Trip to Big Sky Montana

We took a road trip to Big Sky Montana last week to visit Grandpa DeRemer. We left town on Friday 9/5 in the afternoon and decided to drive as far as possible. We ended up spending the night in Spokane. We got up early on Saturday to drive the rest of the way to Big Sky. One of our pit stops was Missoula, where we found this great park Danielle could play at to run off some energy. At the park there was this carousel Danielle and I went on. She was a little apprehensive at first but LOVED it after the ride started.


Danielle and I getting ready for the ride.


The ride was pretty fast....


Our monkey hanging around.


Danielle coming out of the slide. It was a really dark tunnel slide. She's quite the daredevil these days.

We arrived in Montana on Saturday afternoon. It was nice to finally get there and relax. Grandpa has this really nice condo over looking a golf course and a pond. There's a beaver home in the pond and every night we got to see the beavers come out. Danielle lived for seeing the beavers... everytime we would go out on the deck she would say "where the beabers go?"


One of the beavers.


Danielle looking for the beavers.


View from Grandpa's deck of Lone Peak Mt... it's better in person!

The next morning we took a hike to to a waterfall nearby. It was a nice hike and the waterfall was stunning, like most! Danielle had fun chasing grandpa and looking for wildlife. All we saw were birds, bugs, and grasshoppers. Oh, and the occasional dog on the trail.

The waterfall


The happy family at the top!! Danielle had to have her pony with her the entire trip.


Danielle chasing Grandpa down the trail. She LOVED spending time with him. She keeps asking about him.

While grandpa and daddy played golf, Danielle and I had fun exploring the Mountain, playing at the playground and looking for wildlife and the beaver.


Playing with her best bud, pony!


Playing peek a boo with momma.


Monkey climber... all by herself.


Wheeee!!


Wheee for pony too!


Sliding down with daddy & grandpa. Let's just say it was only fun for Danielle and pony. :)

We took a day trip to Yellowstone, which is about 45 miles from Big Sky. We had a nice trip. We didn't see much, only buffalo and elk. It was a little too much driving for Danielle but we made the most of it.

Our first sighting of buffalo. This was a lone buffalo who probably got kicked out of a herd.


One of our first sightings of a buffalo herd. Danielle kept calling them cows.


Daddy and Danielle watching the buffalo crossing the river.


The fam in front of Yellowstone waterfall... it's a remake of one of our Christmas cards.


Up close and personal with a baby elk.


A pack of elk. 3 mother and 3 babies. It was really neat to watch them interact with each other.


Trying to catch a rainbow on the way home from Yellowstone.


Having breakfast with Grandpa before we left town.


Lone Peak Mountain, Big Sky Montana.

Thank you again Grandpa for a wonderful trip. We had a great time and we can't wait to see you again soon!!!