Animals in Yellowstone and Jackson

A sparrow that lived near out campsite at Signal Mountain

The deer that ate its way through the camground

Elk near the road in Yellowtone

Traffic Jam

Hayden Valley Buffalo

Momma and calf

Hayden Valley Bulls

Hayden Valley Herd

Bison Crossing

She walked right by my window

Sandhill Cranes in Hayden Valley

Pelicans

Pelican in flight

Elk in meadow

Elk

Landscapes in Jackson and Yellowstone

Grand Prismatic

Near Grand Prismatic

Near Grand Prismatic

River in Yellowstone

Sinkhole-from the car

View from Jackson Lake

Trees through map of Yellowstone National Park

Swimming in Jackson Lake

We took the kids down to the lake one of the days and while I took a ton of pictures, I'm only going to subject you to less htan half. Beware it's still a lot of pictures. I decided that I couldn't put all my pictures into one post, so I am trying to break it up somewhat.

(she wasn't trying to drink the water, just prove that she could put her face in, like her big brother)

She was really proud of herself.

Yellowstone Photowalk

I'm still working on my Teton and Yellowstone photos, but here are a couple from the Worldwide Photowalk at Old Faithful.

Swimming

All three kids are signed up swimming lessons this summer. I was so nervous, when the teacher finished working with MiMi, she had her hang onto the side of the pool, I was sure she would let go, but she hung on. She played with the other kids in the class, moving hand over hand along the edge of the pool. She loves her lessons, she can blow bubbles and is working on floating on her back.

Imogene is fearless, though she says she "almost drownded" after every lesson. She is working on floating indepentently and swimming under the water.

Xander is working on developing actual strokes, he has good form when he isn't thinking about it, but when the teacher calls attention to it, he gets awkward and can't swim smoothly.