Day 4 of our Wild Wild West Adventure

We awoke early packed our lunch and headed to do some early sightseeing of Wild Life. We were able to see some close up views of herds of buffalo. We did some hiking to see the upper and lower falls of the Grand Canyon. It was awesome to be able to see it from every angle. We also visited the Mud Pots where we saw 2 big buffalo right near them. We watched the buffalo cross the sidewalks right before our eyes. We also saw drove through Hayden Valley and visited The Dragons Mouth which was really neat. After we went to Yellow Stone Lake and ate our lunch right next to the lake. The kids did some great hiking today and I was really proud of them.
After our adventure into the park we returned back to the cabin. The kids found their next letter in the Pony Express mail. It read the following… It’s time to put away your cowboy gear! Get ready to be an Indian! You need to look like one so gather around the table! We are going to; Make an Indian necklace, Put on your headdress, Put on your war paint and get ready to shoot straight. Good Luck! There will be more prizes today! The kids dressed up like Indians with war paint. The boys made necklaces with real buffalo teeth and beads and the girls received an Indian necklace. The girls made their own Indian Head Dress and the Boys received their Indian Head Dress which Grandpa had purchased. The kids ventured outside to shoot real bow and arrows. They all had a blast and received fun prizes.

Later that evening the kids wanted to spend some of the money that Grandpa and Grandma had given them. We ventured downtown looking for some fun souvenirs. Payton got a moose and Savannah got a beaver, a shirt and some jewelry.

Day 3 of our Wild Wild West Adventure

The kids went to look for the Pony Express Mail first thing in the morning and found a huge rattle snake wrapped around the pole. The first letter for the day read…. In the Wild Wild West there are many dangers! One is the RATTLESNAKE. This morning we are going to round up as many RATTLESNAKES as we can so our parents won’t get hurt! Eat Breakfast first! You must be very very careful today!!! Grandpa’s first activity of the day consisted of a Rattle Snake Round up. Grandpa hid rattle snakes around and the kids had to round them up so the rattle snakes wouldn’t bite their parents. The kids got to keep their rattle snakes for their prize as well as getting rattles snake suckers. Grandpa gave all the kids Rattle Snake Eggs.

Day 3 consisted of visiting more Geysers, The Fire Hole Falls, The Midway Basin and a picnic at Mammoth. We packed our lunch every morning to start our day. It was quit the process of getting everyone breakfast and getting lunch packed to adventure out for the day.

The second letter came later that afternoon, the letter read… In the Wild Wild West they didn’t always have guns and knives. Sometimes they had to find other ways to hunt or defend themselves. Also their kill had to be used for clothing- like coon skin hats. They would also use the skins and feathers to make dream catchers! See how good of a sling shot you are! Thanks for being good Rangers today in the Wild West. The next activity was The Davy Crocket game. Grandpa talked to the kids about how In the Wild Wild West sometimes you have to make your clothing out of animal fur and the kids all got real raccoon hats and sling shots carved out of animals. Grandpa talked to the kids about how the Indians didn’t always have guns so they needed sling shots. The kids had to use their sling shots to knock over chips, nerds, cookies and candies which they got to keep for their prize. The next activity was talking about Dream Catchers. Grandma gave each of the kids a dream catcher and talked to them about how the Indians used to hang them by their bed at night and when you sleep it captures all the good and bad dreams in the web. It will keep the bad dreams in the web so that you won’t dream them again. The last activity the kids were given Hand Made Ancient Indian Flutes which are called The Ocarina. Grandma talked to the kids about how the Indians used to make them. The Ocarina is the oldest known flute in the world and the kids enjoyed playing them.

We decided to change Payton’s name to the kissing bandit since he is running around kissing everyone.

The kids eating breakfast before we start our day.