Yellowstone with Franzi

Franzi, our exchange student, had a list of things she wanted to do before returning to Germany on June 4th. One of those things was to go to Yellowstone. We went up on May 31st and had a great time. This is truly the time to visit. There was no line to get into the park and there were baby animals everywhere and no crowds. Franzi had read the warning about the buffalo that they give you when you enter and she was freaking out when ever we got "too close to one" in our car. We also saw eagles feeding their babies and lots of elk. No bears this trip but that's ok with me. :) Since we only had a day to see the park we headed over to Old Faithful and saw some springs and mud pots on the way. Then back around to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. There was still a lot of snow on the way to the Grand Canyon part. I was surprised how much there was. Also the rivers were really full for the fishermen. There was only one river low enough to fish in. When waiting for Old Faithful to go off it was a couple minutes later than predicted and Timmy, who was tired of waiting for it said "I am not impressed". This lady behind us who had traveled all the way from Pennsylvania to see it, thought that was a very funny comment...and I realized I have a lot to teach my kids still about appreciation of nature :) Overall it was a great day and we all had a great time! It ended with a huge 1 pound cheeseburger at Big Juds restaurant in Ashton, ID (it's on the way home) Don't worry we all split the burger but we thought it was funny to take a pic of Franzi like just she was going to eat it.