road in one car while Gillian and Ian rode in the other), but there was, of course, incredible scenery and a ton of wildlife.
A few of my favorite memories:
- Walt Anderson on a huge rock asking us to take a picture of him. You can't see him because he's too small.
- Ian announcing while we were hiking the Norris Geyser basin, "This is the biggest Yellowstone I've ever seen!"
- Brendon's awe and enthusiasm at seeing Steamboat geyser tease us with a small eruption (it's normally the biggest in the world but goes off every 50 years or so).
- Ian walking along with his nose plugged because, "this Yellowstone is a stinky place!"
- Seeing not one, but TWO Grizzly bears, plus a couple black bears, two HUGE bull Elk, lots of Cow Elk, a ton of Bison, one close enough to my car window I could have petted him.
- Tom, Kiley's dad, getting tired and a little bored with Yellowstone and crawling into the back of the car and sleeping most of the way back to the campground (not sure what's boring about this).
- Sitting on the deck of Teddy Roosevelt's Lodge in rocking chairs with my friend Walt and his dad (on his dad's birthday) looking across a high mountain valley.
- Eating Ice Cream with friends near a roaring water fall.
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Sooo glad to hear you are having a well deserved, wonderful time!
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