LABORless Weekend

We spent Labor Day weekend in one of our very favorite places on earth.. ... ..Yellowstone.  On our way there we saw a few sprinkles, but it cleared off nicely as we made a stop to check out Midway Geyser Basin.

We arrived at Madison campground just in time to get set up before the rain came.  What began as a sprinkle quickly turned into a down-pour.  Our plan to roast hot dogs for dinner was no longer an option.  So Mark set up our little grill and sat in the back of the van to cook the hot dogs for his girlies ... what a guy!!

We ate our dinner in the tent {pretty sure that was a first} and then played several rounds of  UNO.

This rain storm was accompanied by thunder and lighting.  Not appreciated ever with Kars, but especially not when your outdoors.  The poor thing was curled in a ball, covering her ears and sobbing.  I felt so bad, there was nothing I could do but rub her back and tell her everything was OK.

The next day, things cleared off and it was beautiful again.  We headed for Old Faithful and spent most of the morning looking around there.

We looped all the way around where there are several other {less famous} geysers.  We got lucky and hit it just in time to see Riverside Geyser go off.  This only happens every 6 hours and we had never seen it before.  The eruption typically lasts 20 minutes.  It's pretty amazing.

We also enjoyed ice cream on the porch of the lodge.. ..

We stopped to eat lunch and play in the water at Nez Perce Creek, one of our favorite spots to picnic.

Later that evening we headed for West Yellowstone to walk around and have dinner at the pizza joint.

Emmrey wanted her picture taken{alone} by every buffalo they had around town.  I talked her into allowing her sisters to be in this one:}

On our way back to camp, we ran into this little lady .. ..hanging out in the water.

 And this big guy .. ..calling for the lady:}

Although we didn't see a bear this time, the wildlife viewing was fascinating.

We were able to have a campfire the next night .. ..

And another picnic on our way back home.

where Mark demonstrated how to feed the "Camp Robbers" right out of your hand.

 It was such a fun little trip.  It's always so hard to leave Yellowstone.. ..it feels like a second home to us:}