gmfr continues

another picture of the resident bison at our camp site.



that evening we all did our own tin-foil dinners and made smores.

we wasted no time getting started friday morning. mom had "breakfast in a sack" for each of us, an itinerary and map, and an education CD of all the stops we would be making which included scary stories about bear attacks and people dying in the geysers (owen especially liked listening to those ones and would request to listen to the "swimming stories" again and again).

first stop, lehardy's rapids. we were hoping to see spawning trout there, but i guess it wasn't our lucky day. and it was here, our first stop, that wesley lost his new binoculars. oh well!

kevin and the boys at lehardy's rapids.

next stop, mud volcano. everyone else took the long uphill loop around mud volcano and i opted for the short and sweet route. my parents were kind enough to stay behind and entertain me.

we were told to stay at least 25 feet away from the bison but they sure take their time. most of our group was stuck behind this big guy for several minutes. i bet the bison do this on purpose just for kicks and giggles.

poor owen was stung by a hornet twice on this little loop. once on the forehead and once on the finger. poor guy!

on our way to the next stop we saw a large group of people gathered at a look-out and a park ranger had her scope set-up so we decided to stop and see what they were looking at. sure enough, there was a large grizzly walking around out in the meadow. it was VERY far away but if you looked through the scope you could see it pretty good. i don't mind wild animals from this distance.

bear watching-dad, nat, sami, jarom, alyssa, and megan
jarom also brought his telescope.