Yellowstone

Today we woke up to Ashley complaining that her ankle hurt. She apparently had been bitten by a bug that she was either allergic to or the bite was infected. My dad and I were concerned so we sent Kevin a picture of it to see what he thought. He was also concerned by the size of it and agreed that we needed to get her to the doctor. He also added that we needed to get her a blessing and gave me the number to a local bishop.

The doctor prescribed Ashley an antibiotic and Benedryl. I am so nervous every time I give Ashley an antibiotic because she has had such bad reactions to some in the past. Once we were done with that we got a hold of the bishop for a blessing. Once we left the bishops office I was feeling a lot better about Ashley. The bishop just happened to be a doctor. He looked at her ankle and felt comfortable with the other doctors diagnosis. I felt comfortable heading to Yellowstone as we started our quest home.

We left Cody and headed west to Yellowstone to see some sights. We had Papa as our tour guide. He spent some time in Yellowstone when he was younger. We stopped on the Fishing Bridge for a picture but was not aware of how cold it had become outside.

Everyone was freezing so it was a quick stop. Next we moved on the a visitors center that was along the Yellowstone Lake. Madison really wanted to put her feet in the water. I am not sure why but headed to the lake so the girls could put their feet in.

Ashley hung back so she didn't get her infected ankle wet. She was being such a good sport especially for not feeling well. As we drove we stopped at the sites that most appealed to us. The girls and I really wanted to see some wild life since we didn't see any our first time through but we were not having any luck. Well except for Grammy and Madison in there car. A deer jumped out in front of them. I do not know how we did not see it. We were leading the pack. I guess my dad was having to much fun visiting. I really enjoyed the time that we had in the car together. I was glad when Madison wanted to ride with my mom.

After driving around and seeing different sites for quite some time we finally ran across some buffalo along the side of the road.

The girls were not impressed they wanted a closer look. I was just happy that we finally saw something. Our next stop was the falls. As we rounded a corner we noticed a motor home stopped in the middle of the road. Well the girls got their wish. As soon as we noticed the motor home we next noticed a buffalo coming out of the trees.

The girls were so excited to see one so close. Then it kept walking toward our car and we were not sure that it wasn't going to walk right over the car.

It did finally turn and go around the car but Ashley was still not impressed. It was so close to the car on her side that she could have reached out and touched it.

Ashley was done. She was ready to get out of Yellowstone and to our hotel. Once we got to the falls she did not want to get out of the car. We finally convinced her to get out but we had to carry her. We ask Madison what she thought about the buffalo and she told us that Grammy was nervous and locked the car as it walked by.

We all got a good laugh. We didn't stay long at the falls since Ashley was so nervous.

It was starting to get late and Ashley was exhausted so we decided to head to Old Faithful and make that our last stop before we headed to Jackson. We could not have arrived at any better time. We found out seats and waited maybe 5 minutes before Old Faithful started to go off.

One would think that the seats would have been better on the other side since we had to look into the sun but it wouldn't have been because all the steam was on that side and they didn't as clear a view. It was beautiful. I am so glad that we were able to see it and especially at sunset. After some dinner we were on our way to Jackson. Today was great day.