What We Did July 27- August 6

Hi all!  It's so nice to be home!  Isn't that picture of me amazing?  Elizabeth captured it on our vacation. So what have we been doing?! you ask.  Well, here's your answer.  July 27 and 28 we were mostly just driving.   We went into Glacier National Park on the 29th.   It is so pretty.

The 30th we drove more, and July 31 we spent a day in Spokane, WA.

The first day of the new month, August 1st, we mostly drove, then arrived in Packwood,WA...

...And stayed in a cute, rustic lodge.

When we went into Mount Rainier National Park on August 2, it was kind of foggy.  But look at the beautiful view on this postcard I picked up!

On the 3 Elizabeth and I excitedly went to the American Girl Store in Seattle, and we got to eat dessert in the Cafe!

August  4th we went sightseeing in Seattle.

 The next day, we walked to the Pike Market.  And rode on Ferry.
Elizabeth and I packed on the 5th, and flew back home to Florida on the 6th.
And that's what Elizabeth and I did July 27- August 6th.

July 22-26: Our Week at Yellowstone National Park

First of all, I appreciate your patience as I wrote this post.  I know it's over two weeks since Chrissa last posted.

We had a great time in Yellowstone National Park!  We hiked, took many pictures (that's part of the reason that you had to wait so long for this post), waded across mountain streams, breathed fresh mountain air, ate picnic lunches in the park, and, most of all, gasped at astonishing views.

Sunday, July 21, we drove 300 miles and stayed at a Holiday Inn. 

The next day, Monday, we drove through Grand Teton National Park on our way (the mountains at the top of the picture); and gladly arrived in Yellowstone.

Tuesday Chrissa and I enjoyed the park.  We hiked to Wrath Falls (1&2); gobbled up lunch (well, at lest Chrissa did) by a river (3); saw Mammoth Hot Springs (4&5); stopped by Gibben Falls (6,7&8); and lastly briefly glanced at Sheepeater cliff (9&10).

  

On Wednesday, we witnessed many interesting things, including a bison walking right in front of our car!  We also saw beautiful Tower Falls.

Thursday obviously not the only day we saw waterfalls and rivers, but that's the main thing that we looked at.  Inspiration Point was not very inspiring, because the part where you saw the beautiful view had fallen off in a earthquake.

Our last day in the Park, Friday, we spent our time around Old Faithful area.  (From top to bottom, left to right): A waterfall (I don't remember the name); Celestine Pool; Clepsydra Geyser, Silex Spring, Old Faithful; and Old Faithful Lodge (where we had lunch).

That was our amazing week at Yellowstone National Park.

Why We Haven't Been Posting

Hi all!  First of all, Elizabeth and I have not been posting because in order to have internet acess in your room, you have to pay fifteen dollers for three days.  Which we think is to much.  So how am I posting this? you ask.  Well, there is a business center on the 1st floor, and I have acess to that.  But there's no place to put in my SD card in the computer, so, unfortunately you can't see any of the hundreds of pictures Elizabeth and I have taken since we arrived in Yellowstone National Park on Sunday.  Hopefully, we will have pictures in the next post.



We're All Packed up and Ready to Go!

Well, Chrissa and I are completely done packing for our vacation near Yellowstone National Park.  We'll start driving tomorrow, and will be driving for the next two days.  So, we probably won't post again until we arrive in Yellowstone.  Really, I can't believe that our time in Colorado is done already!  It seems only last week that we came.

Afternoon with my Cousins

Hi all!  I have to pack to tomorrow (since we are leaving for Yellowstone on Sunday), so today I hung out with Kit and McKenna.

"Want to watch a movie?" McKenna asked.

"Sure! What about Brave?" I suggested.

"I'll bring up my DVD player." Kit said.  When Brave started, something was not right.

"Why on earth are they talking like that?!" I asked Kit.

"Oh, that's Piranha." Kit replied, as if it was perfectly normal for Scots to speak fish.

"KIT!" McKenna and I shouted.

When the strange movie ended, Elizabeth came up.

"How was your movie?" She asked.

"It was so weird!" I said.  "Kit programmed her DVD player so that all the movies played in Piranha!  The people were chomping half the time!"

"I'm tired." Kit yawned, as if to enforce her point.  "I'm going to my room." 

"Do you want to play American Girls?" I suggested.

McKenna and Elizabeth agreed, so we did.

I had a nice afternoon with my strange (Kit) and sweet (McKenna) cousins.

Makeing Friendship Bracelets

This afternoon Chrissa, McKenna and I made Friendship bracelets.

We decided to do them outside because it was so nice.  Since you don't have to give friendship bracelets your full attention, it's fun to talk while making them.  And that's just what we did.

Here are our finished bracelets. 

I chose the colors orange, light purple, white, and light pink.

Chrissa picked blue, white, light purple, and purple.

Bright pink, lime green, and aqua were McKenna's colors.

And that's how we spent our afternoon.

Along Old Fall River Road

Today was our last Saturday to go into Rock Mountain National Park, because next Saturday we would be packing.  Elizabeth and I chose to go on Old Fall River Road.  It's the original unpaved road up to the Alpine Visitors center. 

Our first stop on the way up was Chasm Falls.

Check out the beautiful waterfall!

Here's me,

...And Elizabeth in front of the falls.

We climbed down the trail a bit and took our picture by the river.

Most of the time we were in the car, enjoying the view from the open window.  The weather was just gorgeous!  It was also nice to fell cold (we don't experience that much in Florida).

Snow!!!

On the way back down, we saw these elk grazing.  We had a lovely last Saturday in Rocky Mountain National Park.

P.S.Are you all excited to see the Saige movie? Elizabeth and I can't wait!