Yellowstone and Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center

 We spent the day at Yellowstone when it was pouring rain most of the day! But we still had a great time, and did the full lower loop. Firehole Falls was our first stop.

 And then the artists paint pots. We found this same awesome tree that we took a picture with the last time we were here with my parents. I LOVE this picture of everyone- especially Lexi!

 Hot pots!

 At Old Faithful, we stopped and had a picnic lunch out of the rain while we waited for Old Faithful to erupt. Here the girls were having a stand off.

 In the great valley, after the lake, we hit the jackpot of bison! There were so many, as far as the eye could see!

 We stood in the rain and listened to them grunting and moaning and talking....to me, it sounded like a bunch of belching. They're pretty crazy animals. This one was right by our car.

 Rainy and cold, but worth it!

 Then we went to inspiration point to see the upper falls.

 After a nice long day in Yellowstone, we went home that night tuckered out. Jordan and Kate left the next day to head home, so we spent our last day in West Yellowstone.  We ate lunch at a restaurant called The Slippery Otter, because I read online that it had good gluten free options. Lexi was happy at first, waiting for her food.

 And then she got moody, and made this most adorable face.

And cute smiley Cami

 The food was pretty good, if not a bit too expensive. I got a gluten free pizza.

 After lunch, we decided to check out the library. They had this cute little children's area with a real tree house.

 And then we splurged and paid to go to the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center. We'd never been before, but thought it'd be fun to check out.

 They have a little museum of displays, and then outside there are habitats for real live wolves and bears and bald eagles.

 The wolves were cool. The workers hid pieces of meat around the habitat and then let the wolves run around and find them. They also rubbed around in scented oils placed around everywhere.

The bears were fun to watch. They were big and playful, and swam around in the water.

 Cuties in a cave!

 And one last family photo op with the giant teddy bear in the gift shop. What a great ending to a wonderful vacation!

We did have a rough last night though! Cami had been sleeping upstairs in the bed with Mae, and Lexi was in the pack n' play in that same room. When Mae wasn't there anymore, Cami was scared to go to sleep. And Lexi kept getting out of the pack n' play and they kept coming downstairs to our bedroom. After a few times of that happening, I finally went upstairs and slept with Cami in the bed until morning. Silly girls. That day, we packed up and said goodbye to the cabin and to Island Park for one more year.