Yellowstone

We took a family vacation to Yellowstone.  It was our first time taking such a long road trip and our first time camping for more than a night.  I would call it a success.  The kids did great on the road and we only stopped for gas and food.  We have a DVD player in the van so they got to watch lots of movies!  We drove nearly 1300 miles during the entire trip.

 We saw a lot of Bison- one was right by our campsite!

 Old Faithful Geyser

 mudpots  I remember going to Yellowstone as a kid and one of the couple of things I remember is the smell or the mudpots.

 We cooked our food on a little camping stove.  It worked just fine.  For breakfast we had pancakes, omeletes, oatmeal, cereal, and fruit.  For lunch and dinners we had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, hotdogs, chicken tacos, and taco salad.  We only ate at a restaurant once in Yellowstone.  

 Here is Diego holding a mold of a bear claw.  We couldn't believe how big it was!  We never did see any bears.

One day we rented a boat and went out on Yellowstone Lake.  It was fun and each of the kids took a turn driving it with Cesar.  I got a little motion sick and I think Diego did too.  

Here is Cesar reading the Book of Mormon with the kids by the fire one evening.  

One night we had "family fun night" put together by Eli.  We played card games, told jokes, and ate dinner.