June Trip Highlights in Pictures - Part 3, Yellowstone

After our fantastic week in Seattle area, we rented a "hideous" (Melissa's word) orange van and started driving East.  What gorgeous scenery.  Honestly, the driving time seemed to fly by because it was almost like driving through a national park - at 70+ miles per hour - the whole way.

When we first drove through the arch and into Yellowstone Park, The Princess (age 5) asked, "Where's the playground?"  When her siblings explained that this was not going to be that kind of "park", she moaned, "There's nothing to do here!"



Mammoth Springs in Yellowstone.

The Princess and I.  For a five year old, she travelled pretty well.

The kids in front of a petrified tree.

Melissa in front of one of the many waterfalls we stopped to enjoy  throughout the day.

The kids and I hiked down to the river while mommy went to another giftshop.

The kids were so excited to get to play in snow in June - in their shorts.

June snow is even better than a playground!

The Princess made a little snowman!

A couple of the kids invested some of their souvenir money in binoculars - they got a lot of use out of them throughout the rest of the trip.

They did not care for the sulfur smell of the hot springs throughout the park!

A fantastic day.  We were only disappointed in not having time to get all the way to Old Faithful - and not seeing in bears or moose.  There's so much more than you could see in a day's time!