Our adventures continue with this exciting summer and we are in the process of wrapping up our annual two+ week venture to beautiful Colorado. This year we decided to drive out, so my sister, mom, and nephew flew to Seattle, where we promptly met them and drove west-bound to my folks home in Buena Vista. Highlights from our trip include: Craters of the Moon National Monument Our first stop: Craters of the Moon National Monument. This is a dark sky observatory, however, we didn't get a chance to check out the clear, night skies due to cloud cover. However, seeing this crazy volcanic rock formations in literally the middle of nowhere Idaho was pretty surreal and cool. On top of the world (okay, not really, but felt like it!) Racing to the top of the hill Checking out the volcanic fields Random flowers that grew in the terrain Yellowstone As always, Yellowstone was the highlight of our trip. We decided to take the kids to Old Faithful to see it erupt. It
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