Thursday, October 20, 2011

Last Minute Yellowstone Trip


A week after I had the surgery on my knees Dad decided we should go to Yellowstone.  That was on Tuesday and we left Wednesday afternoon.  We spent Wednesday night in West Yellowstone and went into the Park in the morning.  That afternoon Jan, Matt, Marlee, and Marijka came.  They had already planned a trip so we basically were hoarding in on their trip.  None of them would stay in the trailer with us so it was just the four of us.  We got up Friday morning and had breakfast and were messing around getting ready to go  for a ride.  I was in the trailer and heard horns honking and then I swore I heard Susan's voice.  Susan, Emily, Natalie, and the kids had all come at the last minute.  Brett and Chelsea had left for Connecticut the day before and Susan was feeling a little down and Natalie was able to reserve some cabins. The kids loved the animals.  We saw several bears.  There was a dead buffalo in the river and we saw 4 bears eating on the carcass.  It was neat to see the kids see the buffalo and stuff for the first time.  We had a lot of fun.  Of course the trip wouldn't be complete without a little car trouble.  Natalie brought new brakes, but when they got them off it turned out it was more involved and Dad and Kyle had to run to Cody for more parts  Dad, Mom, Kyle and I went from Yellowstone to Bear Lake and spent the next week there.  Dad had to work but the rest of us had a good time.