Memorial Day Weekend
We took a trip to Yellowstone over Memorial Day weekend. We had such a fun time. We left on Friday and went north through Idaho Falls and stopped at the falls and the LDS Temple. It is a beautiful place. Standing in this beautiful park by the Idaho Falls, I am reminded of a talk Elder Shayne M. Bowen gave about this place in October 2006 LDS General Conference. The talk was about how this land use to be a garbage dump but was reclaimed to now be a beautiful park.
It was really powerful to stand in such a beautiful place and remember the significance of the history of the park. "Just as a garbage dump can be turned into a beautiful park, a life of sin can be cleaned and changed through the Atonement of Jesus Christ."
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This picture we actually didn't take but it gives an idea of what you experience at Bear World. The bears didn't get this close to us but they were pretty close. It was really remarkable.
Along with all of the animals Bear World has, they have some really fun "bear" carnival rides. Clarissa just loved them. She just kept going on them again and again.
It was another story for David and I. They have this one bear ride that you get in and it spins around. David and I went on it once and that was enough for us, but not Clarissa. She went on it by herself several other times.
We stayed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming at this darling cabin. It felt like we were in the "wild wild west."
During our stay we visited Yellowstone and The Grand Tetons. They were so both so beautiful.
Old Faithful erupting
We were able to see some bison. They were really neat.
Clarissa was so excited to see this limo bus at Old Faithful Inn
One of Clarissa's favorite things she was was a wild bunny.
On our way home we saw the Star Valley, Wyoming LDS Temple under construction. It is going to be a beautiful temple when finished.
