We had a blast with Grandma and Grandad and the Wilhelms. Here's a photo journal of our most excellent adventure.....
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Sweet lodge at Old Faithful
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I was fascinated by this long, straight road :o) All the rest were curvy.
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Thar she blows!
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Cody finally got to see old faithful,...."the most famous geiser in the world"
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Group picture
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I have no idea who took this picture
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Lamb family photo
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Spooky aparition in the rocks of Mammoth Hot Springs
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Little black bear in the tree... sorry, I forgot to flip this one
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A cave of dragons
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The kids loved these painted buffalo, they were all over West Yellowstone... so we decided to take a picture... it was freezing cold!
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Big Springs where the giant rainbow trout were
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Only one thing would get Grandad AND Justin to lay on their bellies and look under the bridge..... giant rainbow trout :o)
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The cutest little muskrat building his nest
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Big Springs..... just a few little bubbling springs that is the beginning of the Snake River
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Mesa Falls... freakin awesome and loud.
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Ryker is such a doll
Austin, Cody and Colton at Mesa Falls
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I had to run in front of everyone to get this shot... I looked like a ding dong, but it's a cute picture of Grandma and Grandad and the kids
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Justin in his flipflops :o) (oh yeah, and the kids going fishin :o)
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Cody... doing what Cody does..... looking for bugs
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Madison..... fixin to fish
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Lisa,.... documenting it all so Matt doesn't feel left out at home (such a good wife)
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Elk, pretty proud of this picture since I was standing really far away and just used my zoom lens.