Yellowstone

  In August we continued our celebration of the year of Daryl by going to visit Yellowstone.  We were lucky enough to have Aimee, Karl, and Tyler travel with us.  I'm not sure about the kids, but the adults really enjoyed Yellowstone.  We jammed as much as we could of the park in three days.  We stayed outside the park in Idaho in a spacious house where Tyler and Avery were thrilled to have their own rooms.  We got to see bison, but didn't see any bears despite Aimee doing her best to be on the lookout.  Yellowstone was gorgeous, and I can't wait to come back.

On our way there we stopped off in Spokane for lunch 

Here we are at Old Faithful

Luke and Daryl

Tyler and Harper with Emery in the background

Avery

At least Emery was looking at the camera with her eyes open

Avery

Daryl and I with a goofy Harper

Avery and Tyler holding hands

Luke well pleased with himself

At one of the lodges

Bison!

One of the waterfalls we saw

Checking out the bison.  Luke, Avery, Tyler, Harper, and Emery

Aimee and Emery

I believe that is Harper's head taking in the Dragon's Mouth

Hanging out at Lake Yellowstone

Another waterfall in Yellowstone canyon

A chipmunk with its mouth full of nesting material

Here's a closer shot of said chipmunk

Attempting to take pictures at night.  We all enjoyed all the stars we could see

There was still screen time

The kids waiting for birthday cakes to be cut

The birthday kiddos: Aimee and Daryl