After Nic's graduation we headed up to the family cabin in Island Park near Yellowstone. This picture is of the front of the cabin with the porch which was completed last year. The cabin is quaint but is the perfect place to relax with family and to get away from the world.
On the first day we grabbed the canoes and headed down the river which originates from a sprin.g only a few hundred yards above the cabin and runs past the canyon and back into town. Our course takes about an hour or so and is the perfect way to relax and search for nearby Moosen in the Woodsen
On Monday we headed into Yellowstone and enjoyed Old Faithful, ice cream, swimming in a place named Firehole, and searched for more animals. We didn't get pictures of Firehole but it is located near a hotspring so it is not unbearably cold. It consists of a flowing river with a calmer area where most of the swimming occurs but you can also hike upstream a bit and jump end where there is a stronger current which makes for a natural lazy river of sorts. The highlight was that Kylie was old enough to go down the "slide" with her floaties and she beamed with excitement.
This moose and her calf were seen near the cabin. We saw others on our trip down the river as well.
This Buffalo was laying by the road in the park.
Buffalo go wherever they please. The trip was wonderful. It was a sad day when we had to return. We enjoyed spending the week with those closest to us and being able to do things as family. It was the first of many trips to the cabin for us as a married couple and Josh's first period.
