The weekend of 6 Oct 06, Tracy, Jessica, and I went to Yellowstone.  Jessica had never been,

so when she came to visit we figured that would be a good place to take her.  We also planned

on taking her to the Tetons since the last time she visited the Tetons were covered in snow

clouds and she couldn't see them at all.  This time they were covered in rain clouds.  But she

saw them at night, and she could see the base of them this time, so she at least knows now

that they exist!  But we had a really good trip to Yellowstone.  We saw a pretty big grizzly.  It

was the closest and biggest grizzly Tracy and I have seen.  We also saw a good herd of

bugling elk, and we hiked back out to Imperial Geyser and Fairy Falls.  We need to start

checking out some new trails in Yellowstone, though.  That place is just so huge, and every

time I go I feel a little overwhelmed at all the possibilities.  The strange thing about that is that

the first time I went to Yellowstone I didn't even want to go because of my perception of all the

throngs of people.  But as long as you avoid the Old Faithful area, you can get away from the

people pretty well.  But we stayed one night in West Yellowstone, one night in Cooke City, and

one night camping in the Tetons.  It was a really good trip.