The backyard of the house we rented had lots of tire swings and everyone loved playing together on them. There was also a fire pit out back and one night we enjoyed roasting marshmallows and making smores.
On Sunday afternoon we walked down to Palisades Reservoir. The activity the kids enjoyed the most was throwing rocks into the water and picking out their favorite rocks to bring home. It was a beautiful day.
On Monday we drove to Teton National Forest and Yellowstone National Park. It was a little farther than we hoped it would be (3 hours 1 way) but we were able to see some beautiful lakes, amazing mountain ranges, water falls, geysers etc. The animals we saw were 2 gray wolves, buffalo, elk, hawks, moose, pronghorn, trumpeter swans and chipmonks. It was a long day but we were glad we took the kids to see this beautiful area.
In Yellowstone we pasted Lewis Lake and had to stop and play for a while. The kids enjoyed playing at the boat ramp and taking fun pictures of each other. Elijah even picked some flowers and gave them to me.
On Tuesday we found a great river in one of the canyons next to our cabin so we had to go back on Wednesday and play in the river. We wear our dirty cloths and went in the river. We played games in the water and enjoyed just having fun. It was fun watching the children clinging to each other and the river current was strong...but not enough to stop the fun.
The highlight of the trip was Thursday when we rented 4 horses for 4 hours. WOW...we didn't know how much fun it was going to be. All 7 of the kids just could not get enough of riding them and everyone had a marvelous time. At one point Matt had Elijah on the horse with him and suddenly Elijah took off his hat, waved it in the air and said "hee haw". The kids are still trying to convince us that we now need a horse of our own. Not likely...but good try.
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What a fun vacation! It sounds like you guys had a blast!
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