tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223569922024-03-05T15:06:17.192-08:00A Year in Yellowstonepolebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-86625440343951846732012-12-10T20:28:00.008-08:002012-12-10T20:28:48.497-08:00Halloween in YellowstoneIlija was a tiger this year and boy did we have fun! On Sunday, Ilija's daycare (Little People's) and the local preschool combined to throw a very cool Halloween Fest complete with treats and little versions of carnival games and of course face painting (the photos below are from that).<br />
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Then on Tuesday evening Ilija and his Daddy went to the community center in Lower Mammoth to carve pumpkins at the October potluck. Mommy was at a community meeting for her project that she viewed as productive, but missed the pumpkin carving. She was more then a little impressed to come home that night to a dark apartment with a glowing (electric candle) jack o lantern on the counter and the rest of the house asleep--three cheers for an awesome Daddy!<br />
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On Halloween we picked up the boy a little early from Little People's headed down the hill to Gardiner grabbed a bite at the Two Bit and then started trick or treating. Ilija did pretty well knocking on doors and getting candy. He couldn't quite say "trick or treat" so "please" and "thank you" sufficed. He got really comfortable at a few houses when they were especially nice to him and just walked him and tried to make himself at home. He got some special treats from our friends Shane and Kiera and our sweet neighbor Pam. By the time we got home it was dark and there was a mini-herd of bison in our parking lot--the perfect ending to our Halloween adventures in YNP!<br />
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<br />kmh(-p)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06698133271652314911noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-39336256510635735762012-12-10T20:28:00.007-08:002012-12-10T20:28:42.806-08:00So many birthdays!Austin turned 32 on October 14th and we celebrated in true birthday style. There are 6 kids in the Mammoth area that all have their 3rd birthday within weeks of each other and they threw a zoo-themed party at the community center. What better way to celebrate your birthday then watch a ton of kids have fun?! After that we got to go watch the football game so at least a little of it was for the big birthday boy. Oh and the packers won!kmh(-p)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06698133271652314911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-35473495822747748212012-12-10T20:28:00.006-08:002012-12-10T20:28:37.917-08:00Grandma & Papa in the Park (9/21-23/2012)After work on Friday my parents hit the road to Mammoth, we had dinner ready when they got here and enjoyed a cold beer, roasted chicken and plum pie along with good company.<br />
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Sunday morning we took Pirate for a walk to Joffee and watched a herd of elk on top of the hill over the maintenance area--the bull elk were in full affect bugling and chasing their harems to keep them in close proximity. On our way back to saw a smaller herd of bison up on the hill too. While we were eating breakfast, our neighbor, Kenny yelled through the window that the bison were now in the parking lot--so we got to see them even closer from our porch. <br />
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Ilija was on cloud nine getting to be with some of his favorite people and as always we enjoyed having them and experiencing the beauty of the park!<br />
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<br />kmh(-p)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06698133271652314911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-2927782821016407212012-12-10T20:28:00.005-08:002012-12-10T20:28:31.723-08:00Turning 30 in the Park!Well, I finally turned the big 3-0. I cannot believe it, I think
mentally I am stuck somewhere between 19 and 25 for sure not 30. But
living in the park with all of the wildlife and hiking has made me
re-evaluate how much can get done in a year and how our family should be
living, which is kind of nice. Seems like every few years now, our
lives get turning upside down and we realize some really wonderful
things that if we had stayed on the previous trajectory we might not
have. Like although we love being domestic and gardening--we love being
outdoors and exploring and most of all we LOVE being with family and
friends.<br />
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My birthday was spent with Ilija and Austin
(pirate was in trouble for eating the meat thawing for my birthday
dinner!). We had a nice time together.<br />
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But the real
party happened when we went back to Billings for the long weekend.
Nicholas and Erin came down from Missoula and fun was had by all. Thank
you!!!<br />
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kmh(-p)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06698133271652314911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-61414817038271620582012-12-10T20:28:00.004-08:002012-12-10T20:28:24.953-08:00November in the ParkNovember started with some intense meetings and trying to figure out what is happening and what will be happening for both Austin and Katrina. That is what a one year assignment somewhere gets you--confusion about next steps about half way through and we are finished with 5 months living in Yellowstone. Wowza, we do feel so lucky! <br />
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The first weekend of November we headed back to B-town to complete some tasks, run so errands, help my folks winterize and get some Gama and Papa love (Ilija calls my mom Gama currently). Austin and I even got a grown up date--drinks and dessert at Enzo's. It was delightful, if short-lived.<br />
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Austin and I took a few hours between meetings and work to take a quick hike that we had been wanting to do. It was awesome to hike along prior to the snow, but see tons of prints in the dried mud. Austin had been trying to convince me for weeks to do a mid-week hike while Ilija was at school and one day it just hit me that those are the experiences that I will remember, not the reports that I wrote while I was here (although those are very important too). The next week on Tuesday (election day) was the library bazaar, a Gardiner social activity that no one should miss. It was fun and exciting seeing all of the artistic and crafty talent of the area and of course supporting the library was nice. It was even nicer that Ilija fell asleep on the way home and Austin and I got to listen to the election results come in with a glass of wine or a growler of beer.<br />
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I had tons of meetings that week. A wintery store settled on the region on Thursday and we ended up leaving work early to hit the road before it got completely dark. Dark and blizzard don't mix too well for driving. Austin flew out early Friday morning for a week in Massachusetts working on projects, meeting with people, throwing a few back and eating all of our favorite pioneer valley grub. Ilija and I hung out with my folks until Monday nap time when we ventured back to YNP via the very windy highway. We had a good time in Billings, just relaxing, eating at home, playing in the snow and doing a little shopping.<br />
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Austin came back on Thursday and we were all excited to see him--especially Pirate. I gave that dog walks everyday and tons of treats and he still would rather be sitting at Austin's feet. :) We spent the weekend relaxing--relishing one of the last weekends where all of us are in the park together. We ended up walking, making a snowman and then watching two different football games at two different friend's houses. Football is always a good reason to get together. kmh(-p)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06698133271652314911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-84323193563164725942012-12-10T20:28:00.003-08:002012-12-10T20:28:17.599-08:00Missoula (10/19-21/012)The weekend of October 19th we headed up to Missoula to see Nicholas and Erin and my folks headed up from Billings. Friday we arrived in the afternoon (after Austin had to work all morning and we drove over 4 hours) and Uncle Nicholas was already off of work so we had a snack and headed down the street to the park. We played on the jungle gym, swung and threw the football around-- just what we needed to burn off a little pent up energy. Auntie Erin got home from work just before my folks got in, then we made a delicious Italian feast and had a few drinks before hitting the sack.<br />
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Ilija was up super early due to the excitement of being in the same building with his Grandma, Papa, Uncle and Auntie, so we were all up super early. We ate some breakfast and then headed out to the farmer's market. I just have to add that I LOVE farmer's markets! It was a nice one and Papa bought us all hot drinks to warm us up, then we wandered around Missoula stopping at the tea shop and ultimately at the dragon park with the carousel. <br />
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Then we went home for a much needed nap! Half the crowd headed to Rockin' Rudys and a used book store. When Ilija woke up we hit the Kettlehouse then an Irish pub for dinner. After we got back home, we played games, Ilija played with a new garage toy and we had a few more beers--we weren't driving. Thanks for playing with Ilija so the younger adults could play a game, Grandma and Papa!<br />
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The next morning, we had a great breakfast, Papa and Katrina headed to REI to get Ilija some long underwear and we watched football until we all drove home.<br />
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Thanks for hosting Nicholas and Erin! We love Missoula (and you)!kmh(-p)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06698133271652314911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-76901056097700388192012-12-10T20:28:00.002-08:002012-12-10T20:28:10.686-08:00UMass Comes to Yellowstone (10/4-8/2012)Our friends, Yesher, Jessica & Scott came from the east coast for a Yellowstone visit. We had a great time with everyone even though it was pretty chilly that weekend!<br />
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When they got in they met us down in Gardiner. Katrina had been meeting down their all day and had a public meeting that evening, but had a nice break enough to get some tasty pizza at the K-Bar with everyone. After pizza, Katrina went to her meetings and everyone went up the hill the apartment and relaxed. By the time Katrina got home after the meeting, everyone was asleep--traveling is hard work!<br />
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The weekend was chocked full of adventures! We went down to Obsidian Cliff, Norris Geyser Basin, West Thumb and Old Faithful on Friday. We had a nice drink at the Old Faithful Inn Bar after watching the geyser go off complete. Then after dinner the eastern crew walked the Mammoth board walks while Austin took Pirate for a walk and Ilija and Katrina played. <br />
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Saturday we headed out to Lamar Valley to see wildlife. We also got to do a hike that has been on the top of our "to do" list--specimen ridge from petrified trees to Yellowstone picnic area. It was a fun hike complete with a bison stampede, tons of petrified trees and the most beautiful views of the canyon. So what if it was 35 degrees out!<br />
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Sunday we laid a little lower and headed up to Chico to relax in the hot pools. Monday bright and early the crew had to hit the road to catch their flight out of Billings. Thanks for the great time!!!<br />
<br />kmh(-p)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06698133271652314911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-44778706804537138612012-12-10T20:28:00.001-08:002012-12-10T20:28:04.251-08:00And we get a new rig (9/28-30/2012)The last weekend of September brought us back to Billings, we were planning on borrowing a vehicle from my folks so that Austin could take ours down to SLC for his meetings, but instead we went window shopping and came home with a tricked out van. I have to admit I felt a little old driving it off the lot, but it is so comfortable and I am sure not only will my buns thank me for the heated seats, but my son will thank me for all of the amenities and extra room for his future soccer team. ;)<br />
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Thank you to my folks for all the help looking, watching Ilija and with the pros and cons lists!<br />
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Austin headed back to Mammoth right after we signed the papers and headed down to SLC the following morning for a successful IKEA trip (swedish xmas this year) and working meetings! Ilija, Pi and I headed home Sunday in our new wheels and had a good beginning of the week even if Daddy was out of town.kmh(-p)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06698133271652314911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-37919636781925576972012-12-10T20:27:00.001-08:002012-12-10T20:27:54.069-08:00Cowboy Cookout (9/7/2012)One of the fundraisers that they have for Little People's is the cowboy cookout at Tower Junction/ Roosevelt Area of the park. You gather at Roosevelt, take big horse-drawn covered wagons to the Old Yancey hotel site, and there is a great big cookout with music and dancing and coffee cooked over an open fire. Ilija loved riding in the back of the wagon and getting to see the horses pull the wagon behind us, dancing to a live cowboy band and running around the prairie. He also really liked when a mini-herd of bison were on the wagon trail and all the wagons waited, gathered in a big line, started rolling pretty quickly and yelled at the bison to safely get them off the trail--the bison went running and we all laughed to see those big bodies move so quickly. A successful evening of fun, food and family!kmh(-p)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06698133271652314911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-5478963896015001422012-09-13T08:53:00.000-07:002012-09-13T10:34:37.423-07:00Hike #23: Electric Peak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The second of my 'big-5' and the most daunting/anticipated! Electric Peak! I had waited all summer for this bad boy. Three days of backpacking and two nights of backcountry fun! The intrepid adventurers included myself, Nicholas, Tony, Russ, and Dominick. Katrina dropped us off with our gear at the Bunsen trail head. It is 6.5 miles to our backcountry abode, 9 miles roundtrip from the backcountry site to the summit of Electric, and then about 7 miles back down into Mammoth. We left on a cool Saturday afternoon around 9:00 AM and headed for our site unsure of how the trip would play out.<br />
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Would we get waylaid with a storm, preventing us from reaching the top, or worse get hit by lightening? Would the smoke clear out enough to provide us a view? Would our campsite get overrun with rabid elk and bear that would result in us fighting to the last man before succumbing to the cruelty that isbackcountry hiking? Or would we simply get lazy and hang out in the campsite, binge drinking Slivovitz until Monday morning? Find out below! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail toward campsite with Electric in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the many valleys we walked through on our way to the campsite</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our view from the campsite, very nice stream on the left about 30 yards</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up, Up, Up! Turns out that is the false summit in the distance...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a break half way up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nicholas climbing up to a flat landing, about 2/3rds there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made it and did not get hit by lightning!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Put our names in the register</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Russ pretty happy about it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me pretty happy about it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What were we thinking to climb out there!</td></tr>
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<br />polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-59362813982374300832012-09-13T08:37:00.002-07:002012-09-13T10:04:31.338-07:00Hike #22: Mt Washburn (8/18/2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After our guests left we had a busy week. The grants manager from NPF, Katherine, was here and we got to hang out with her a bit, introduce her to the project, the steering committee and the family. Wednesday am, YA took Katherine and me out to Lamar valley and the NE entrance to do some animal viewing. We saw wolves and mountain goats through a scope (blurry pictures to follow at some point). Friday morning early before Katherine's flight, we met up and walked the Terraces and then had a very nice breakfast at the Mammoth Dining Room. Thanks for a great time, Katherine! </div>
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But we were tired on Friday and pretty much slept and did chores the rest of the day. We love family naps! </div>
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So Saturday we were raring to go out and get in some scenery. We had never gone to Mt. Washburn before and Austin had never been over the Dunraven pass so we headed up the Northern route to Mt. Washburn and decided since it was an old road we could push Ilija up in his buggy. He liked it and we liked it. Our arms got a work out too.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austin and the buggy heading up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View heading up, those are the Tetons way in the distance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see the mountains through the smoke?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up at the look out station on top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Father and son</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back down the trail from the top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice view</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another direction and a weather station</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the outlook area, chewing on a bear</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elev 10,243 ft</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">happy rider. last shot of his ranger hat, that unfortunately was lost on the way down from this hike. :(</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family shot on the way down. Ilija is asleep in buggy.</td></tr>
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<br />After Mt. Washburn, we went over the pass to Canyon to see how some traffic modifications I had made earlier in the week were holding up and to get a slushy. We couldn't find another ranger hat, but we did find an ugly little bison stuffed animal and that is how, Fred, became a member of our family. We all enjoyed the break then headed back home to get ready for the Gardiner Brewfest. Fun was had by all that night. Ilija played horseshoes, Austin drank $1 microbrews and I soaked in some quality time with the famlily. polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-31505693281728903142012-09-13T08:27:00.002-07:002012-09-13T10:19:03.818-07:00Hike #21: Yellowstone Picnic Area<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Tony, Mary, and Uncle Bobby headed out to the Lamar Valley to look for wolves on their last day in the park, before heading out the NE entrance through the Beartooths. Ilija and myself followed them out to Lamar but peeled off prior to the valley to kill some time while mom was working. We decided on doing the Yellowstone Picnic Area hike. I thought it sounded pretty lame but it ended up being one of the most scenic hikes I have done yet. Ilija slept through almost all of it while I enjoyed great views of the Yellowstone Canyon and picturesque views of Lamar.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Fred walking down the middle of the road</td></tr>
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<br />polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-7230780139271276732012-09-13T08:19:00.000-07:002012-12-10T20:26:19.951-08:00Hike #20: Mystic Falls/OverlookWhoa! Nice hike, kinda steep, fun to do with the family--wish Katrina was with us. :)<br />
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polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-83689322113366775972012-09-13T08:18:00.002-07:002012-12-10T20:19:05.552-08:008/6 -8/12The week after Nicholas and Erin's visit, Ilija got sick. So sick that he couldn't go to daycare. Austin and I both tried to juggle sick baby and work. By Wednesday night, no sleep, not getting work done and no one feeling better got to us so we piled in the car and went back to Billings a little early. Luckily my mom had another week or so of summer break, so she watch the little guy while we worked and by Friday morning all was right in our family<br />
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That Friday, 8/10, Uncle Bobby (UB) flew into Billings and Nicholas and Erin drove down for a weekend of fun and frivolity. We had lots of fun (more photos to come at some point). And then Sunday (Austin and my 6th wedding anniversary), UB and my folks headed back to Yellowstone for a few days of YNP adventure. I unfortunately had to work most of the time they were there and got sick (Ilija is a really good sharer), but the evenings were a blast.<br />
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Sunday morning before Nicholas and Erin hit the road, we went up to Lamar to see the bison rut. It was pretty spectacular. I am just enthralled by the animals and Ilija likes Bison too (which he calls bi-bi and puts horns up on his head with his fingers to signify). They are replacing the Lamar bridge so this is around that construction zone.</div>
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After Lamar, we decided to get a short hike in and parked at petrified tree and walked the trail back to Roosevelt Lodge.<br />
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We were tired and Ilija was not going back in the pack so Erin, Ilija and I sat in the rocking chairs on the Roosevelt Lodge porch and the guys literally ran back over a mountain to get the car and then came and picked us up. Thanks guys! Thanks to Nicholas and Erin for another great YNP weekend.polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-37143418498083739352012-09-13T08:11:00.001-07:002012-09-13T09:18:01.422-07:00Hike #18: Norris Geyser Basin (8/4/2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Nicholas and Erin came in for the weekend (the first of 4 out of 5 weekends in a row that we saw Nicholas!). I has been up to Norris Geyser Basin for work earlier in the summer to look at some parking lot updates and trail safety updates, but had not been out for fun yet or really gotten to walk around. We went first thing in the morning to try and avoid some of the heat (90 degree day plus really hot thermal features plus no shade = not much fun). The geyer basin was beautiful and amazing. We have learned that there are two things that you really affect the thermal features, the temperature and the fluid flow (including gases).</div>
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Funny little story, I was out for work with the park geologist shortly after a visitor walked on some fragile ground (off-trail) and severly burned himself. People were talking about the visitor and his injuries and the park geologist interupted and said, "What really matters is that the thermal feature is okay, and will recover from the injuries." No love-loss for dumb visitors here. :)<br />
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Later that day we stopped very briefly at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone North Rim Overlook to get a photo. Ilija was asleep in the car and since we hadn't done any "real" hiking that day Austin was itching to hit the trail. <br />
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We headed south from the Canyon towards Lake into Hayden valley, the Bison were in rut and all over the place kicking up dust. We decided to do the first portion of the Mary Mountain trail, but were soon stopped by roaming bison.<br />
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<br />After we were turned around on the trail and decided to head back to the Yellowstone River we ran into a mangy coyote that stalked us all the way back to the river. Then when we got back to the river and our car, we made bets on how long it would take this poor animal to cause an animal jam--approximately 4 minutes!polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-43168994186563741442012-09-13T08:02:00.001-07:002012-09-13T09:01:31.793-07:00Hike #17: Sheepeater Cliffs (8/3/2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a rare Friday work day, we decided to hit the trails a bit before we met Uncle Nicholas and Auntie Erin down in Gardiner. Sheepeater Cliffs is really close to us (on the way to Norris) and short, but pretty spectacular. </div>
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The story of the cliffs and the area is that an Native American tribe (the sheep eaters) who ate big horn sheep as their main protien source and they way they hunted them was running them off cliffs. <br />
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<br />Nice to be able to go somewhere like this after a day of work. Wow, we are lucky!polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-58263988954191796762012-08-20T20:28:00.000-07:002012-09-13T10:06:04.376-07:00Hike #16: Sepulcher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of my 'big-5 hikes' was to do Sepulcher Mountain this year. (I've actually gotten in two of my big 5 as you will see later in the blog!) Sepulcher overlooks the Mammoth area where we live and Gardiner and is next to Electric Peak (one of my big 5). The hike involves a climb of around 3200 feet if you leave from Mammoth or 2000 feet if you leave from Glen Creek trailhead (as we did). I met Molly (a person I randomly emailed to go hiking with) at the Glen Creek/Bunse Peak trailhead to head out for Sepulcher at araound 7:00 AM in the morning. I was lucky to run into River Otter swimming in a wide portion of a creek that flows around the base of Bunsen. Katrina dropped me off just below the parking lot and I hiked up to it (about a quarter mile) and heard a loud splosh! I thought, uh oh, a bear just took a dive and I am right next to it! I slowly crept up to the pond to find River Otter doing the same from the pond.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On our way up Sepulcher, just after the trail leaves the the Snow Pass trail, we ran into a mother Moose and her calf down in a wet vegetated valley. She kept herself between her calf and Molly and myself almost the whole time, this was the best picture I could get of both of them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading up Sepulcher, forested region on top</td></tr>
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After reaching the top of Sepulcher (quite a huff), we spent some time exploring the 'spooky' top of the mountain. There are lots of trees, many wrapped by the winds and snow/ice that must come ripping through here. A lot of the trees are all permanently 'swaying' or bent in the prevailing winter wind direction. Kinda reminded me of some of the scenes from the movie 'The Cell'. At the very top are the Sepulcher that the peak was named for. Huge, weird rock formations that look like giant headstones of tombs. From Gardiner, the top of Sepulcher looks like a graveyard, once on top you can walk around these large objects. After eating lunch, we headed all the way down to Mammoth (3200 foot descent). We almost ran into a bear (I think) on the way down. We came across a recently split log that was full of termites. After walking a while longer, Molly and I sat and ate wild berries. She wondered why the bushes had not been picked clean, we walked about a 100 yards further and came across a big pile of fresh bear scat! I did a lot of clapping the rest of the way down :)<br />
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After returning home I quickly took Pirate for a walk to Joffe Lake to cool my knees and calfs, and then spent an hour napping :) In total, about 10.5 miles and 2000 feet elevation gain in under 6 hours, not bad!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gardiner from Sepulcher</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molly enjoying lunch with Electric looming in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sepulcher on Sepulcher</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another sepulcher on Sepulcher</td></tr>
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<br />polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-5149216876863293942012-08-20T20:09:00.000-07:002012-08-21T09:15:55.034-07:00Hike #15: Snow Pass and the Hoodoos (7/29/2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Since we got back and relaxed Saturday evening (which I think was the first time in almost 3 months that the 3 of us were together just the 3 of us on a Saturday evening), we decided to do a little hike on Sunday.</div>
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<br />We had done a portion of the Hoodoos earlier in the month, but decided to do a little more this time, approximately 5-6 miles (I think). Snow pass starts up across from the Bunsen Peak trailhead and walk through a lovely little valley.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The start of the hike. Austin tends to start wearing Ilija on his back and then passes him off to me for a bit and then I pass him back.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When you get around to snow pass (where an old wagon trail passes through) there is this seasonal lake. Just mucky now, no real water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a look at the rocks. We heard and then spotted a little spring near here, next time we will need to investigate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After going through the pass, you round back approaching the Hoodoos and come across this birch grove.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching the Hoodoos, the weather started to change so we picked up the pace.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do you see the yellow-belly marmot?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking a breather.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All smiles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crazy old vegetation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hiking through the wildflowers and Hoodoos.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family shot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoodoos. Amazing geologic feature. There are approximately 25 acres of these in Yellowstone. These are toppled over, but they are formed by two different types of rocks where the sedimentary one wears differently then other rock types.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Yellow Stone. tehe.</td></tr>
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<br />polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-62042393040139493342012-08-20T20:01:00.001-07:002012-08-21T09:03:03.381-07:00A Brief Intermission: SLC Punk (7/26-28/2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Austin had a meeting in SLC on Friday and invited Ilija and I to go down with him. Long car rides were not Ilija's strong suit, but recently he has gotten pretty good at handling a handful of hours in the Subaru with the right combination of treats, books and toys. We took half of Thursday off to head down during daylight and since the internal YNP roads are open (yay for summer!) we went through West Yellowstone and south. The drive was beautiful. Ilija was well behaved and we got a great hotel in downtown SLC that Pirate could stay in with us so he didn't have to go to a separate doggy hotel--score for all of us!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aren't they just the cutest?! A little more sleep.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First dinner in SLC was at squatters brewery. Yummy food and a nice cold brew. It was late and Ilija was starting to lose it, but the waiter was really helpful and quick.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was HOT in SLC. So Pi found a nice cool bed in the hotel room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When Austin got out of his day of meetings, we all walked to this huge park. Some relaxed in the shade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Friday night we wanted to hit a local resturant for dinner, but it was super crowded so we headed to Buca di Beppos for pasta.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We left relatively early on Saturday for the drive home. So we got home in the late afternoon in time for a beverage on the porch.</td></tr>
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<br />polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-64265361766409688932012-08-20T19:52:00.002-07:002012-08-21T08:49:41.507-07:00Hike #14 : Boiling River (7/22/2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy, Ilija and Keenin Playing with rocks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good looking cousins.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't know what we were looking at, but it was fascinating!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging out in the shallow water. I will say it once again, Keenin (all the boys, really) were amazing with their cousin.</td></tr>
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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.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey. Q emerging from the tent!</td></tr>
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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.<br />
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Thanks a ton, Ian, Q, Keenin and Ives for a wonderful time! We love you all to the moon!<br />
<br />polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-31082890081550884252012-08-07T18:53:00.001-07:002012-08-09T12:22:52.636-07:00Hike #13: Fairy Falls (7/21/2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Post, Artist Paintpots we headed out on the Fairy Falls hike, which goes by the Great Prismatic. It is pretty amazing. We veered off the trail to climb the hill a little to get this view. Amazing colors. Everytime I see one of these natural wonders, I can't help but think about the being an adventurer or homesteader coming across this hundreds of years ago. Wouldn't that blow your mind?!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grand Prismatic</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how it looks from ground level--a little different. Family shot, Ilija is back there somewhere.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family shot. Those are good looking guys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone fell asleep again, so we covered him up with Mama's sunshirt.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fairy falls--well worth the flat walk out there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty magical.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can walk right under the falls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading past the falls we hit (drumroll, please) a colorful geyser. Shut up, you say. We managed to grant all three wishes in less then two days? Why yes, yes we did. That is just how we roll, Ian.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back as the falls post geyser, cooling off in the mist with an awake Ilija.</td></tr>
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<br />polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-49439553706200658202012-08-07T18:36:00.000-07:002012-08-09T12:10:41.083-07:00Hike #12: Artists Paintpots (7/21/2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The goal of Saturday was to see a colorful geyser and pack as much else as we could in a single day (at least that is how it felt). Did I tell you what troopers the Polo boys are?! On our way out to Old Faithful, our first stop heading south from Mammoth was the Artist Paintpots.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keenin helping Ilija hike.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at that one steam.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Father and son observing nature. They are so cute.</td></tr>
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<br />polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-86385681198459460662012-08-07T18:18:00.002-07:002012-08-09T12:00:50.685-07:00Hike #11: Tower Falls (7/20/2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After our grueling hike at Hellroaring, we headed out the the Tower area of the park. The tower parking lot was packed, but we found a spot and after taking a lunch break, we took the board walk down to the Tower Falls overview.</div>
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The river cutting through that geology is great.</div>
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Ilija and I relaxed by the water's edge for a bit and they boys went exploring. After Tower we headed back to Mammoth to kick our feet up and eat some dinner.</div>
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When they boys got to YNP, I asked if they only got to see or do one thing in the park, what would it be? <br />Keenin wanted to hike a mountain. Q said he wanted to see a bear. Ives wanted to see a colorful geyser.</div>
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Well, after all the switchbacks coming out of Hellroaring and being about 6500', Keenin was satisfied. So, a bear was next on the checklist. Luckily on our drive back from tour, this juvenile black bear obliged and decided to cross in front of our car. So we stopped and started our own animal jam. </div>
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<br />polebiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501041647389316709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22356992.post-48986033936294814472012-08-06T15:31:00.000-07:002012-08-09T11:33:15.286-07:00Hike #10: Hellroaring Creek (7/20/2012)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The first morning we took it easy...I mean they did drive over 20 hours out to see us. We took Pirate for a walk, ate breakfast, made a picnic lunch (a family has to eat, right?!) and headed out to the northern part of the park for some hiking and site seeing.</div>
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The first hike was a portion of the hellroaring creek trail. It was hot that day, but heck we were in Yellowstone and we were going to HIKE! We hit the trail with full water bottles and exuberance. </div>
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A little into the hike, this was the view. A little different from central wisconsin.</div>
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The trail is the opposite of trails that I like--the first half is downhill and and then when you are good and tired you get to hike back up and out. Here is Ives on the switchbacks going down. Last time we hiked with Ives he was a toddler, now he is a mountain goat--seriously good hiker.</div>
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Katrina and Ilija were thumbs up on the way down. Snacks help when traveling in the pack.<br />
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A really cool aspect of the trail is a suspension bridge over this "roaring" creek. It was really cool. Austin and I were immediately reminded of a hike in Rainer with Coburn that had a similar bridge. :) I think this one was a lot more sturdy.<br />
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Sometimes, I cannot believe this is where we live. Thank you NPF!<br />
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Family shot on the bridge. Even Ilija is smiling (sorta).<br />
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Post bridge hike through the forest. The trail winds through so many different landscapes. <br />
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Keenin and Ives climbed a huge boulder and of course the little cousin had to join (Ilija was lifted onto the rock, he isn't that big yet.)<br />
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The turn around point of the hike for us was at the creek past a few backcountry sites. Since we were going to turn around anyway, we decided to kick off our shoes and enjoy the water for a bit. Here is Q watching over Ilija in the creek.<br />
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Ilija loved getting to wade and look at all of the rocks.<br />
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My Wisco man was in heaven in the cold creek. <br />
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A little GQ.</div>
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Ilija and Daddy fun!</div>
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Sorry, there are a lot of these, but I need to record the fact that I was present on these hikes too.<br />
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Teaching him about water resources. Rick should be proud.<br />
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A couple shot--so rare these days.</div>
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The creek is beyond this pond who would have known (we shot this on the way out).</div>
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Back through the sagebrush forest.</div>
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Uncle Ian wore Ilija on the way out. So this shot is of 6 Polo boys. Wow! I am one lucky lady. Speaking of good hikers, all three boys (although exhausted) ran up the switchback on the way out.</div>
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Not only were we hiking over a 1000 feet back out from the creek, but it was over 90 degrees. Good job, Uncle Ian! Ilija looked comfy.<br />
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