Harrowing/Heartwarming Parent Moment of the Week

The Great Wilks Family Adventure–Day 6

On day 6 we drove all the way across Yellowstone, twice. It was a long and amazing journey, so long that our car broke down in front of the yurt at the end of the day.

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Sweet Boy#1 at the painted mud pots.

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Sweet Boy#2 enjoying the view and the smells.

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Sweet Boy#3 and the burbling mud.

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The Hunky Hubby with a bison in the distance.

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They come closer though.

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A lot closer!

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Oooh look, a baby!

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A quick stop to look at the sulfur spring, mud volcano, and dragon’s mouth spring…or was it sulfur cauldron?

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The dragon mouth spring, with all the steam and growling burbling sounds from the crack in the wall, we totally see how it got its name.

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An amazing rock that jutted out into Yellowstone Lake.

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The Hunky Hubby and Sweet Boy#3.

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Sweet Boy#2 zipping around on the rocks.

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Sweet Boy#1 enjoying the view.

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The amazing museums at Cody Wyoming.

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Their favorite was the ghost of Buffalo Bill that could be punched over and over and over again and he still kept giving his ghostly tour.

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Yes, we got to eat dinner that night from a handy and still open Dairy Queen as well as see a lovely sunset in the smokey Wyoming sky.

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A surprise viewing of a grizzly bear finished out the day.

 

 

Kristen

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