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Road Trip Part 6

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I forgot to put this video in the last post but this is a description of Montana as told by Jamin!
 
October 1st...Government Shut down= no entrance to Yellowstone or the Grand Tetons :(
We still have a really awesome time, and I would have to say still the things we did that day were probably more exciting for everyone, especially the kids!
 
Jamin showing off his monster snot bubble at breakfast!


Thankfully we had the Grizzly and Wolf Discover Center right behind the RV park we were staying at!
The very short walk over

For some reason all of us would get the name of this place wrong every time we talked about it...This picture is so we will remember lol

Kyle with bears and boys and Iylah!

Landin our tour guide

Exploring inside! My camera battery died right when we got into the building but thankfully I just ran to the RV and got a backup! Didn't miss a thing!

Jamin loves these penny pincher machines!
Iylah having to help him get the crank around
Heading outside!
They have 13 bears here and rotate them outside. We came right when two were just getting called inside.


In between each set of bears, workers come out and put out food and fun things for the bears to play with
Two new bears came out!

VIDEO: Bear playing with a locked cooler...sorry for the quality of this video, I had a wiggly 1 year old in my arms






Look at this crazy bear heading into his cave for hibernation! lol
 a little baby bear too!
Just doing some exploring



Heading back to the playground! This was probably the kids favorite part!


There is Harvey and the RV park right behind the fence of the Discovery Center!
Just some playing!









A group picture before we head out!
We headed back for some lunch a play time at the RV
Our make-shift jump rope lol...didn't work to well with my two year old on one end lol



After lunch we wanted to go see another attraction that Megan had told us about...Quake Lake. In 1959 and 7.1 earthquake happened here and caused a massive slide into the valley and river below. The rocks and debris traveled 1/2 mile in 20 seconds and landed at just about the same height on the other side of the valley. The saddest part is that is killed the campers camping along the river below. Now you are probably wondering why it is called Quake Lake instead of Quake valley....The slide created a massive damn for the river flowing through the valley and destroyed a town upstream which is not a lake. It was very eerie seeing all the trees sticking out of the water and we have been told that when the water is low you can see rooftops of the houses that were in that town.
Whats left of the side of the mountain

View from the other side of the slide. They were eventually able to dig room for the river to go through this area but it was too late for the town behind us. Water rose at the rate of 20 feet per day.



Sorry I couldn't help myself...the sky was so beautiful!

Kyle look at the slide


Did I mention it was freezing? I still wanted a picture with my love


Looking down at Harvey from our short hike up to the monuments


You can see all the dead trees in the distance

Driving back...kiddos were being silly


Landin eating chips after an oreo if you can't tell.
Cherie made dinner that night so Kyle and I thought that we would take the kids on an adventure while she cooked. It was perfect timing to get all the kids out of the small space!
It was still freezing outside so we went to the laundry room to explore and warm up...lol the things that entertain kids lol


The 1st four buildings of this town!

Photo op!
Did I mention that it was also my birthday? Cherie prepared a perfect gluten free/dairy free cake that everyone enjoyed!


Let the crazy sugar rush party begin...

You can't tell in this picture but the balloons were awesome light up balloons!
 
VIDO: Our dance PARTAY!

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