Hike #14 : Boiling River (7/22/2012)

After all that hiking on Friday and Saturday, Sunday we took a little break.  We went out to breakfast in Gardiner (side note: I love going out to breakfast, but I can't lie, I think we make better brunch at home then we had out and it was pricey.)  After breakfast and a little toodling around we decided to go to boiling river.  Which is an awesome feature on the MT/WY border in YNP where a hot spring stream enters the Gardiner (?) River creating these natural hot spring pools in the river.  So one moment you are in fast moving, freezing water and the next you are an eddy pool of simmering hot water.  We are hoping to go in the snow with M & M after a long day of x-country skiing perhaps?! Ilija and I stuck to the in-between--slow moving, semi-warm water with lots of rocks to play with.

Daddy, Ilija and Keenin Playing with rocks.

Good looking cousins.

I don't know what we were looking at, but it was fascinating!

Hanging out in the shallow water.  I will say it once again, Keenin (all the boys, really) were amazing with their cousin.

View down river.

Sunday night, Ian, Austin and the boys camped out at Indian Creek in YNP.  They had fun played games, ate over an open campfire and played in general.  Ilija and I chilled at home due to his early bedtime and me needing to work the next morning (we are in YNP for a reason), so Austin picked up the boy early in the morning and he got to wake his cousins.


Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey.  Q emerging from the tent!

I don't think that they got many more pictures from Monday.  Sounds like they had a great Polo boy day though taking down camp, hanging out, going to Chico Hot Springs and playing in the pool for the majority of the day and then packing up the van for the long ride home.

Thanks a ton, Ian, Q, Keenin and Ives for a wonderful time!  We love you all to the moon!