Play ball!

I'm SO excited!

T-ball finally started!

We worked on throwing

and catching

fielding grounders

taking some coaching

and batting

Batting is definitely my favorite 

 My fans,

as usual,

were highly supportive

No, shoes, No shirts...

No problems

Cody, day 6--Trolley tour

We wanted to live up our last day in Cody!

We started with a BIG hike up a BIG hill

We didn't make it very far

before we decided it was too high and too far to the top

Us big boys and Aunt Mandy stayed back to "rest" at the cabin

while everyone else set out for another hike through the hills

It really is beautiful out here

Vacation had been too much for B.

Nice to be able to nap wherever you are

He slept for 2 hours like that!

The view from the porch:

After Beckett's rest,

we headed into town for lunch

and to explore Cody.

After eating at Dairy Queen 

(it's where the cowboys go!

We saw Skeeter again!),

we took a cool trolley tour of Cody

and learned all about Buffalo Bill,

the founder of Cody.

Cool dude.

Then we hit up the Irma hotel

for some drinks.

Caution!

They put something in the tea!

It makes you grow strange legs!

We did a little shopping 

and had a tasty Italian dinner.

This car tempted us to go the rodeo again

but we were pretty tired.

After one final trip back to the cabin

(with the turn at the blinking Elk sign)

we packed up and hit the hay for our early flight tomorrow

We'll miss you, Cody!

See you next year!

Cody, day 5--Upper Loop of Yellowstone

We headed back to Yellowstone today,

to the northern "Upper Loop" of the park.

There were some amazing sites!

Check this out!

A bubbling mud volcano!

Beck was in awe

This was so cool too:

It really looked and sounded like there was

a dragon in there!

All these cool

smoking, bubbling mud pots

The Lower Falls

So loud!

So beautiful!

This calls for a picture

We checked out the Upper Falls too

That's a lot of fast moving water!

Grandpa and I were impressed

This calls for another picture

The Tower Falls

Beckett was thrilled to be a part of the action.

Way happier in the backpack than in his carseat!

We took a hike down to the river bank

Lots of beauty

Lots of fun

There was a lot of wildlife on this section too!

I know you can't see it,

but trust me,

there is a black bear mama and 2 cubs in this picture right in the middle

mamma bear is half behind a tree

Elk

Coyote

And of course, bison

(these are my favorite)

They call this the Liberty Cap.

We all thought it looked like something else...

This is Mammoth Springs.

It looked more like some alien planet

Weird, huh?

Beautiful plateaus and "water" falls

More bubbling stink pots

Cleopatra's terrace

Jack was impressed

So was I

The colors were so vivid!

It started to rain and we forgot Beckett's rain cover,

so he gained an entourage and a hat

Remember that beaming face when I was on the horse?

It's back.

We had to do some pages in a workbook,

hike a trail,

and hear a talk from a Ranger 

and then...

We became Junior Yellowstone Rangers today!

Yellowstone ROCKS!