Yellowstone ~ Day Two

July 15th, 2011 ~ Our second day of vacation, we got up and at 'em so we could fit a lot in for our day.
First thing of the day, breakfast of course.

Lainie watching as Ragan cuts up a watermelon for breakfast.

She's such a sweetie, even with her bedhead.

Kiddos playing outside the house as we load up everything for our adventure.

We decided to travel the lower loop of Yellowstone.
Our first stop was on the Firehole Loop, at Firehole Falls.

View on our way through Firehole Loop

Ragan and Lainie at Firehole Falls.

Family at Firehole Falls
It was so beautiful here!!!

Next stop was Lower Geyser Basin.

I just couldn't get over how beautiful everything is!
Look at that blue.

Mom, Ragan, and kids by the geyser.

Next destination - Old Faithful!!!

Ragan and the kids with Mom and Dad waiting at Old Faithful.

Still waiting.

I love this picture!!!

My three boys in their cowboy hats!

Old Faithful - it was pretty cool watching it!!!

Lainie at Old Faithful!

Mom and Lainie

Mom, Ragan, and kids at the Old Faithful Inn

This is where we had lunch.

Spent some time getting souvenirs at all the gift shops as well.

Posing on one of the "tour buses."

We thought they looked pretty cool!

After Old Faithful, we continued on the loop down to West Thumb. Lainie took a nap in the car while Grandpa stayed with her.

The rest of us hiked around looking at the smaller geysers and Yellowstone Lake.

Whatcha lookin' at Nash and Jacob??

I just thought this was kinda cool and unusual!

Ragan, Mom, and the boys at West Thumb

Yellowstone Lake

Just chillin' by the lake.

One of the pools at West Thumb

Jacob and I with an elk.

Ragan, Nash, and Logan.

It was cool how close we could get to the wildlife.

Ragan and Mom.

Boys being silly for Ragan.

One of the elk we saw on our drive.

More wildlife.

I thought the buffalo were so cool

and some of 'em were big ole beasts!

My handsome man posing for me with the buffalo.

This elk was so beautiful!

We were able to get pretty close too!

Among all our wildlife sightings, we pulled over along with a large group and saw a mama grizzly with her two cubs - through binoculars of course.

We also caught sight of a black bear cub off the side of the road.

It was just too cool to describe - just coming upon all these amazing creatures and the beautiful scenery!!!

Enjoyed an ice cream and headed back to the house.
It was a long, fun day!!!