This time last weekend we were on a fun family vacation in Idaho! Our good friends Bracken & Katie invited us to a cabin up there with them and the Fears. We really enjoyed this short, but fun-packed trip.
The best part of all was going to Yellowstone National Park! We went through part of Montana and into Wyoming just to get there (haha but that part only took like 25 minutes). We were shocked to discover that it costs $25 per car to get into the park, but we soon found out that it was well worth it!
Gorgeous scenery, and some good friends! (Sarah was taking this photo.) I believe this waterfall was called Firestone Falls or something; Pace had read about it and it was a really pretty spot.
Chase & Charlotte loved having kids to play with the whole time. Charlotte apparently wanted to get hit by a car because she kept charging wildly into the road. Luckily, she never got hurt!
We saw lots of bison & elk, a coyote, some interesting birds, and even some funny little mice. The animals (and the views) were fascinating!
My family went to Yellowstone when I was like 5, and I vividly remember the bubbling mud pots with the stinky sulfur smell. So of course we had to visit those, too. I loved the smell because it brought back memories! (I think I was the only one who didn’t mind the stink.) We just had a couple of videos of those, but the photo below is of a hot spot that was bubbling right next to the river. It was a little chilly outside, so a few of us were tempted to jump in there to warm up, but we resisted. We also saw several geysers, which were interesting!
Some from our group went up to a mountaintop to hit golf balls off the cliffs. I just heard it was freezing up there!
The whole thing was a great trip and we loved having some family and friend time all rolled into one.
