Other years Bison have walked through our camp, the only time it was really scary was the year after my sister Gentry had her Aneurism. She was walking slowly with a 3 pronged cane and she and I started to go for a walk. We only made it to the edge of our camp when my parents where hollering to us. We looked up just in time to see this HUGE bison coming through the trees. When he saw us he stopped right in front of us, seriously 3 feet away, and blocking our way back to camp. He stood there and stared at us for what seemed like FOREVER. We just stood still, my head was racing though, I know you are not supposed to run but I didn't know how I would get Gentry out of there if he moved towards us. He kept looking at us and then up the hill, finally he decided to go up the hill! And we slowly moved back to camp.
Monday, June 30, 2008
The Attack of the Bison!!!
Other years Bison have walked through our camp, the only time it was really scary was the year after my sister Gentry had her Aneurism. She was walking slowly with a 3 pronged cane and she and I started to go for a walk. We only made it to the edge of our camp when my parents where hollering to us. We looked up just in time to see this HUGE bison coming through the trees. When he saw us he stopped right in front of us, seriously 3 feet away, and blocking our way back to camp. He stood there and stared at us for what seemed like FOREVER. We just stood still, my head was racing though, I know you are not supposed to run but I didn't know how I would get Gentry out of there if he moved towards us. He kept looking at us and then up the hill, finally he decided to go up the hill! And we slowly moved back to camp.
The Whole Bunch of Us
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
All Aboard! Last Stop Silverton, Colorado
Here's the last installment of our Colorado trip. We took this amazinging train trip from Durango, Colorado to Silverton, Colorado. First we had to take a shuttle for the hour long trip to Durgango from Pagosa Springs. We left early in the morning, and as you know Ayla is not a morning person and this was out of her element anyway so she was really upset about riding on the shuttle. She was really nervous, she had me hold both of her hands and then she fell asleep which lasted most of the shuttle ride. Tayvie did great, we got to hold her on our laps, and she got to nurse whenever she wanted, so she was happy as could be.
Once we got to Durango at the train station Ayla was just as nervous to ride the train. About 20 minutes into it she was fine and had no more worries. This is one of her favorite things to talk about now, how we rode the "doodlebus" (which was the shuttle) and the train.
The train ride was gorgeous, we followed the river up the mountain to Silverton, an old mining town. Along the way there were points, as you can see in the pictures, where we were right next to the mountain on one side and a drop off cliff to the river on the otherside. The ride was about 3 1/2 hours long and when we got to Silverton we had lunch and stopped in a few stores and then took the shuttle back to Pagosa Springs.
So now we're caught up on our Colorado trip. Early tomorrow morning we will leave for Yellowstone!