Roughin' it

This past weekend we took our first family vacation (that wasn't visiting other people) to Yellowstone National Park. We had so much fun. We left Friday morning and 6 stops (it takes a lot of stops when you've got a 2 year and 8 month old) and 9 hours later we arrived only to be rained on. Nooooo! The rain was not supposed to happen, but we hoped that Saturday and Sunday would be better. We set up camp and cooked our first tin foil dinner in the rain. Then, of course, we made s'mores.

Later on, we went to bed and it was freezing cold. I had a hard time sleeping because it was so cold, but luck was on our side and Saturday was a bright and sunny day. We ate some granola bars and fruit and set of for a day of exploring. We saw a lot of awesome things, including animals walking right on the street with us. Need a ride? My best picture I took was of a grizzly bear. We were driving along and saw all these people pulled over and looking at something. We asked what they were looking at and well, here it is: the grizzly bear. It was so awesome to see one up close like that. The ranger, however, was getting mad because there were so many people that the road was being blocked. Plus, I'm sure he was worried about our safety.













John enjoyed seeing the hot springs the most and was disappointed that we didn't get to swim. They wouldn't let us because the water was too high and too cold. :( That night we had another tin foil dinner, but unfortunately I got food poisoning. I threw up that night, but I still had fun. We drove home Sunday and hopefully we'll get to have another vacation soon.