We woke up today at 5:30am and left
the campground around 6:30am. People on the bus listened to Grant and Josh tell
15 jokes and play 3 songs all about potatoes as we drove through Idaho while
people in the vans didn’t even know we went through Idaho due to napping. We
had cereal bars and bananas for breakfast. We stopped for a bathroom break then
drove for about an hour before arriving at Jackson Hole.
Majority of us spent
money on bison burgers and souvenirs while enjoying the small western town. We
reloaded the bus around 1pm then drove a short ways to marvel at the Grand
Teton mountain range. We visited the Church of Transfiguration where we
reflected on our time so far and took appreciation for the amazing view it
allowed for. After a hugs, laughs, and taking pictures, we reloaded the bus to
headed to Yellowstone National Park. We road for about two hours watching the
snowy mountain range disappear as we entered the valleys that are home to
Yellowstone. We arrived around 5:30pm, took some group photos, and then
explored the gift shop. We reconvened at 6:15pm to listen to Piper, Sam,
Reagan, Bryton, and Anna present their research. We waited about 30mins for Ole
Faithful to erupt.
After that we rode over to the Painted Mud Pots and the Twin
Geysers where we met with Lauren Abernathy who specializes in geyserology. She
led us around the small park with her inside out umbrella where we saw a bison
sleeping. The two sets of twins took a picture in front of the Twin Geysers.
Iconic. Jacob pretended to push someone off the pathway before realizing she
wasn’t with TWB. Sorry girl.
We left and ate dinner… or attempted to anyways.
We had turkey, ham, and cheese sandwiches with mustard or mayo and Kool-Aid and
jello for desert. However, there was a slight mishap resulting in the bus only
having less than one loaf of bread. We competed for bread by answering trivia
questions. We ate bananas and cereal bars to substitute the missing bread.
After dinner we were lucky to see lots of bison crossing the road, a couple
wolves, and a herd of elk. We then stopped again and prepared to watch Captain
Marvel for the rest of the ride to tonight’s campsite.
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| Our awesome counselors! |
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| The guys! |
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| The Chapel of Transfiguration |
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| Lauren and Sydney! |
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| Enjoying the most beautiful view! |
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| Our favorite counselors twinning! |
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| Sam McConnell telling us about Yellowstone National Park! |
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| Piper Gallen telling us about Jackson Hole, Wyoming! |
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| Raegan Griffin telling us about the geysers in Yellowstone! |
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| We got to see Old Faithful and watch it erupt! |
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| Group pic!! |
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| The beautiful lodge we stopped at for a bathroom break! |
