I'm Glad That I Live In This Beautiful World......

We had a great getaway with great friends this week.  We have been on several trips with the members of the bishopric Karl was in and we have a wonderful time together.  This week we headed up to Star Valley, Wyoming and spent our time in Yellowstone and the Tetons.  The weather was amazing, 80 degrees at the peak of the day, 45 or so at night.  The Autumn colors were simply breathtaking!

We even saw bears!  2 different bears in 2 different locations.  We also saw the usual Moose, Elk, Bison, Coyote and deer, but the bears were so fun!  We hiked a few awesome hikes to waterfalls and along streams.

Cute young couple don't you think?

If this Elk looks like it was close - that's because it was.  It was amazing how he just walked among the dense trees and never even touched his huge antlers on them.  I can't even walk across the kitchen without banging into something!

 We went to a chuck wagon dutch oven dinner show, the food was just okay, but the entertainment was fun.  There was this 18 year old fiddler that was incredible!  The down side was that Karl had to leave that afternoon so he could get to choir practice, so he missed the end of the trip.  If he missed choir he wouldn't be able to sing for General Conference, so it wasn't a hard decision to make.

Speaking of Conference, watch for Karl in the 4th row on the right side, 2nd in from the outside end.  He had to memorize 17 songs for the 3 sessions of conference and the Spoken Word broadcast beforehand!