Must Be Fall

If we are in Yellowstone it must be fall! We love to go to Yellowstone in the fall when the leaves are changing, the elk are bugling and the weather is usually perfect. We usually have a big crowd that comes with us, but this year we only had about 15. That seems like a lot, but compared to the regulars it was a small turn out. We still had the best time and loved being able to go.

Aiden, Russell, and Uncle Reed took a hike down Uncle Tom's Trail to the lower Falls in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. It was 300 steps down and then the hard part 300 steps back up! Aiden wanted to race up the stairs so they did. Last night (2 days after racing up) Russell was complaining that his legs were sore, I said probably from all of those stairs!

Russell and Aiden by the falls.

Russell and I took all of the cousins down to the brink of the falls. It was a fun little walk down and little hard coming up but it was worth it.

Here was the end of the trail. The top of the waterfall. It was so cool, the river just looked so peaceful above it and then whoosh over the cliff.

Russell and I getting our picture taken by Natalie. Nat and Hallie had their cameras out taking pictures of everything. It was cute. The weather on Friday was a little cool but on Saturday it was so warm and lovely.

Here are Jack, Aiden and Jace. The boy cousins on the Jaussi side. The rest are girls!

We found a beautiful picnic place in the Lamar Valley on Saturday. And here is my mom and her girls. It was great to be with my sisters over the weekend. Megan surprised us all with a last minute decision to fly in from Denver to join us. I was so happy. My brothers didn't come this time, you know hunting season...

Here is my mom pointing to the tree across the street from our hotel. Looks harmless enough....

Until you get underneath and see the bear snoozing away after eating a bunch of apples! It was crazy to see that bear right in town. We usually see bear in the park (we saw two this time), but this is the first time in 8 0r 9 years going to the same hotel that we have seen a bear by it. You might want to double click on it to get a better view.

A trip to Yellowstone would not be complete until we have ice cream at the Old Faithful Inn! It was a great time and we can hardly wait until next year!