He Leadeth Me

The wildflowers were beautiful.  The waterfalls were amazing.  The thermal areas made you feel you were on another planet.  The rivers were gorgeous.  The Prismatic Springs were like nothing I've ever imagined.  God's handiwork is amazing. 

It's a must to have your picture taken in front of the Yellowstone National Park sign.  Beautiful Mammoth Springs One of my favorite stops.  The original gate in Montana.  We had dinner in the Yellowstone Inn one night.  Another evening, we had dinner in the majestic Old Faithful Lodge. The tour of the lodge was fascinating. It has withstood fires and an earthquake. 

The wildlife sightings in Yellowstone were amazing.  Of course, our bear sighting was the most exciting.  It fulfilled one of my LIFE LIST goals.  My sweet husband was prepared to drive out of our way to BEAR WORLD in Idaho if we hadn't seen one in Yellowstone.  We saw hundreds of Bison in a trip we took to Lamar Valley.  Our craziest wildlife encounter came one evening when we were driving after dark. A bison ran, yes they can run, within inches of our front bumper.  It's crazy how the animals think they own the highways. And I guess they do.  Not pictured is a wolf we saw running along the highway as we were driving. We were glad we had the windows rolled up. 

We stopped at some interesting sights along the way.  The Tetons were amazing.  Had to copy the Ansel Adams picture of the Morman barn against the backdrop of the Tetons. 

As many of you know, David and I, along with  my siblings and their spouses  try to take a trip each year together.   This year the trip was to Alaska. Unfortunately, my brother Lynn and his wife Terry were not able to get away from jobs this year, so they didn't get to go with us. I am definitely not the pro-photographer of the trip.  That distinction goes to my brother-in-law, Randy. But here are a few of the highlights from my camera. Note:  The pictures loaded in a crazy order, so I will jump around with the highlights. A huge highlight that happened early in the trip was the actual sighting of Mt. Denali. I know it says Mt. McKinley on the sign, but the name has officially been changed to the Native American name of Denali. We were told that 70% of visitors never see the mountain because it is usually veiled in clouds. We felt blessed to be in the lucky 30%. This picture does not do it justice. It was an awe inspiring sig...

My family usually visits in the summer or fall, but this year, they decided that it would be great to come in February. There were two purposes. #1 --to see snow #2 --to celebrate Uncle Terry's retirement. The snow came in buckets a few days before they arrived.  It was the largest single snowfall we have had since we moved here.   After they arrived, the sun shone the entire time they were here. DO WE KNOW HOW TO PLAN A PARTY, OR WHAT? We visited the Transportation in Denver. It is really a neat place.   This was at the scenic lookout as we were driving home from the airport. Kim and Randy at the Transportation Museum Aunt Gail, who grew up with snow in Arksasas was the most adventurous in the snow. Terry and Gail making a snowman Randy helped David to shovel We were a little lacking in the snowman making materials so the snowman had oreo cookies for eyes, a carrot for a nose, and a bell pepper slice for a mouth. We hiked at Garden ...