Random Quotes from the Day

I believe it is Day 6 of the Crocket Family Vacation.  Today was a pretty relaxing day as Saturday really wiped us out with spending most of the day in Yellowstone.  I mean it is amazing and beautiful, but we were not aware of the vastness and all the driving it would take to visit the park.  So we decided to spend the early ours before church going on a little hike with the kids up the mountain behind our cabins.  So we start up the driveway and about a hundred yards or so Alli decides to step in the creek rather than jumping over it and Eli starts whining about wanting someone to carry him.  I started out leading the pack, but somehow around this point, I got stuck hiking with Eli, Kati & Alli.  I might say this was an adventurous/humorous time for me. I forgot the first few lines they said, but I quickly then pulled out my phone and began to take notes.  Here are a few of the quotes from the morning hike:

Alli: "I don't like hiking.  I mean I like it, but it's too much leg work."

Kati: "I thought  hiking was like a bridge you cross and you keep on going."

Eli: "Man I can go golfing with the stick Hunter made me!"  It was a hiking stick Hunter found on trail for Eli to use. 

Isaac: Daddy, "Isaac don't throw rocks down the mountain it's not safe and could hurt someone (as we climb down)"  Isaac, "These rocks won't hurt daddy they are made out of dirt."

Well, I know they may not be as enjoyable for you as me, but they made my morning!  It was truly an amazing site as we climbed up a ledge for the kids to look out towards the valley!  God's creation is truly amazing!

Next, we went with some native Mississippians who live here in Cody to Cody Bible Church.  It was a Western style church, but it was a great time of worship!  We then went to lunch with the Jamison's to the famous Irma Hotel.  It was a hotel Buffalo Bill built for his daughter back in the day to keep her out of the brothels.  Most of the hotel is original and they have kept it a hotel and a restaurant that many today travel to Cody to enjoy.  It was a buffet style lunch which I might say it was some good eating!  Probably the best meal yet on vacation! 

The afternoon was pretty calm and the two couples decided to hit Yellowstone for a few hours and leave mom and day with the kids!  Yes, we are great parents!  I mean we all need some time away.  We started into the park and we were not award of the beauty we were going to encounter that afternoon!  We just got started into the park when a Bighorn Sheep was running alongside us on the road, and we were able to get some great pics. We proceeded on to encounter our first Bison!  We heard all about the Bison and spent a whole day in the park and didn't even see a Bison. But he was nestled up right on the side of the road and I kept hollering at Melissa to open the door so I could get a picture without the window in the way as I was driving.  She hesitantly opened the door (because as she says, "I thought he was going to cuss me out so I opened the door).  Now I would never have done such a thing! I guess her nerves were getting the best of her.  When then head over towards Hayden Valley as we've heard that many able can be seen in this valley, and we encounter several more Bison and even had one really close encounter with one as Justin and I were taking pictures of a humongous heard of Cow Elks, and by humongous I'd say 75-100 of them. They looked like ants covering the side of the mountain!  

Justin and I enjoyed the beauty of seeing all the animals and getting pictures while little did we know that our wives were in the van getting mad at us.  Since we didn't have the kids with us, they wanted to go on a strenuous hike that we might not be able to take the kids on.  But since you may know that even though we bought have been married 10 years now, we still cannot read our wives' minds!  All the animal watching, we quickly ran out of daylight hours and we didn't have flashlights nor would it be the best idea to hike at night, so we pull into this area to turn around and head out when we encounter a rarity in Yellowstone.  It was a wolf about 10yard off the road.  I usually thought they would be skid-dish, but three cars were pulled off taking pictures of it before it finally ran off.  I must say that was a truly amazing site!  The wives finally calmed down about us not being able to read minds and we had a pleasant ride home with enjoyable conversations.