Yellowstone - Lyman family trip

For this year's Christmas trip, my parents gave us all a trip to Yellowstone.  I've only been there once, and it was quite a while ago, so I was pretty excited.  They rented a big red barn (literally, it is a big red barn that has been converted into a huge house) for us to stay in.  It was perfect for our large group.  The 3rd flour was a big open room with a bunch of bunk beds, that's where all the kids stayed.

On Friday morning, we all loaded up and headed to West Yellowstone.  We spent the day driving the lower loop, stopping at the main attractions.  We saw lots of geysers (including Old Faithful) and lots of animals.  We ended the day swimming in the river.




It was a fun and tiring day.

On Saturday, Trent and Maxon, Jeremy and Cohen, and my mom and dad, got up super early to go drive the upper loop, in hopes of finding a bear.  They accomplished that, in fact, they saw 3.  At lunch time, the rest of us drove up to West Yellowstone and met them for lunch.  Then we went to the Bear park there, where we got to see a bunch of bears.  After seeing the bears, we decided to hit up the same swimming spot for the day before.  Then it was back to the cabin for dinner.

Sunday, time to drive home :(  We had such a fun time with all our cousins and family.  Until next year.....