Labor Day Weekend in Yellowstone

We had a really fun trip with Keith's family to Yellowstone this weekend. We camped at a really nice camp site with bathrooms, cabins (we slept in tents and Keith and I had our own tipi tent), grass, picnic tables and really it was as good as I can imagine camping to be. We went swimming in the fire hole (keith said it was called that because it was warm, but it was not warm), which is a natural slide area in a river, and we saw old faithful spray though it has become less faithful on it's eruption time. We saw the hot mud springs which are pretty blue and orange colors, but are stinky from the thermophiles (which we read are microscopic living organisms that can thrive in boiling hot water). Oh and as for wildlife we saw tons of buffalo and two elk with collars on. As Keith's family is from a ranch with these animals living in their backyard, they were very unimpressed and frustrated with the traffic caused by cars of people who have never seen wildlife (like me before marrying Keith) who stopped instantly right in the middle of the one lane road. (Keith's family wanted to see real stuff like bears.) The landscape was very beautiful with so much water and trees though. We really had a fun time and of course ate way too much because Keith's mom makes a lot of good food! And we all know good food is the only requirement for a great vacation. Keith's sister, Deanna, took many more pictures than me, but I'll post some that I took to give you an idea.