Road Trip: Island Park Idaho

We took a week long trip to Island Park Idaho.  It started out with a pit stop at Bear World in Rexburg.  We saw a ton of grizzly bear, black bear, elk, a moose, goats, etc.  The bears were up close and personal.

This bear was my favorite.  He actually was begging for food.

Cute bear cubs.

They also had some pretty mild amusement park rides.  Brett is probably on the verge of being too big to enjoy them. But he still road every one of them.

Brett and Caleb both enjoyed the petting zoo.

Daddy did as well.

The weather at island park was a little on the cold and wintery side.  There was still a ton of snow up there and it was still falling.

We spent a day at West Yellowstone and shopped for Caleb;'s new monkey hat and watched the Yellowstone IMAX movie.

We spent 2 days at Yellowstone. We saw a ton of waterfalls, old faithful, roaring mountain, etc.

Brett and his brother had a good time at the condo.

This was us at old faithful waiting for the show to begin.

That day we also got to see a Grizzly Bear and 2 cubs.  They were pretty far away but we all saw them.

Except for Caleb, this bear was the only one he saw

Brett took lots of hikes with either mommy or daddy while the other one stayed in the car to watch Caleb.

We also spent some time at Big Spring.  The fish that are normally there were non-existent this trip but we found a muskrat to feed bread too.

Brett and dad tried to fish but it was way to windy.  Brett ended up sitting on this log and watching daddy try.

On the second day of yellowstone we got caught in a big traffic jam.  Bison were all over the road. It took a LONG time to get in.  While we were driving a car coming the other direction hit a pile of bison poop at around 50 miles per hour.  The car in front of us was covered and their windows were open. 

Brett got to have a special one on one ranger guided talk because we missed the scheduled one due to the traffic jam.  He learned all about bears and the difference between a grizzly and a black bear.  The rangers were so good with him.

AFter that he turned in his guide and became a Jr. Ranger.  He is also a Jr. Ranger at Mesa Verde

Vacation is great but its also nice to get home.  I was sure happy to see this sign.

The entire time we were there Caleb kept steeling Brett's pillow pet.  So when we got home Caleb got his own Pillow Pet which he loves.

Brett and Caleb also had a great time Swimming.  We didnt make it every day but pretty close.