Vacations

In early November Clara had her first vacations, back to back! Chris had an automotive show in Las Vegas, so we tagged along. On our way into Vegas we visited with Chris' family, the Fusch's and ate dinner with my Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Randy. Everyone wants to see the baby. The first night we arrived was Halloween, which was just awesome people watching in Las Vegas. We really enjoyed our hotel, The Signature at MGM. When Chris was off to his show during the day Clara and I slept in and did some shopping. It was pretty low key, for Vegas.

We got home Wednesday night and Thursday morning we were off for Yellowstone! My sister had access to a time share cabin in Island Park, just outside of Yellowstone. We met her up there and really enjoyed the facilities. You could easily fit 20 people there. Chris and I liked the hot tub the most. We played a lot of board games together, played on the Wii and spent many hours driving through Yellowstone. Chris had never been before, so there was a lot of nature excitement from his end. We got super close to elk and bison. We saw a lot of waterfalls, steamy holes, mud pots and even fed fish and a muskrat.

The park was closing the day after we left so the place was a ghost town. We'd stop to see something and be the only car in the parking lot. It was pretty great to have the place to ourselves. We couldn't imagine how nuts it must be during high season. The weather really cooperated while we were there and even shed our jackets one day. It started snowing the morning we left, just enough to make things pretty. We were there 5 days and really enjoyed ourselves. Clara did great unless she was hungry or we were driving below freeway speeds. That girls likes to go fast!