Mommy and Me Travels: 2011

Monday, October 10, 2011

October 2011: Last Camping Trip of the Year

After our busy week to Montana and Wyoming, we were off to Little Diamond for one last camping trip with Grandma. We have been looking forward to this trip and bought fishing poles for our first fishing trip!

We tried fishing in the morning (about 10am) but it was cold, and foggy, and not fun. But we did see a deer swimming across the lake!

While we were waiting for it to warm up, we played in the park.

Back to the lake, it was a beautiful afternoon. We only had one bite, but we failed to bring it in :(. We did get lots of practice though :).

After dinner we had a fire and used the funky flames things from Walmart. They worked really well this time. They turn the fire blue, green, and purple. It got so warm that Abby had to pull her pants up to cool off.

On Sunday after a dip in the hot tub, the girls played with the fairies and the princesses outside. What a beautiful camping adventure to round out the year of fun we had!

Friday, October 7, 2011

October 3-7, 2011: Girls Yellowstone Adventure

We have friends in Livingston, Montana who I really wanted to visit this summer. They were unable to be home when we were through their way in June, so two weeks ago I decided that I could take the girls on a trip over to visit, and make one more trip to Yellowstone while we were so close.

I was a little worried, being the first trip I've taken where I'm the only adult along for more than one day. We drove 1300 miles and traveled 4 states, camping along the way, and we had a great time!

We enjoyed our drive through the Mammoth area, and got to see the terraces and springs.

As we were driving along, we spotted a beautiful waterfall and a spouting chocolate pot.

We drove the Firehole Canyon drive.

And stopped to hike along the Fountain Paint Pot trail.

After watching Old Faithful erupt and the short videos in the visitor center, we checked out the kids discovery room.

Love the Sinclair dinosaur!

Thanks Selena for taking a picture of me!

After our fun day in Yellowstone, we went to the Chico Hot Springs with our friends. We had a great time swimming in the hot springs. It was our first time swimming in the rain!

On Thursday we drove back towards home and stopped in Missoula to visit some dahlia friends. We had a nice visit and stayed overnight. Friday, we headed for home, but just to do laundry, because we were on our way to go camping with Grandma Judy one last time!