Another fun week at Aspen Grove Family Camp –
And here are a couple of other summer videos –
Mount Rushmore
(I guess I picked songs that made it so the videos can only be watched if you click through to YouTube)
Tag: Yellowstone
Family Reunion in Yellowstone National Park –
Reunion time! We explored a new (to us) part of Yellowstone National Park this time: Yellowstone Lake. We stayed in cabins near the Lake Lodge. It was 4th of July weekend, but we didn’t notice the crowds until we stopped at Old Faithful on the way out.
An amazing hike in the area is Storm Point Trail. I felt like I was in Ireland with grassy hills and steep cliffs along the water. And we saw a yellow-bellied marmot yawning on a rock.
Yellow-bellied marmot
Storm Point Trail hike
Storm Point Trail hike
Storm Point Trail hike
Yellow-bellied marmot yawn
Storm Point Trail hike
Storm Point Trail hike
Storm Point Trail hike
Storm Point Trail hike
Storm Point Trail hike
Storm Point Trail hike
Storm Point Trail hike
Yellow-bellied marmot
Storm Point Trail hike
Elisabeth
Storm Point Trail hike
Storm Point Trail hike
Over the years I’ve seen a few bears in the distance, but never up close. This time we had front-row seats to a female grizzly foraging and crossing the road in front of us.
Grizzly bear near Steamboat Point, Yellowstone
Grizzly bear near Steamboat Point, Yellowstone
Grizzly bear near Steamboat Point, Yellowstone
Grizzly bear near Steamboat Point, Yellowstone
Grizzly bear near Steamboat Point, Yellowstone
Here’s the video slide show –
And more photos –
Morning Glory
Yellowstone Falls hike
Cameron and Adeline
Real funny, Son.
Bison
Viewing the yellow stone
Tourists approaching bison
Bison
Yellowstone
Bison in front of Lake Lodge
Yellowstone Canyon
Yellowstone Falls
At Yellowstone Falls
Yellowstone Falls
Bison
Bison out the front door
At Yellowstone Falls
Mud pot bubble burst
Yellowstone Lake
Yellowstone bike ride
Yellowstone Falls
Yellowstone
Bison at Lake Yellowstone
One of our favorite places for a reunion is the Old Faithful cabins in Yellowstone National Park. Here’s a quick video and some photos of our July 2015 reunion:
Grandma’s house
Geyser Predictions
Warning – Bear Frequenting Area
Did you know there was a guy who jumped into a 200° F hot pot at Yellowstone to rescue his dog? When they pulled him out his last words were, “That was stupid. How bad am I? That was a stupid thing I did.” When they pulled off one of his shoes, the skin of his foot came off with it. That’s one of many things I learned in the perfect coffee-table book Death in Yellowstone, a gift from my brother-in-law.
My mom’s parents, Owen and Verona Slaugh, spent time in Yellowstone on their honeymoon in 1940 –
Here’s (one side of) a couple of Owen’s 3-D photos from the 40s:
My dad’s family were also frequent visitors:
I was in high school during the fires of 1988:
Fires of 1988
Bison in the smoke – fires of 1988
Welcome to West Yellowstone Barbee Que – referring to Bob Barbee, the superintendent of Yellowstone during the fires of 1988
Burnt trees after the 1988 fires
Fifty-seven years after my grandparents, Wendy and I honeymooned in Yellowstone as well –
Wendy and Justin in Yellowstone – 1997
Justin and Wendy in Yellowstone – 2014
We’ve had a few family reunions there over the past few years. I try to make a video each time:
I never take my dog. But if I did, I wouldn’t jump in after him. That would be stupid.
Cool formations
Colorful hot pot
Grizzly bear across the Madison River
Old Faithful at sunset
Bison in mid-poop
Molt season
Playing in the Firehole River – Yellowstone