Our Summer Vacation 2010 Day 9

Day 9-Saturday July 10

Old Faithful

Left Cody WY and went to Yellowstone Park.  The kids were very excited to be able to see Old Faithful.  We entered on the East side of the Park.  The kids got a paper with pictures of wildlife to watch for.  We saw a few of the things on the list, like ravens and Canadian geese.  We watched and watched for bears, but never saw them.  The kids were disappointed about that.  We did get a close up view of a bison and some elk.  We stopped at a little cafe in the park for lunch.  The kids behaved very well.  Bridger was very excited to have his hot dog and fries.  The rest had either Chicken Noodle Soup or Grilled Cheese Sandwiches.  Bridger snuck away at the end and managed to get his hands on a big sucker, and used his teeth to open part of it.  So, we bought a sucker.  Next we went to Old Faithful.  By the time we got to that area, it had started to rain.  We were woefully unprepared for rain.  The kids were cold and grumpy while we were waiting.  The sign said it was supposed to go off within 10 minutes of 4:10 p.m..  We got over to the waiting area at 3:55 p.m..  Keeping Bridger corralled while waiting for Old Faithful, was kind of a pain.  It finally started to start to erupt, but didn’t go off fully until 4:18 p.m., so we had waited out in the rain for 20 min.  The rain stopped right around when the geyser was going off.  Then the kids piled into the car, while Rex and I went to the gift shop and got some souvenirs.

The we drove out of the Park.  Saw lots more beautiful scenery.  Yellowstone is a beautiful area, and we should come back another time and maybe camp out.

We drove to Rexburg and stopped by to see my sister Buffy (Elizabeth) and her family.  We dropped by unexpectedly.  We weren’t sure what time we would be coming through and if it would be too late to stop by, so I didn’t call ahead.  Luckily, she didn’t seem to mind.  The kids played together and we visited a bit with Ryan and Buffy.  She offered to let the kids stay the night so Rex and I could have a hotel room with just the babies, but Conner wouldn’t stay at her house.  It seems that he thought he’d be able to go swimming and stay up late watching tv.  WRONG!  Too bad he didn’t tell us that before we had to find a room with 2 beds. lol.  Oh, well.