Vacation 2012 (Part 3)
Winter Wonderland - Wyoming
Our third
vacation of 2012 was a frozen trip to Wyoming called Winter Wonderland. It was C-O-L-D-!
I have never been so cold in my life. It was a fun trip, I'm glad
I went, but this California boy is going to be spending winters in
warmer climates from now on. Someday maybe I'll forget how cold it was, and brave something like this again...
Day 1: Wyoming Welcome
The first day of our trip was
just arriving in Jackson and having a welcome dinner to get to know
some of our fellow adventurers. And be pleasently surprised that
one of our adventure guides was Tiffany, who was one of our guides for
our 2007 Southwest Splendors tour. We also met Geraldine to add to our ever expanding collection of happy guide memories.
Day 2: Trail Blazers
The
second day of our trip was my favorite day. We went Dog
Sledding. It was totally cool! Actually, it was kind of
frozen. But this was the day that my fun was overriding my
freezing. My fingers were aching, but it was awesome driving a
dog sled. We sledded up to a natural hot spring, where we
actually stripped down to our swim clothes and went swimming while it
was snowing. Then had lunch and returned back to civilization.
Day 3: Western Majesty
Our third day sees us off to
Yellowstone. We made a stop by a ranger station to switch from
riding a bus and get onto a bombardier, a sort of half track with
tracks on the back and skis on the front. We stopped by to see
west thumb geyser basin, and arrived at the Yellowstone Snow Lodge in the evening.
Day 4: Yellowstone Journey
Our fourth day, Christmas
Day, was spent touring all around Yellowstone. We went and saw
some paint pots, we saw lots of Bison, and some birds that didn't seem
to mind the cold. Then in the evening we had a little christmas
party where we played a bizzare twist on the white elephant gift, but
it was a hoot.
Day 5: Happy Trails
Our fifth day was our final day with the
group, we ended up staying an extra night in Jackson just for
convenience, but we had to say farewell to all the rest. Although
in reality, jackson is really small, and we kept running into
them. We travelled from Yellowstone back to Jackson, stopping to
see some Moose along the way.
