Voting Day

After taking time to study out the candidates in our county, Grandpa and I went and voted.

It's nice to go as an informed voter and feel confident in what you're voting for.

Dad also went and voted on his way home.

 

Bear World

On Saturday, May 22, we went to bear world.

It was fun to get some up close encounters with the bears.

Going in the morning is when they are most active.

They also have other animals as well, like buffalo.

Are these prairie dogs?

Look at those horns!
So soft, I wanted to touch them.

The bears were fun to watch eat, play, and wrestle with each other.
One bear came and licked off the bugs on our bumper.
The baby bears were a favorite to watch as they were bottle fed and played with the workers.

They had a dinosaur display area that was interesting to see.

Ahhhh! Grant is getting eaten by a dinosaur.
One worker told us that actually is a garbage can. Oops! 😂

 

Yellowstone May 2024

This spontaneous guy decided on Friday, May 17th, that we should go to Yellowstone since we all had a free day.

The most exciting part of our trip was seeing a grizzly bear, which dad claimed from the beginning of our visit that we would see one.

We saw some beautiful waterfalls.

Jaden

Grant

James

May is a good time to go see the waterfalls because the water is the highest.

Mom and Grant

We saw so many buffalo with the cool May weather.

We enjoyed seeing the baby buffalo as well.

James

Grandpa and Dad saw 2 elk just off the side of the road while they were driving.

Spring baby buffalo. "Bye Son (Bison)!"

A raging waterfall

Look at this Stud!!!

The trio bros!

Mammoth Hot Springs had lots of white rock.

James, Mom, Dad, and Jaden

There weren't too many elk around, so it was fun to see them with their velvet horns.

We picnicked for lunch at Mammoth Hot Springs, but the shops were expensive, especially the ice cream; $6 for one tiny scoop.

Mammoth Hot Springs

Amazing different rock formations at Mammoth.

Awww, these boys are awesome!

James looking at the waterfall in the distance.

When we saw the bear, the road was crammed with cars and people.

When Dad said we would see a bear at the entrance to Yellowstone, he claimed that a bear would cross the road in front of us. Mom said if a bear crossed the road in front of us, she would take Dad out to dinner and let him pay. 😂

Well, here's the bear crossing the road in front of us.

Mom got really close to a buffalo that was across a fence.

The Towers waterfall was quite amazing and could be seen from many viewpoints and angles.

Grandpa enjoyed going as far as he could to see the beautiful views.