HAPPY 4th of July!!!!! And - Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!
Sooooooooooooooo...........Yellowstone was really cool! We saw Old Faithful, visited the PaintPot sulpher pits and the Mud Vulcanos (including The Black Dragon Cauldron)......We did several short hikes, and even the boys had to admit it was fun - with or without the pool. We had beautiful weather, sunny, a few fluffy clouds and warm, dry days. Nights did get cool, but the heater in the camper worked well, and by 9 a.m. it was shirtsleeve (and shorts!) weather again. We got "up close and personal" with a couple of bison, and saw several Elk, and a few fisherman enjoying the rivers....a couple of them were brave enough to do it bare legged (brrrrrrr!)
We managed to find a grocery store in the booming metrolpolis (NOT!) of West Yellowstone, MT that had a bakery. The cakes were actually pretty good, even though they arrive frozen and they just decorate them. This year we got 2. We decided that Stephanie needed her own cake for hr 1st birthday, but from here on out - they share. We shared with the family next to and across the street from us - and STILL had to throw some away. The good news is they had fun, and hated saying good bye to their new friends.
We have all been running so hard for so long, that we are all about ready to drop on our feet. The boys have been up until somewhere between 8 and 10 every night, and are still up by 7 at the latest. We gave them their first "video game" for their birthday - $9.95 @ wal-mart! It's a handheld race car game - it looks like a steering wheel and you turn it right or left to avoid the cars coming at you, it makes noises every 5 cars you pass. James fell asleep playing the game this afternoon, and is already in bed, and nearly asleep (at HIS request) it is 8:30 - but at least it wasn't a battle again, and Andrew is there too, as much of an independent soul as he is, he really doesn't like to be too far from where James is. We have another longish day in front of us, and really nothing that they are looking forward too until we get to Astoria, so hopefully, they will sleep in a bit tomorrow. We have towels now OVER the mini-blinds to keep it as dark as possible....
So - tomorrow is Pendleton OR and the Wildhorse Resort/RV Park in Pendleton OR. Hopefully I'll get some pictures uploaded by then, in the meantime, I'll just kick myself for not getting a picture of Matt changing one of the tires on the camper this morning....but that's another story!
Good night!
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