Yellowstone Day 1

The King family gathered in Yellowstone on April 15th.  My sister Missi got our family 2, 3 bedroom condos with their time-share points thing.  This place was massive.  So, imagine your Mariot hotel with rooms that are 2100 square feet!  These rooms were larger than any apartment that Jentri and I have ever rented making the entire complex HUGE!  The two rooms, to our amazement, were on opposite ends of the complex.

The hallway separating the two rooms.

On the 17th started National Parks Week.  During this particular week admission to all National parks were FREE, that is a good word.  On Friday the 16th before the park became FREE we decided to run around the great metropolis of West Yellowstone.  The majority of the shops were still closed due to the fact that we were ahead of the summer rush.  So, we being Kings took advantage of what was available.

Us kids playing in the park

Playing in the snow was a lot of fun and the weather was awesome!  We continued to roam around the town and headed back to the "hotel" for lunch.  After lunch we took advantage of being, practically, the only ones there and occupied the indoor pool and hot tub.  This was the first real big outing we took Kylan on, and it turned out great in my opinion.  In total we had 14 of my family members there all partying it up.

Grandpa King watching the kids play

This trip was a great introduction to having our little one on outdoor expeditions.  Along with all of the family stuff I was able to hone in on some of my photography skills and exercise the things I have learned in class.  My good friend Ken Ockler loaned me ALL, yes all, of his photography equipment! (minus his 10D MarkII body)  I had 3 lenses, a tripod, and a really spiffy device called an Expo Disc to play with.  The Expo Disk gives you PERFECT white balance easily, for those of you who know what I am talking about.  For those of you who dont know, it allows the camera to capture the colors as brilliant as you visually see them.  Anyway, I could go on forever about photography just like climbing.  We ended the night with games, laughter, and of course food.  Keep watching our blog as we will be posting on each of our 4 days in Yellowstone along with awesome photos.