The Big Trip Part 2

 For the next part of the trip we headed over to Eastern Washington to spend a few days with my best friend Cori.  Zane had a great time learning to bowl and play tennis and we even happened upon some RC hydrofoil races.

Playing in Lake Chelan

Mini golf

We checked out Rocky Reach Dam

Watching the fish come up the fish ladder at the Dam

Playing tennis with Cori

Learning to bowl

Watching the hydrofoil races

Hydrofoil races

He was even excited to mow Cori's lawn

On the way to our next stop, Yellowstone, we stopped at two carousels.  One in Spokane the other in Missoula.  I love riding carousels and both of these has a ring grab and toss, most carousels don't have that feature anymore.  Zane loved them both and we rode them many times.

The big red wagon in Spokane

Zane in the red wagon

Monkey bars underneath

Spokane Carousel

He grabbed some rings

Missoula Carousel

Missoula Carousel

Next we spent four amazing days in Yellowstone.  It's my favorite place in the world and I was so excited to share it with Zane.  Leading up to the trip we studied all about Yellowstone; the animals, geological and geothermal features.  Zane's favorite part was Old Faithful and Bee Hive geysers that we were able to see erupt multiple times.  He also enjoyed seeing all the animals and experiencing Bison jams on the roads.

Grand Prismatic Spring(one thing he was really excited to see).

Grand Prismatic Spring overlook

Paint Pots

Climbing in the Hoodoos

Mammoth Hot Springs

Mammoth Hot Springs

Big Horn Sheep

Bison

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Swimming in Yellowstone Lake

Playing on the shores of Yellowstone Lake

Old Faithful on the left, Bee Hive on the right, they were erupting at the same time!!

Zane getting his Junior Ranger Badge

Bee Hive geyser(volume up)

Zane and Otter at Bee Hive Geyser

Bison Jam

Black Bear

Crossing the Continental Divide

Pronghorn

When we left Yellowstone we headed south into Grand Teton National Park.  The Tetons were covered in a nice cloud layer most of the day.  We did a hike half way around Jenny Lake with a loop around the Moose Ponds.  At the far side of the lake we took a boat ride back to the car.  It was a beautiful hike through all the trees changing color and we saw a bull moose!!!

Moose

Jenny Lake

Moose Submarine

Deer(other hikers were adamant that it was an Elk)

The Tetons in the clouds

We stayed and watched the moose for quite a while

Hiking

This wraps up Part 2 of the big trip.  After the Tetons we headed to Idaho to spend a week with our good friends the Glenewinkels and Casey flew in to join us for that week.  Stay tuned for the next post to finish up the trip.