Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Yellowstone Trip 2009

Last week I found the scrap of paper that I had recorded the memorable moments of Holland Family Yellowstone Vacation. They were:

1. Josie saw a shark in every river
2. Lee saw a hippo
3. Josie missed Old Faithful erupting
4. Animals we really saw: A pair of bald eagles, bison, elk, pelicans, ravens and osprey--identified thanks to my trusty bird field guide :)
5. A Bison charged our group, after a Ranger said it was safe to pass by the beast
6. An erratic geyser erupted as Lee, Will and Josie walked by
7. Will kicked a rock and narrowly missed two people
8. Josie pouted every step she walked about being too tired, but smiled for every picture
9. We went on a bike ride and saw a natural bridge
10. Some random guy tried to convince us that animal excrement on the ground in a geyser basin was really 100+ turtles that had crawled out of the river and been cooked


The fam at the "Grand Canyon" in Yellowstone/ Swearing in the new Junior Rangers
(Above: Lee and the kids in front of the natural bridge)

6 comments:

2Again Now said...

Looks like you had fun!!!!

Jill said...

Awesome. Random vacation memories are the best. :) Yours were really fun to read. Great pictures too.

Anonymous said...

Nice. That's awesome. I wish I could see a hippo at Yellowstone. They are my favorite animal.

Heather O said...

Sharks in the river? Wow, that is a good one.

Mom said...

So glad I checked your blog and saw the great pictures of the family and read the great memories. Sounds like so much fun--we'll all have to go again someday since Sammy and I missed all the sightseeing last time. Oh well, at least we got a helicopter ride!

Cara said...

Hey Melanie! I didn't know you had a blog. How FUN!! I gonna add you onto my friends list. My blog is lukeandcara.blogspot.com We can be blog friends too!!