Monday, August 4, 2008

Yellowstone - July 2008

We got back from Yellowstone/Big Sky last Monday. Had a good 9 day vacation and finally caught up on sleep over the weekend and can post this. The agenda was:

Saturday
- arrived and drove to Lake Yellowstone Hotel
Sunday
  • Ranch' Dinner via horse buggy short distance into the park
  • Stayed at Mammoth Hot springs
Monday/Tue/Wed
  • Big Sky Montana: water rafting, horseback riding, pool for the kids.
  • Interesting being in a ski resort off season. Place is empty.
  • Took lift to the top and walked down
Thursday
  • Caught up with my parents and my sister Deb along with my two nieces
  • Stayed at the Old Yellowstone Snow Lodge

Friday/Saturday
  • My other sister Laura, her husband and Deb's husband drove up from Denver
  • They all stated at a campground, we stayed nearby at the Jackson Lake Lodge in the Grand Teatons
Sunday - returned on a long series of flights

Photos can be found here

1 comment:

John G. De Palm said...

I went to Yellow Stone when I was a kid. We got ransacked by a talking bear and his little buddy. He was going on about a "pickanick basket". We were like whatever dude...

To date that dumb witted forest ranger has yet to apprehend the perps.