Well, our expectations were met and exceeded with Montana and our adventures here in the middle states. From Seattle, we made our way to the Bitterroot Valley in Montana. It was amazing. We stayed in a campground with a beautiful creek running through it and made friends with the Ranger-family there. Their little 9 year old gave us fly fishing tips, as he had been fishing practically since birth. We explored the famous Bitterroot river, fly fished and hiked around the gorgeous valley with it's rolling hills, open green horse pastures, and snow capped mountains in the background.
From there we made our way down to Yellowstone National park where we saw buffalo, coyote, bear, elk, big horned sheep, deer, gazelle, beavers, as well as Old Faithful. We backpacked in Yellowstone National park and stayed two nights in the back country, fishing, hiking, and taking every precaution to kill even the slightest scent of food that could attract the Park's notorious grizzlies. We were successful and hiked out to find a mouse had made it's home in our truck in our absence! We were able to reclaim our territory and moved on to fly fish the Madison river and then travel to Wyoming's most remote town, Dubois. We went to church, met the locals (most of who were from CA and broke our stereotypes by having their Ph.D.'s and being engineers). We feasted on buffalo burgers and had some buffalo sausage in that little hunting town, then I convinced Ryan to ride horses with me. We went on a horse ride in the mountains for a few hours and we both actually really enjoyed it (well, maybe I enjoyed it a little more than Ryan). From there, we drove to Fort Collins, where we are staying with our friends Katherine and Creighton. We went hiking in the Rocky Mountains and hope to explore more of Colorado in the next few days! Thanks for all your love and prayers,
Ryan and Camille
From there we made our way down to Yellowstone National park where we saw buffalo, coyote, bear, elk, big horned sheep, deer, gazelle, beavers, as well as Old Faithful. We backpacked in Yellowstone National park and stayed two nights in the back country, fishing, hiking, and taking every precaution to kill even the slightest scent of food that could attract the Park's notorious grizzlies. We were successful and hiked out to find a mouse had made it's home in our truck in our absence! We were able to reclaim our territory and moved on to fly fish the Madison river and then travel to Wyoming's most remote town, Dubois. We went to church, met the locals (most of who were from CA and broke our stereotypes by having their Ph.D.'s and being engineers). We feasted on buffalo burgers and had some buffalo sausage in that little hunting town, then I convinced Ryan to ride horses with me. We went on a horse ride in the mountains for a few hours and we both actually really enjoyed it (well, maybe I enjoyed it a little more than Ryan). From there, we drove to Fort Collins, where we are staying with our friends Katherine and Creighton. We went hiking in the Rocky Mountains and hope to explore more of Colorado in the next few days! Thanks for all your love and prayers,
Ryan and Camille
Creighton, Katherine (who are amazing hosts), Ryan and I hiking in the Rocky Mountains.
The beautiful, yet barren Wyoming skyline.
The Grand Tetons, just outside Yellowstone in Wyoming, proved to be just as beautiful as the park itself. We would have liked to spend more time there, and perhaps to catch a far away glimpse of the Grizzly bear with triplets that the locals told us had been spotted in the area.
"Just in time!" the visitor's told us as we pulled up in perfect timing to catch Old Faithful spouting off.
Ryan pulling in his big catch on the Socaho River on our backpacking trip, Yellowstone.
Camille all bundled up and napping at the campsite in Yellowstone.
Ryan and I backpacking in Yellowstone National Park with Bison!
Mountain goats in Yellowstone on the side of the road!
A side trip to Idaho for a beautiful hike to this hot spring, when we got there, we saw deer in the meadow behind the spring!
Driving through the beautiful Bitterroot Valley, Montana.
Megan and Camille, riding the Mer-Pig in Seattle, apparently, Seattle is "bringing back the pig!" as there were pig statues everywhere!
Backpacking in Olympic National Forest, WA
The Olympic National Hot Springs, WA.
Multnomah Falls in the Colombia River Gorge, OR.
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