yellowstone

it's been awhile ago now, but last month we went to yellowstone with all of brian's family except his youngest brother. brian and i hadn't been to the park since 2002, and william had never been. so it was really exciting to go. we saw lots of great animals and had some good adventures.

the highlights for me were hiking the 5.5 miles down the canyon to the yellowstone river and then the river rafting excursion on the last day. being down at the yellowstone river though was, by far, my favorite thing. the river is amazing: powerful, clear, beautiful, and hypnotic. i've never seen a river that i've wanted to just wade into more than that one. it could put you into a trance looking into its depths. but, of course, you wouldn't want to go into it. at a minimum you'd be hurt badly. but you could die in that river--it's so strong. while we were down there, we fished. i thought that would be fun, it i didn't think it would so great. but, i was wrong. it was such a unique fishing experience, and we were catching a lot of those native cutthroat trouts. we couldn't keep them, but even the catch and release was fun. it was a new experience to pull in so many big fish out such a strong current.

then there were other fun parts: seeing old faithful blow, seeing the old faithful inn, swimming in the firehole river, and seeing some new geysers.

below are some pictures of our trip.

us at a beautiful waterfall in idaho.


w fishing in yellowstone lake.


w and naomi with their arrowheads.


a field of bison.


me and w with the yellowstone river behind us.


w next to a geyser.


b with one of his fine cutthroats.


me with one of my fine trouts!


b fishing the river.


roland and the river.


me and brian on our way down to the yellowstone river.