Yellowstone

Saturday our route took us through Yellowstone National Park. The weather wasn’t ideal…cool and rainy, but we still enjoyed it and it was still beautiful. We were on the way to a church, but we had a little time to spare to stop and take in some of the sights. We saw a lot of buffalo (or bison as they call them here) and several elk. We were really hoping to see a bear (not close up of course!). We also still have not seen any moose! There was one buffalo right in the middle of the road, so we stopped and pulled over to take a few pictures. He turned and headed right for our van, but then he just wandered on down the road, not worrying at all about the traffic he was stopping in both directions. Josiah said he was like a policeman because he was slowing down all the traffic.

We also saw Old Faithful! We were hoping not to have to wait to long to see it since the weather wasn’t too good and we didn’t want the kids to have to stand in the cold drizzle for very long. When we got to the visitor center it said it was scheduled to erupt at 12:34. We checked the time and it was 12:28. The boys we also very excited to get their National Park Passport stamped. That is a very big deal for them. Our friends Keith and Kami got those for the boys a few months ago, and they love it. We have had the chance to get them stamped three times now!

As we passed over the mountains on the east side of the park there was still a lot of snow on the ground, and a little bit falling. The roads were even slushy in a few places. It was a beautiful drive.

We arrived safely in Powell, WY on Saturday evening and had a meeting there on Sunday at the Heart Mountain Baptist Church. We had good services, and the people there are very kind. We enjoyed the time with them greatly.

We saw alot of buffalo

This is the one who was right next to us in the road

We saw alot of elk also

Here we are at Old Faithful