Almost thirty years ago, a cute little family piled into their Volvo station wagon and drove half-way across the country to visit some long-lost relatives. Along the way, they stopped at a quaint little place called Yellowstone and visited the trusty Old Faithful geyser. They gave the bubbling geyser its due by oohing and aahing at the right time, but mostly they wondered when it was going to be lunch time.
Fast forward to 2011.
Now that cute family is all grown up and living scattered between California and Maryland.
The oldest in the group (the one in the picture who was already practicing for her future calling as nursery leader) grew up and decided that she wanted her family to see some of nature's wonders as well. Never mind that they lived an additional 1000 miles away.
This new family piled into their gray Toyota Sienna and drove 2000 miles to the same bubbling locale where they found cars from many places....
and animals large...
and not so large...
They hiked...
and posed....
and gazed in awe...
And when it was time to see the bubbling geyser, they steeled themselves in readiness...
got distracted by a little critter....
then oohed and aahed with proper devotion....
then promptly started whining about when it was going to be lunch time.
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Now that cute family is all grown up and living scattered between California and Maryland.
The oldest in the group (the one in the picture who was already practicing for her future calling as nursery leader) grew up and decided that she wanted her family to see some of nature's wonders as well. Never mind that they lived an additional 1000 miles away.
This new family piled into their gray Toyota Sienna and drove 2000 miles to the same bubbling locale where they found cars from many places....
and animals large...
They hiked...
and posed....
and gazed in awe...
And when it was time to see the bubbling geyser, they steeled themselves in readiness...
got distracted by a little critter....
then oohed and aahed with proper devotion....
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A whole lot of "deja vu" for you we can imagine. Actually been to Yellowstone more than thirty times over the years and it never gets boring. Its a place that you never forget once you have been there and tasted (or smelled) the Yellowstone experience. Thanks for sharing your voyage through time.
ReplyDeleteMan, I was one cute kid. A cute kid that didn't want my sister holding me. I have only been to Yellowstone one other time that I remember and that was literally probably 20 years ago. We will have to make that trip sometime.
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