From Washington to Wyoming

We left Seattle last week to make our way towards the pinnacle of this climbing trip, Devils Tower, WY.  As you can see, Sunny occasionally insists on riding shotgun during long drives.

Our first stop was in Coeur d'Alene, ID.  Here we are on a date night at The Beacon in the neat little downtown.  We stayed in a campground nearby called Beauty Creek.  The following day we took Sunny on an aggressive hike up some single track trail.  We were all quite tuckered out after getting down from the mountain and discovering the 90 degree heat was back.

We departed Idaho and stayed in Bozeman, MT the next night.  Another super neat town, we really enjoyed their rock gym and local co-op.  We headed south later in the day for Yellowstone.  Brent and Sunny are standing in front of the historic entrance to the park.

Welcome to Yellowstone, our country's first national park!  No dogs allowed on the trails ... Sunny wasn't too pleased.

Taking the boardwalk to view some of the mammoth hot springs. 

Mud Volcanoes :)

Brent and me in front of the falls in Yellowstone.

Trusty Old Faithful went off exactly as calculated after 55 minutes.  Sunny was too distracted with all the little kids around to even notice.

Just on the other side of Yellowstone (which is located in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming) we visited Grand Teton National Park.  The Tetons are Wyoming's highest mountains and a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.

We didn't do any climbing in Yellowstone or the Tetons since most of it is more alpine climbing and mountaineering.  However, we stopped at the Alpine Club Climber's Ranch as pictured above right beneath the Tetons.

After leaving the Grand Teton National Park, we drove another 8 hours to our final destination of the week, Devils Tower.  Sunny, per usual, was keen to sleep and enjoy laying in her daddy's lap, while she still fits anyway :)