Category Archives: 2002 Yellowstone and Grand Teton

July 18-19, 2002 – Idaho Falls to Salt Lake City to Tampa The day started out pretty slow. Chrissy took the kids to the pool while I did some work, then we started the trip south to Salt Lake City. Along the way we stopped for gas and it happened to be the same placeContinue reading “Heading for Home”

Look at your own risk. Some of you asked for it! (Read the “Walking on the Moon” post to understand this picture).

July 17, 2002 – Craters of the Moon National Monument Today we went to Craters of the Moon National Monument. The drive from Idaho Falls took us by Idaho National Laboratory and Department of Energy site and the site of the world’s first nuclear power plant. It amazing the things that are out there inContinue reading “Walking on the Moon”

July 16, 2002 – Jackson, WY to Idaho Falls, ID We started with a nice breakfast at LeJay’s Sportsmen’s Café, then for a hike in Death Canyon. First there was a great ride down a dirt road to get to the trailhead, then a walk that was fairly continuous uphill but not too steep –Continue reading “Leaving Jackson, Take 2”

July 15, 2002 – Jackson, WY I got up early this morning (shocker!) and headed out for a solo hike. I went back to the Taggert and Bradley Lake Trail. On my way out of the hotel I picked up a “gift pack” in the lobby which consisted of a granola bar and trail mix.Continue reading “Culture Day”

July 14, 2002 – Gardiner, MT to Jackson, WY We slept in fairly late at the hotel in Gardiner, then headed south along the western side of the northern loop in Yellowstone. Our original plans wouldn’t have taken us this way, but now we would travel all of the roads in Yellowstone except the roadContinue reading “Moose!, Part 2”

July 13, 2002 – Yellowstone National Park and Beartooth Mountains Today we were supposed to leave Gardiner and end up in Billings, MT to visit zoos and a waterpark in Montana and Idaho over the next couple of days. But we were having so much fun and enjoying nature so much in Yellowstone that weContinue reading “Snowball – Direct Hit!”

July 12, 2002 – Yellowstone National Park Our first stop of the day was the visitor center at Mammoth Hot Springs. Delaney turned in her Junior Ranger paperwork and became an Official Junior Ranger of Yellowstone National Park. She worked very hard on the worksheets and hiking and was very proud to get her patchContinue reading “Junior Ranger!”

July 11, 2002 – Old Faithful to Gardiner, Montana Everyone slept in this morning – even me. It felt good after the early morning and late night the day before. We had one last breakfast in the Old Faithful Inn dining room, then packed up and checked out. Before we left we took one lastContinue reading “Beehive or Jet Engine?”

July 10, 2002 – Yellowstone National Park I went for another early morning geyser walk and this day Delaney went with me. We set an alarm and got up a little earlier than I had the day before. It was a little hard to wake her up, but once she was awake she was veryContinue reading “Daddy-Daughter Morning”