Monday, June 28, 2010

Vacation: Yellowstone

After a few more slides down our new favorite recreational activity, the Alpine Slide, the Jones family hit the road once more. Today's destination: Yellowstone.

We soon found out one incontrovertible fact: the beauty and miracle of this particular national park was completely and entirely lost on our three little ones.

While Ian and I watched this:

They were stubbornly focused on this:

And this:


Deflated, we left Old Faithful and decided to skip the rest of the park. As we continued through the park I made one last attempt to draw their attention to the fascinating pools on the side of the road. Lindy's response was a thoroughly disgusted, "It's just water, mom."

(Note to self: Don't try Yellowstone until each child is appropriately mature to appreciate the wonders of nature.)

(Second Note to self: Take an RV on that future trip...with a toilet.)

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