Loving It

If anyone is wondering I'm still loving it out here. Thrusday, I went down to Old Faithful and Mary went with me because she hadn't seen it yet. We met up with Patty Owens for lunch. We ate at the Old Faithful Inn. It was a very good meal. And we had a very nice visit. It was good to see someone from back home. Then we went walking around the boardwalks and we saw Old Faithful go off. It was still really cool. I was going to take a video, but my battery's died right when I started. So maybe next time. That night I went rafting and it was so much fun. It was only class 1 or 2 at times. But we had really good guides and it was a lot of fun. So yesterday I worked all day and so I wanted to go do something so I went on an Old Yellow Bus tour. I got there and they said no one had purchased a ticket so I finally talked a family into going on it. So I could go free. Always a good thing. On our tour we saw a black wolf and a black bear about 50 yards away from each other. It was really cool. The family was really happy I talked them into going. Well thats all and Mom and Allen get here tomorrow. I can't wait. Miss ya.

Good Weekend

Hey everyone this weekend was awesome. On Friday, we went down to the Lake area. We set up our tent and went around looking. It was really pretty. We saw another bear. Then we went on a Sunset Tour. It was really pretty, I put some pictures up. Then we went to the tent site and there was a bison standing right by our tent. We were stuck in the van for 30 minutes because he wouldn't leave and he just keep getting closer. It was really funny. Then finally we went down to the other campsite and sat by the fire. It was really nice. There were about 15 of us. So that night I slept in the van because the bison just scared me a little. It was freezing. The next day I slept in because I didn't get to sleep really good until the sun came out and it started to warm up. Then we went to lunch and guess what I rode a motorcycle. For about 30 minutes all together. It was a lot of fun. Then we went on the guided fishing boat. We didn't want to fish so we decided to go just on a scenic ride. We went on some ruff waters. And I got drenched head to toe. It was so cold they had to but me in a suit. It was bright yellow. It was to warm me up. It worked until we had to go back the way we came and I got wet again but I had the suit on so it was better. But overall it was really cool. After we got back and I changed and was getting warm, we had a cookout. It was all of reservations and we got steak. And watermelon. That was my favorite. And then we came back to Mammoth. Tomorrow I have to work 7 to 6. So I'm going to bed. Later.

What a Couple of Days

Hey everyone, first of all before I tell you this story I want you to know that I am Safe and I did the right thing and I didn't freak out. So after I say that this is what happen. Tuesday I went on a hike with 3 other people. We were walking this nice trail that we have walked a couple of times before. This time it happened. We were walking I was looking around to see if any animals and I looked right in front of us and there was a bear. Yes a black bear. It was about 50 feet away. Very scary. But we knew what to do. We starting talking louder and singing to make sure he knew we were there and we weren't going to hurt him. We also started slowly walking backwards. When he knew we were there he ran across the road away from us. We weren't to far from the road. So we waited to make sure there weren't any others around the area. And when we didn't see anything we decided to keep going on the hike because a bear was not going to stop us. lol. So we were coming back on the hike and I was like "Was this were the bear was?" Then another lady said yep there it is. This one was the same distance but he just looked at us for a long time. So we slowly started going backwards and singing but the only song that came into our heads at that time was Old McDonald had A Farm. What a song right. But he went the other direction. We had people watching us from the road and they said that there were 2 of them one of both sides of the road. Little scary but it was cool. It happened so fast that I didn't have time to get my camera out. Thats ok I would rather be safe and not attacked like some people from Champ said I was going to. So the next day we drove down there to see if they were still there. We drove down a back road and one was walking right in front of us. It was a last minute thing to go see, so none of us had cameras with us. That's ok. Then yesterday I went on a hike about 2 miles but 1 of it was straight up. That was hard. Then we were on our way back and we saw a Moose laying in the water. He was so cute. Then last night I played volleyball with my team. I'm the caption, just because I really wanted to play and my team made me the caption. We won the first game and lost the last two. But they were really close. It was alot of fun. So today we are going down to the lake area to campout tonight. And do some really cool stuff with reservations. I'll keep you updated when I get back. And I'll have lots of pictures. Well again I'm safe so don't worry. Miss ya.

What A Weekend

So this weekend was awesome. First of all, I went to a rodeo on Friday. It was a really good rodeo. I wasn't sure if it would be good or not but it was really good. Then on Saturday, we went down to Grand Tetons. It was so amazing. We went down to Grant and got a room down there. We were in a cabin and it wasn't the best. Good thing it was for the employees and not the guest. Then we headed down to the Tetons. We drove down and took pictures and then we went and ate at this restaurant where we sat on the balcony and looked at the mountains while we were eating. It was amazing. Then we went to Jenny Lake. Where we took a boat over the lake for about 10 min. Then we went on a hike up to a waterfall. It started raining but Becca and I still went on up to see the waterfall while the other two headed back down. When we got up there it started hailing on us. It was weird because it was the only time I can say that I got sunburned while it was hailing. Then we went into Jackson and ate at a BBQ place. It was really good to get to eat some good food for once. And then we saw an airplane. I haven't seen one of them for 2 months, they were all making fun of me. So the next day, we went driving around and saw some more waterfalls and some other wonderful places. Now I'm going to bed cause it has been a long couple of days. Miss Ya.

Wow so after I read this I realized that I hadn't mentioned any of the animals that I saw. We saw a male moose, they called him Marty the Moose. We saw him at Moose Junction. What a name. Then later we saw a Mom Moose with it's baby. They were cute. But she noticed that we were there and so she went to hide the baby. Also while we were at Grant, we saw a Grizzly. Apparently we were sitting in the van looking out the window and he walked right behind us. But all of a sudden we saw people running out of the dinning room, so we knew something was going on. We drove down the road and I saw it walking right toward us. He was really big. But then we walked into the wooded area so we lost him. A little later while we were waiting for him to come back out, an elk went into the woods. So we thought that we were going to see a kill. That would have been really cool to see. The next day we saw some pronghorn and she had a little baby with her. And when we were watching the sunset we saw an otter and a beaver. Well I think that's all so Later.

Cookout

So today was awesome. We went on a cookout and had steak to eat. It was awesome. I am going to tell everyone that comes to the park that they need to go on this tour. And the good thing is I get to go again when Mom and Allen come out. Today I saw 3 black bears. They are so pretty. We also saw a double rainbow. It was the brightest rainbow I have ever seen. And there were two of them. I am putting up some pictures and I hope that I can get them to work. I also went fishing today. It was fun, but we didn't catch anything. And just to let everyone know, we didn't get any snow. That made me sad. Well talk to ya all later. Miss ya.

Hey Everyone

So today I had my first moment of home sickness. Well the first one that I'm going to admit to. I got an email from Tim today. And he said that he went to Holiday World and rode on the roller coasters. It hit me that I don't get to do that with them this summer. I loved it last time and I couldn't wait to do it again. Well it didn't last that long cause I realized that I get to do a lot out here that you guys don't get to do. And I will go to Holiday world some other time with them. So I have been walking on this hike for the last week. It is a 10 mile hike round trip. So we decided to to walk a little each night and make it up to the 10 miles. So yesterday we were at about 2 miles and a storm came out of nowhere and we were drenched. So we had to walk the 2 miles back in the rain. It was so funny. I had a lot of fun. Then we got home and all of a sudden, no more storm, the sun was shining and there were no more clouds. The weirdest weather out here. Well every Tuesday and Thursday I go and play volleyball. I have been trying to get people to play forever. They decided to have a league go on this year. So I am trying to get a team of reservation agents to play. They aren't liking the idea. So far I have 3 guys and myself. I'm excited about playing. We will be playing all different teams in different departments. Well we are in a winter watch tonight. Yep I said winter and it is June. That is just the coolest thing ever. I think I'm the only one that is excited. Well I'm going to go. So talk to you all later. Miss Ya.

Long Time

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't written on here in a while. I have been really busy. So let me fill you in on what all I have done. So on Monday, we went on a Yellowstone in a Day tour. It was really cool. And the good part about it was that we got paid to go on it. We started out at Mammoth at 8 in the morning. We went to the terraces and learned more about all of that area. Then we went to Madison Campground, here we saw some of the different campsites. That is really why we got paid. Then we went to the Lower Geyser Basin. There we saw the Fountain geyser go off. It only goes off once a day. So that was really cool to see. At the same time another one that is right beside it was going off. It was so windy that we had to brace ourselves so we didn't fall. It was fun. Then we headed down to the Old Faithful area. We saw Old Faithful go off while we were eating on the balcony. That was cool cause it was a different view. Then as we were going to meet the other people, one of the guys stopped us. This was because Beehive was getting ready to go off. This was really neat because it has only gone off 4 times in the last 3 months. So we were really lucky. Then we went down to Grant to see some of the rooms. Then off we went to the lake area. We took a picture there and then went on to canyon area. We were then on our way back home. Which we were all excited about, because it is a long day when you are driving all thru the park.
For the next 2 days all I did was work. What fun. I actually do work out here. But really it is just like a big vacation like you said Aunt Di. I love it.
Then on Thursday we went on a Photo Safari. It was really early. We had to be ready and at the hotel at Lake at 5:40 am. Yes am. Can you believe I was up that early. Well anyways, I had to share a room with 4 other women. It was a fun night but we didn't end up going to bed until about 12 or 12:30, mostly cause I wouldn't let them.lol. Then like I said we didn't have to be ready til 5:40 but you know what time their alarms went off. 4:30am. I was a little upset, and most of you that know me know that I'm not a morning person so I rolled under the bed so I could sleep an extra hour. They all made fun of me. Anyways I have pictures of what we saw on this tour that you guys will have to look at. It was so fun. We did see a grizzly bear. It was the same one I saw a couple of weeks ago at mud volcano. So as you can see I have been very busy. I miss all of you and can't wait to see you. Later.