Last Day of Summer Break

 

Happy 11th Birthday, Anna!

Chelsea Soccer Camp

 

The coaches were flown in from England for the week so John Caden made them each a British flag thank you note. :)

Our Trip Out West

Beartooth Highway

(Billings, MT to Yellowstone, WY)

 

We had so much fun playing on the top of this mountain in the Beartooth Wilderness...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yellowstone (Tower to Canyon)

Yellowstone River and Tower Falls

 

 

 

Upper and Lower Falls of Yellowstone

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canyon to Norris

Virginia Cascades

Norris to Madison

Artist Paint Pots Trail

 Gibbon Falls

  

Norris to Mammoth Hot Springs

Norris Geyser Basin

 

Mammoth Terraces

  

We left Yellowstone briefly and crossed into Gardiner, Montana to watch the UEFA Euro final soccer match at a local pizza joint...

Then returned through the Roosevelt Arch and headed back to Canyon through Tower...

 

 

Undine Falls

  Wraith Falls 

(One of our most favorite hikes...we strolled through sagebrush and wildflowers along Lupine Creek, crossed a bridge, and climbed to the falls)

  

 

 

Canyon to Fishing Bridge and West Thumb

Dragon's Mouth and Mud Volcano

 LeHardy Rapids

 

 

    

West Thumb Geyser Basin

Grand Teton National Park

Colter Bay Hike

 

 Heron Pond

Jackson Lake and Lunch Tree Hill

 

  

Signal Mountain 

  

Jenny Lake

Cathedral View

 

 

 

 

 String Lake

Hike to Hidden Falls and Inspiration Point

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Chapel of Transfiguration

 

 

Mormon Row

 

 

Blacktail Ponds and Glacier View

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Schwabacher's Landing

 

 

 

 
 

 

 Snake River

 

 

 

 

Yellowstone (West Thumb to Old Faithful)

Kepler Cascades

 

Old Faithful

 

 

Old Faithful to Madison

Midway Geyser Basin and Fountain Paint Pots

 

 

 

 

Madison River

 

Glacier National Park

Two Medicine Lake

 

 Trick Falls

 East Glacier

 Going to the Sun Road

Wild Goose Island

 Jackson Glacier

 Lunch Creek

St. Mary's Waterfall Hike

 

 

 

 

Hike to Baring Falls and Sunrift Gorge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Many Glacier

Logan Pass and Hidden Lake Overlook Trail

West Glacier

 Trail of Cedars/Avalanche Gorge

 

Whitefish, MT

 

 

Prairie Dog Town State Park

Greycliff, MT

 

 

 

 

 

Besides prairie dogs, we saw lots of other wildlife...

 

 

 

 

These fellows seemed to be around every bend and corner of the highway, often holding up traffic...

One of our most favorite animals was "Gracie"--a park ranger dog.

The wildflowers were absolutely beautiful...

We also loved finding Lewis and Clark landmarks--especially "Seaman's Creek" (a creek named after their dog) which has since been renamed Monture Creek. 

 

 

  

 

With thousands of miles traveled..

 this is how we all felt by the end of the week...

exhausted--but so blessed to have been able to experience so much of God's beautiful creation.