Mammoth campground

I talked Mare into going camping on Friday which was the first day that the West entrance to Yellowstone opened. She inturn talked one of her friends who have a daughter a few months older than Coleman into going with us. Everyone had on warm clothes in the morning until the sun made it over the mountain and warmed us up.



Coleman is always a trooper and a good cute baby. He didn't cry much at night and his mom made sure he was warm. He must not have slept well though because the next day in the car he took 3 long naps.



When we first arrived we counted 30+ elk across the road from our campsite. We watched them for awhile. Later that night and the next day they were walking through camp. Not afraid of us at all. We didn't even notice the one right by our tent while we ate breakfast. Carl told Liston the elk were spies and were watching us. Liston had fun with that thinking that they were. Maralee is convinced some slept by our tent in the middle of the night, says she heard them cow call by our tent and everything. They did make the campsite a good one hanging around us all the time. At bnight and in the morning they were talking back and forth.



We got to watch this coyote try and catch a couple of mice right by the road. He wasn't too afraid of us either. Boys liked seeing him. It made it a little more memorable for them that night when some howled by our campsite.



Coleman and Emry playing in the dirt and pine cones until one parent finally got out a blanket to sit on taking away the fun.



Liston will almost always pose for me and smile. We slept in our tent while our friends wimped out and slept in their car:)