Yellowstone 

Jeremy and Tyler 

Mud Mountain Dam

We live a few miles from this great park with this wading pool. It has a water fountain in the middle. The boys love it there. I was kid sitting Mia and Marcus, so we went to the pool to get out of the house for a bit.


Pool Time 

Marcus decided he didn't want to go in - He just wanted to read his gameboy magazine. But, Dad and Dylan took advantage of the situation. Dylan was fascinated by the waterfall and wanted to go in very badly. So, dad took him in. Then, when they came out they went back in. Dylan was making noise and it echoed, so he didn't want to come out.


Dad and Dylan in the waterfall  

Mia and Jeremy are the same age although she is quite a lot taller than him. They were having fun splashing around.


Mia and Jeremy 

Learning new tricks

Tyler's group is learning how to dribble and pass and they might have learned a few tricks this week.


Learning new tricks 

Tyler was getting into it and learning a lot. He was getting into it and taking to it quickly.


Learning to dribble 

Almost home

This would be the last picture of our whirlwind trip to Wyoming. As we were coming home highway 82 near Grandview, WA, we took this picture of Mt Rainier at dusk. We drove all the way home from Laramie, WY today. It was 1169 miles, 3 stops for gas (the excursion has a 44 gallon tank), a stop at Golden Spike, and a lot of napping and movies on the DVD player.


Mt Rainier from Grandview, WA 

Nothing good about Oregon

For some reason Oregon went by really slow and we wasted a lot of gas there. We were just cutting across the corner, but it seemed like we were there for hours. We went up and down Deadman's pass which was really steep and the trucks were having a really hard time with it. We thought for sure we were going to see one use the runaway truck ramp on the other side. As we came down the sun was setting and we saw this beautiful valley. It took a bit for the valley to be on my side of the car to take the picture, so we are kind of low, but it was still pretty.


Oregon  

Salt Lake in Utah!!

Salt Lake in Utah way out there 

Here is a couple pictures of Salt Lake in Utah. From what they are telling us at Golden Spike is that the lake is a little low this time of year and isn't flooded into these flats like it usually does in the spring. But, we drove past it and this is what we could see of it.


Salt Lake 

East Meets West sort of...

On our way through Utah, we stopped at Golden Spike National Historic Site. This is where the west railroad met the east railroad. The two trains are still in working order and they did move them while we were there.


East Meets West 


Golden Spike National Monument 


The Jupiter 


Engine 119 

Oh Lonesome Lake

Lonesome Lake is a lake we like to go to. Its up forest road 74 near Mt Rainier. Its a great little lake full of fish no one can catch. Someone recently vandalized the bathrooms by shooting holes in it with a gun which is terrible. I can't believe someone would do that. We had boy scout camp near the lake and decided to stop by as we headed down the hill.


At Lonesome Lake 

Dylan wanted in immediately. He wants in all water he can get his hands on. He was shivering cold, but still threw a fit when we took him out.


JJ in the lake 

Here is a picture of Mt. Rainier on the way up to the lake. I am a sucker for it. I have to take a picture of it almost everytime I see it. I probably have 20-30 pictures of the moutain since we moved to Enumclaw. When Jeremy was gone to Montana in February, I sent him pictures of the mountain through our camera phones. Crazy I know.


Mt Rainier 

Mt Rainier 

Tyler and the bow and arrow 

cub scout hike 

cub scout hike 

cub scout hike  

Dylan in the box  

Dylan