Trip Day 12 part 2

This day was so much fun. The falls were beautiful and so was all of the scenery. Notice we were in jeans and not shorts. That is because the weather was cool. We wore jackets on and off the whole time. We stayed in West Yellowstone which is actually in Montana.

More Yellowstone.. it was beautiful!

Hey Daddy- I took all of these scenery pictures for you. And yes I did what you asked me to do!

More Scenery.....

We loved this spot.

We came around a curve as we were first entering the park and were afraid that someone had went over the guard rail because there were a bunch of cars, ambulance, and park rangers. It was not an accident, it was Mr. Grizzly Bear that was feeding up the hill. The ER people were there to make sure people didn't get to close. Can you tell Sammy just loves having his picture taken with his mom.. ha ha.

Lake Yellowstone- When we first came into the park, we stopped to get lunch stuff and Sammy bought a rod and reel and a special fishing thingy. We stopped at Lake Yellowstone to fish and before he could fish, he had to do pictures.

Sammy and Dad getting ready to fish. As you can tell, he has a bite!

Sammy caught a big Cut Throat Trout. When he bought the rod and real the man informed him that if you caught one, you had to throw it back.

Sammy and mom having a picnic on Lake Yellowstone.

Trip Day 12 Part 1

Buffalo Bill Dam- This is leaving Cody on the way to Yellowstone National Park.

Trip Day 11 part 2

Cody Rodeo- Extreme Bulls

This car goes around to all of the campgrounds and hotels advertising for the rodeo. If there are any Dukes of Hazard fans, it made us think of Boss Hog. The night we attended the Cody Rodeo, it was the Extreme Bulls. It was televised today (July 19th on ESPN 2) We had the best time, including dinner at the rodeo.

The picture above is of the past World Champion Bull riders that were in attendance for the event. The guy in the pickup was the winner, Chad Denton with a score of 91. The neat thing was that they invite the top 40 on the circuit and the winner was an alternate. He traveled all the way from another ride in Minnesota not knowing if he would even have a bull. When he arrived he was excited to know that he did have a ride. It was his first time ever in the extreme Bulls and he won! It was really neat. It was also awesome that he gave praise to the Lord for even being allowed to compete.

This was after the rodeo. The cowboys that could came around and sat at a long table and signed autographs. The clown was Dusty Tuckness. He did a really good job!

There were 3 different rodeo queens and Sammy was lucky enough to have his picture taken with two of them. The cowboy is Kanin Asey and he is in the top 10. He is our favorite. The announcers really bragged on him becasue no matter where he goes, he always is a walking example for others. He has his bible with him and will share with anyone that wants to listen.

Trip Day 11 Part 1

This the the Buffalo Bill Museum.

The museum has 5 museums in one. Sammy loved the gun museum. It has all of the guns that were used by the Cartwrights in Bonanza. If you ever get to Cody you have to make this one of your stops. We stayed for several hours and I think the guys could have spent several days.