Yellowstone

We enjoyed a wonderful 3 days in Yellowstone with John's entire family as a celebration of his parent's 50th (!!) Wedding Anniversary this year. It was so much fun to see everyone, except for 3 nephews who were unable to make it. We all stayed in 2 cabins in Island Park, Idaho. We were in the big cabin, which meant that Dean had so many wonderful cousins to play with at his disposal. He was in heaven! He's the youngest by 4 years and so he's always looking up to his older cousins. They all enjoyed the foosball table and running around causing general commotion. What a dream for my almost 3 year old. It rained every day we were in Yellowstone and we were amazed at how much driving it takes to get anywhere in the park. Once we wrapped our mind around that, we had a wonderful time in the car, enjoying the wildlife. Our favorite part was watching a huge herd of bison that were split on both sides of the road across a giant valley. It was amazing. I will never forget that sight. Our favorite part of Yellowstone was the Old Faithful area. WOW! Old Faithful was amazing. I don't care what anybody else says about it being underwhelming, it wasn't. When else have you seen water spewing out of the ground like that?? NEVER! We went on a lovely hike after we watched Old Faithful in all it's glory. We saw a bunch of other geysers and were lucky enough to see some of them go off while we were walking by. There were so many and lots of beautiful pools of blue and green along the hike as well. It culminated in beautiful Morning Glory Pool, which was breathtaking. Thank you, VO's, for such a wonderful trip!!