Ian Is a Cub Scout

Trick-or-Treat

Trick-or-treat was last night in Seattle. After counting Ian says that he got 114 pieces of candy. Elsa promptly sorted her candy into two piles, stuff she likes and stuff she doesn't like. Ian is quite so discerning, he's just psyched he's got a pile of candy.



This photo is totally staged. Ian refused to get his hands messy cleaning out the pumpkins.

Elsa with her two piles. Guess which one is the keep pile.

Craters of the Moon

What a strange place. Craters of the Moon a few thousand years ago must have been a crazy place with volcanoes erupting everywhere. It's a totally foreign landscape. Some of the lava tubes are open and you can climb down into them. Ian and I did a little bit of spelunking while George and Elsa stayed topside.


Cinder Cone

Lava Bombs

Grand Tetons

On our way out of Yellowstone we drove through the Grand Tetons. We spent most of the day at Lake Jenny, dipping our feet in the water and doing a hike around the lake.


This is at Lake Jenny. It was pretty much a perfect day

Yellowstone

I hadn't been to Yellowstone since I was 14, and George and the kids had never been. Most of these pictures are of Ian because he was so psyched to be there. He's really into volcanoes so visiting this super volcano was a blast (sorry) for him. Smoke coming out of the ground everywhere, water blasting out of holes, and bubbling cauldrons of mud were perfect for a 7 year old boy. Everybody else had fun too.



Old Faithful getting ready to go.







Grand Canyon of Yellowstone




Steamboat is the park's largest geyser, but it hasn't gone off in about 5 years. We waited around for about 15 minutes to see if we'd get lucky. We didn't.




Castle Geyser, one of Ian's favorites.

An old Yellowstone tour bus.


Tatonka!