Yellowstone

Well we finally did it. It only took us 8 years but we did it. We have lived here in Idaho Falls for 8 years and as most of you know it’s really close to Yellowstone. I’ve been there with my family a number of times but Corey had never been. We would always get this appalling look from people when we told them that Corey had never been. Our number one reason for not going was because of a certain little boy of ours who, you could say, is a runner. Levi is and has always been fearless. On the other hand I was full of fear. I was fearful that if we took him to Yellowstone he would take off and get lost. I was fearful that he would run off and jump into a hot pot or get eaten by a bear. We finally felt he was old enough not to run off and jump into the scalding water.

This particular week that we went was free national park week. So we didn’t even have to pay an entrance fee. We also heard that because it was spring we would probably get to see the bears out. We unfortunately didn’t see any bears but we did get to see plenty of buffalo and elk. We didn’t go to Lamar valley which is where the bears were being seen. Since this was Corey and the kid’s first time we ended up doing the hot pot loop. We saw Old Faithful and really cool mud pots and geysers. I love being in Nature and this was actually a nice and relaxing trip. It was a little chilly and it did snow on us some. Because it was chilly there really wasn’t a lot of people there. Now that we have gone I think there are more plans in the future for us to return. There is a lot to explore and we only touched the surface. I can’t wait to go again.