Second to Last Weekend in Rexburg!

Marc's brother went to EFY last week, we picked him up at the end of the week, and headed to Yellowstone. We decided to go towards the North end. We had heard that there was a river that we could swim in, so we set out looking for it! When we got to the park we found out it was a free weekend, so we didn't even need to use our season pass! After getting into the park, we were driving about 5 mile an hour or stopped for about 20 min! We were thought that maybe there were so many people there and thought about leaving, but that was not what the hold up was about! From the west entrance, there is an Eagle's nest in a tree. Everyone was stopped because the eagle was in the nest! When we left later that day, it was still there! Here is the picture Marc got from the car of the Eagle, it had it's head down so it looks like a bump!

As we were driving, we got slowed down again, this time for construction, we were still going pretty fast, but there were cars right in front of us and right behind us, and cars in the next lane stopped. We saw a squirrel off to the side of the road, it darted out just as I was coming close to it. I couldn't stop or swerve because of traffic, I ended up hitting it and wanted to start crying! I have NEVER run over an animal ever! The boys said they looked back and saw it twitch! I felt so bad! After I was not as freaked out anymore we stopped to stretch and take in a pretty view. Here is a waterfall we found and a picture of the boys!



After a couple hours, we found the river. It is one of the few places you can swim in Yellowstone. It is called Boiling River, it is where two rivers merge one that carries all the steam pot runoff, and another that carries all the snow runoff, the water was fairly warm! The boys played around for a little bit, Marc was excited because he can take his cast off from time to time. I put my feet in, but the water was really shallow and not really warm enough for me to get all the way in, here are a few pictures of the river and the boys being boys! We also saw this rainbow that was in a circle above the river, the picture turned out pretty good!



After that we went to Mammoth Hot Springs, the rocks are really white because of the sediment. It was really fun, but a long walk! There was a fun little town right near there too. After we ate lunch we saw an elk that was at the door to the ranger station and was kicking the door! We didn't get pictures of that one, but there was another one hanging out in the round about, they aren't really scared of people and wander around. We also had a little chipmunk friend we gave a carrot to while we ate lunch. We also went on a little hike to some paint pots, here are some pictures of that too!




We had a lot of fun, but were all sun burnt and tired! We just hung out the rest of the night and watched movies!

On Sunday we made pizza for dinner. I had some yeast I needed to use before we move, so we decided to do something my family always did. My mom had a hard time making pizza since we all wanted different things, so she would get tons of toppings out and we would use pie pans to each make our own personal pizza. So we did that, we used chicken and BBQ sauce and all pretty much made the same pizza, Marc made thin crust, Stefan made deep dish, and mine looked like a mountain! here are some pics of us making and enjoying our pizza!



We had a pretty good weekend, but now we need to really get ready to move! Marc graduates Thursday and his parents are coming Wednesday. Friday and Saturday we are going to Yelowstone and Jackson Hole, then moving next week! It is crazy busy around here!