Basin School Trip to Yellowstone

The week before school let out for the summer Mickenzie and I went on the yearly Basin School Trip. This is an overnight trip, and this year they chose to go to Yellowstone Nat. Park. We got to ride on a very nice charter bus, with comfy seats and TV's (although they never could get the DVD player to work right). We stopped at Quake Lake and went to the visitor's center there. We went to the Bear and Wolf Center, it was neat to get to see these animals up close, then we headed into the park. We watched Old Faithful go off and walked around a bit, then headed off to Island Park where we stayed in a bunk house and had a great hot dog roast. Up early the next morning and back to the park for some site seeing and hiking (where I got a very rude wake up call pertaining to how out of shape I am!) up to Mystic Falls. We got to see lots of buffalo and elk but no bears in the park. We headed home in the afternoon, stopping in Livingston for dinner. It was great to spend two whole days with Kenzie doing something really fun (well except for the hike,maybe...) and Grandma came and stayed with Seth. I did have some moments where I caught myself looking around for him though! It was very strange to have time with just one of the girls. Kenz and I had a blast and I can't wait to take all of the kids to Yellowstone (yeah, I know, we LIVE in Montana and we've never taken them....sad!) But I am going to get some walking in before I go again!