Friday, July 15, 2011

Rocky Mountain National Park


Here you can see our lovely home for a week. We had a tent and usually camped at night, but really, this van is what we lived out of. Throughout the week in this little silver bullet, our stuff seemed to grow and take over. By the time we finally made it home to Red Lake, our van was so full of stuff that there was only room for two little fists to fly back and forth toward each other, occasionally making contact. (It is also true that after we finally made it all the way home, the owners of those two little fists ended up sitting in the van playing nicely while Mom and Dad unpacked. Hard to explain. My guess is that all the space of a yard and their very own house was just too overwhelming to take in all at once.)

Here's a little guy we found waiting to cross the road:

We had just been missing the snow so much! After all, it's been like at least a whole month since we've gotten to see it gently falling! (I, personally, wasn't too impressed with the icy whitness.)


Elk!


Some other wild creatures...

4 comments:

Hans said...

Oh wow, it looks like you guys had some adventures! And a good time. I love how you write and describe things, and Eli and Evan crack me up. They do a good job of giving you blog input (telling you what pictures are important to post and describing what they're doing). Love it!

- Joelle (not Hans, although I'm sure he feels the same way)

Dave Gloria said...

Thanks for taking us along on your adventure. It looks like a good family time.
Tell Kendall if he eats enough vegetables it will offset the unhealthy things.

Dave Gloria said...

That first comment was Dave's, by the way... Karen I love the picture you gave of the 2 young Hochstedler men in the back of the van, on your long trip! It's a whole lot funnier if you're not the Mom, in the front seat of the van... of course!? Mom

Karissa said...

Great pictures and stories! When did the boys get so tall?? They look like little teenagers!