An Abrams Adventure

The Abrams family is off on a 2-week road trip; an epic adventure that will include trips to several national parks and end up in Canada.

We spent one night in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park on our way out west; then got to Big Sky, Montana, where Scott is attending a medical conference for a few days.
Theodore Roosevelt Park is beautiful; it's like the badlands of South Dakota with trees and water.

There is a huge bull snake stretched out under this board...made me awfully glad we were staying in the Rough Riders hotel and not in a tent!
Jake couldn't wait to get his hands on it; thankfully, there was a park ranger there who said he should probably just leave it alone. Yuck.

We made it safely to Big Sky, Montana and I have to say, the area is beautiful. If you ever have a chance to go, the Big Sky resort is amazing.

It's about an hour north of Yellowstone, so we took a day, packed up and drove to Yellowstone. We saw ALL the sights - Old Faithful...(which the kids were not super impressed with - they thought the fountain in Fountain Hills, AZ was way cooler - I had to explain to them that this was not man-made, which made it cooler, but they disagreed.)


This elk was injured, which allowed us to get really close for a great photo. We also saw a wolf and bison.

We took the Uncle Tom's Trail to see an amazing waterfall - the "trail" is actually about 300 metal steps; VERY STEEP. I do not like heights, but I persevered, nearly hyperventilated, and made it down. And then I had to go back up.

It was definitely worth it.


Our favorite were the mud volcano and the thermal pools that made really cool bacteria mats.

If you've never been there, it is worth a trip. Smelly, but worth it. We got back to Big Sky about 10 pm and fell into bed.

The kids have been dying to do the zip line since we got to Big Sky, so today, the three fearless members of the family harnessed up and took off. Mom watched; very proud of her brave family.
Maggie was a trooper. You could not pay me enough to strap myself to a harness and then fly down a cable; 60 feet above ground.

Jake was very adventurous...he even went upside-down a time or two. Just like his dad. :) They definitely get their bravery from him.


We'll be in Big Sky another day or so and then it's on to Glacier National Park for a few days, and then to Banff, Canada. We've already put 1200 miles on our vehicle. We're thinking it will be about 3000 by the time we're done. :) More updates to come....