Sunday, October 28, 2012

Where we’ve been…

Wow, October flew by! I feel like I”ve hardly had a free minute to do anything, let alone blog. Part of that is probably because of multiple trips we took this month.

Early October we made a trip to Utah. During our trip, Abraham and I took a road trip to Jackson Hole and Yellowstone. I haven’t been to Yellowstone since I was a girl. I was excited to go but going back was even more impressive than I remember from my childhood. What a beautiful and interesting place! We only had one day in the park and we packed in as much as we could. I was glad Abe was able to see this place for the first time, even though it was a brief trip.

Of course we had to make a stop by Old Faithful. Here is Abe waiting patiently, hoping the geyser remained true to its name (which it did eventually).

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More geysers…As a kid I remember seeing a presentation on Yellowstone at school. They showed pictures of these walkways and told stories of people falling into the hotpots and burning up. This terrified me as a child and I wondered how anyone could possibly not trip off those (in my childish mind) really narrow walkways. I’m glad to say we had no incidents!

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They'’re everywhere (the geysers, hot pots, mudpots, etc.)

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We missed the fall leaves for the most part but it was still beautiful

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The “Grand Canyon” of Yellowstone

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We didn’t see Smoky the Bear, but we saw a few of his friends…

These elk blocked us from the path to seeing this geyser basin.

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Bison. Isn’t it weird to think of millions of these roaming the plains?

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Mountain sheep

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I would have liked to have seen some bears and a moose but we’ll take what we can get. If you haven’t been to this park it’s definitely a must see! I thought fall was a nice time to go (avoid the crowds!).