Gettin’ Pretty Christmasy
Well, with Christmas right around the corner, we set out into the National Forest to find ourselves a Christmas tree on a balmy West Yellowstone morning.
While it got cold at times living in Michigan, we certainly have gotten to know new levels of cold.
Here’s Brennan trudging through the snow in search of the perfect tree. Snowshoes are pretty much a necessity out there.
It’s taken Gus a little bit to get used to this much snow and cold, when we first set out this day he tried to go back to the car!
Here he comes…
Bucket doesn’t seem to mind winter in Montana, in fact it seems to suit him quite well.
Super Gus!
Here we are posing by our tree, it took a while but we finally found the right one.
It’s a little hard to tell in this picture, but there is a giant hill behind me that I just carried our tree up. Things to remember next time: Don’t pick the tree at the bottom of the hill.
Here it is decorated.
Here’s another look.
In honor of the holiday season, West Yellowstone holds a Parade of Lights. Anyone can participate, all sorts came out.
A couple more shots.
Brennan has been working hard learning how to make a bamboo fly rod. I think it involves a lot of sanding and time, but I’m not really sure.
Well, we have both been keeping quite busy, Brennan has been working, building his bamboo rod, and getting some skiing in too. I have been busy training with the National Park Service on how to be a good guide in Yellowstone. I have really loved it, I was able to attend lectures by the leader of the Wolf Project, experts on Bison and Elk, and overall, expanded my understanding of Yellowstone National Park. That’s it for now, off to make some cookies… Happy Holidays!
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Cheers,
Rachel