after some long drives through the huge states of wyoming and idaho and utah…
…we finally made it to colorado where we hung out with good friends in grand junction and went hiking,
the weather was perfect and we really enjoyed seeing good friends!
all of my road trip days and memories are blurring together! it seems like we’ve been gone for much longer than 10 days! on day 9 we went back to yellowstone with some of our favorite friends to visit mammoth falls,
the scenery was breathtaking and despite the cloudy skies it only sprinkled briefly.
on day 10 we left yellowstone for the grand tetons,
we had lunch at a beautiful lodge and saw more bison and other wildlife!
we are finally heading south and we plan to be in utah by day 11! only a few more days till we get back to the AZ desert!!
happy belated fourth!! we spent the fourth in idaho with jon’s family who lived on a farm. here’s halle holding a fresh egg from a chicken on their farm and carter smelling the farm,
“do you have any febreze” he asked 🙂
then we watched fireworks in C’oeur D’alene.
the next day we woke up early and headed to montana, big sky country…
…and onto wyoming and yellowstone with some of our best friends! on our first day at the park we saw old faithful, the grand canyon of yellowstone and many geysers,
oh and did I mention the wildlife?? we actually saw a grizzly and two of her cubs today along with bison and elk!!
tomorrow we get to explore more of the park…stay tuned!
we’ve been having so much seeing friends in the pacific northwest- we began in portland where we saw so many great friends including the guys below,
jon’s college roomates
…before taking a ferry to whidby island,
…where we saw more friends and hung out at the amazing beach there,
after taking the ferry back to seattle we had a great time visiting with jon’s cousins who were such amazing hosts to us (thanks so much danny and diane!!!!).
and now we’re headed to state #4 idaho to spend the fourth with family! happy independence day to you!!
on day 3 we enjoyed the beautiful city of monterey, ca! we began by looking at tide pools and discovered a pod of seals! see if you can spot them below,
it was very chilly – probably 55 degrees which is about 60 degrees cooler than what we’re used to! 🙂 after the tide pools we went to check out the world famous monterey bay aquarium! they had several cool hands on exhibits for us to touch sea life – carter and halle loved it!
our view at lunch
day 4 involved a lot of driving. and more driving….and then more driving. 🙂 and car charging. we did drive through san francisco and the redwood forest. plus the pacific coast highway had some amazing views,
there was soooo much fog!!
next stop – oregon!! yay for a new state!! 🙂
the center of it all 