With the heat of summer finally here, the kids have finally gotten a chance to jump into the cold waters of the Montana lakes. It's definitely not the luke-warm salt waters of the Gulf of Mexico that they grew used to, but on the 90+ degree days, it's definitely not bad.
I got a chance to go to the Big Apple a few weeks ago, which has always been on my list of places to visit. It didn't disappoint. There were endless things to do, see, and eat in Manhattan, and so many places I'd only ever seen on TV. Definitely worth checking out and hopefully will get a chance to go back at some point.
Yellowstone made the news this past June for getting some serious rainfall. Crazy enough, we were there in the days leading up to it. We stayed at a campground in Gardiner which was almost washed away by the rising river the day after we left. We also hiked 20 miles through the backcountry and camped out, but thankfully beat the rain out. It was just starting to come down as we were getting back to the truck and then hit pretty hard around dinner time. We decided to pack up and leave early, and a lot of the roads were washed away after we got out. But otherwise, the trip went well, and we got some great photos out in the wild! Not many animals though... or at least living ones...
Being back in Montana has allowed for more time to hang out with all of the family, including the cousins just down the road in Utah. They've already made it up a couple times this year! When we're all together it definitely makes for a packed house these days...
