Where is Jakie? Day 4

Today was a great day of driving. Jacob continues to do extremely well in the car. We only stopped in Buffalo, WY for lunch and at a Walmart to let Jacob run around a bit. I drove for about 200 miles today so David really had a chance to enjoy the view. We enjoyed some more amazing scenery. We just cannot get over how beautiful this drive is! There were lots of prong horns in herds along the road. We got snowed on again...and yes David was excited! We ended the day in Keystone, SD right by Mt. Rushmore. We ate dinner at the place next door and went swimming in the hotel pool. Tomorrow.. MT. RUSHMORE!!!!

Here is Jacob with his beloved peaches...the only picture I took today.

Where is Jakie? Day 3

Today was great! We had breakfast and headed right to Yellowstone! We went in through the north entrance of the park.

David and Jacob in the car...ready for Yellowstone.


The arch at the north entrance of the park that dates back to the opening of the park...this used to be the only way to get into the park...(i am kinda into history)

We saw some elk grazing in the grass on the side of the road. The first stop was Mammoth Hotsprings. It was really amazing to walk around the different springs.

This picture was too funny...it was all just the right angle of the camera and good timing with Jacob's expression.


A much happier Jacob with his mommy.


My threatening to throw Jacob in a thermal pool.


After the hotsprings we drove down to Old Faithful. The stops along the way were amazing. We saw a rather large bison grazing by itself along a river. He was huge!
You can see the bison in the background of this picture...I would not want to mess with this thing.



Our next stop was prompted when we saw this huge steaming pool on the side of the road. Since it was cool out, all the hotsprings were giving off steam like crazy. It actually looked like something was on fire. Anyways we stopped and got out and the pool was this amazing blue color.

Blue thermal pool


Our next stop was a waterfall. Perhaps more exciting than the waterfall was this giant crow hopping around. This crow was about 2feet tall....everyone was taking pictures of this bird...I half expected it to start talking or something it was so freakishly big.



The next stop was this larger pool. It was deep blue in the middle and orange in color on the edges.

crazy multi colored pool


A classic "kristen's eyes are closed ruining another great picture"


Next up was lunch and old faithful. It was really fun to see!

old faithful


jacob and i watching old faithful go



It started to rain after that so we decided to call it quits and just drove through the rest of the park...which took a good hour and a half! Yellowstone Lake was still covered in ice and there was lots of snow still on the ground. We saw two more large bison herds. To David's delight, it snowed, but only briefly. We ended our day in Cody, WY. We ate dinner at this very yummy chinese place. After that we watched the Lost season finale...it was great!




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Where is Jakie? Day 2

We started off from Ritzville, WA with plans to get to Glacier National Park. Along the way we decided that it was too far out of the way. We opted instead to drive through Cor de lane, ID. It was a really pretty town and the views of the lake were amazing. We stopped at this ski resort for lunch. We had hoped to take a ride on their gondola but it was not running :( Lunch was yummy and we were on our way. We drove through Montana. David and I both agreed it was the prettiest drive we had ever been on. Right as we got near Yellowstone, there were tons of deer and lots of cows to keep Jacob entertained. (There was even a deer in the parking lot of our hotel so we got to see one up close.) Jacob is such a trooper.

Where is Jakie? Day 1

We got on the road late in the morning and didn't really expect to get too far. Jacob did really well riding in the car. He fell asleep almost right away and slept until Portland. We went to a mall outside of Portland and walked around a bit. Jacob was very interested in the fish ponds. We continued to drive North east and found this cute produce store. They also made sandwiches which were super yummy. Jacob saw the tractor as soon as he got out of the car and wanted to ride on it right away! We decided to end the day in Ritzville. Our hotel had a pool and we went swimming that night which Jacob loved!

Jacob all crammed in the back seat.


He looks happy enough


David driving

Some old idaho pics

Here are some pictures from Boise when my sister Sharon was in town. We had a really fun time.

My sister Sharon at the wild life exhibit


Jacob at the birds of prey exhibit in Boise


David and Jacob...too cool for school


One of the smaller elk on the feed


One of the sleighs. It was really gorgeous in the feed because it snowed the whole time.


David, Jacob and I getting ready to check out the fish and wildlife exhibit in Boise.


Jacob and David getting silly



The fam getting ready to go on our elk ride and feed


Okay this is the big guy. We had no idea what we were getting into when we signed up for this thing.


Jacob at Tamarack hamming it up!