Yellowstone

Yellowstone is like Disneyland on steroids....minus the larger than life cartoon characters that don't speak. I had never been to Yellowstone, so Kelly and I decided to go there for the long 24th weekend. After waiting in a ridiculously long line of cars just to get into the park, we had to wait at least 30 minutes more through the construction zone, before we FINALLY got the last camping spot in the whole place...literally, the last. Of course, we camped next to THE most obnoxious people in the whole civilized world. *boo* and you finally realize that you must be the only person on earth who can drive.

I found it quite hilarious that about every 50 feet along the road, there were groups of Japanese people posing for pictures with thumbs up with an elk or buffalo in the background. Even more funny were the people parked along the road near a sign that read, "Elk Flats", disappointed by the fact that elk were not magically planted in the open field for their photo ops.

Happily, we saw numerous interesting things, all the geysers, hot pots, mountains, and caravans of tourists looking at animals. It was really quite beautiful though. On Saturday, we went on the most excruciating hike. Kelly wanted to return to some of the sights that he remembered going to as a young boy scout. We decided to take an adventure and hike from Grassy Lake to Union Falls and Scout Pool. About 17 miles round trip!! Union Falls was amazingly beautiful and Scout Pool was unique, in that, there is a hot spring that feeds into the river, thus making the river warm. Better yet, was putting a picture with the stories of Kelly and all his friends jumping off the waterfall butt nekked. Even though we were fully clothed, it was a welcome retreat from the miles of hiking. Neither of us really wanted to leave.

It was a great vaca!