Saturday, August 9, 2008

OUR YELLOWSTONE TRIP





WE TOOK OUR ANNUAL TRIP TO YELLOWSTONE NATL. PARK THIS PAST WEEKEND,WE USUALLY TRY TO GO IN EARLY SPRING OR LATE FALL (TO AVOID ALL THE TOURISTS) BUT OUR SCHEDULE JUST WOULDN'T ALLOW IT THIS YEAR. WE WENT WITH OUR OLDER SON AND HIS GIRL FRIEND AND THREE OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN.JODY'S BROTHER AND HIS WIFE WERE ALSO THERE WITH THEIR TWO KIDDOS, AND YES WE EVEN TOOK GRANDMA WITH US. IT WAS A VERY BUSY WEEKEND WITH SO MUCH GOING ON IN WEST YELLOWSTONE AND NOT ENOUGH TIME TO DO EVERYTHING WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO DO. WE DID MAKE TIME TO MAKE A FEW TRIPS INTO THE PARK TO SEE THE ANIMALS.WE SAW ELK, BISON,PELICANS, AND WE WERE EVEN ABLE TO SEE THE BALD EAGLE IN ITS NEST, THE KIDS JUST GET TOTALLY EXCITED WHEN WE SEE THE EAGLE. WE HAD OUR GRANDSONS THIRD BIRTHDAY PARTY WHILE WE WERE THERE, WITH SIX GRANDKIDS (NUMBER SEVEN ON THE WAY) WE CAN ALWAYS PLAN ON A BIRTHDAY WHILE WERE THERE NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF THE YEAR IT IS. WE WATCHED THE OLD TIME CAR PARADE AND WALKED AROUND THE PARK WHERE THEY HAD A CAR SHOW AFTER THE PARADE. WE REALLY LOVE YELLOWSTONE AND HAVE BEEN GOING THERE YEARLY SINCE WE WERE YOUNG, NOW OUR KIDS LOOK FORWARD TO GOING EVERY YEAR.WE WERE ACTUALLY MARRIED IN WEST YELLOWSTONE ON JUNE 22, 1990, SO IT IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE FOR US.

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