I had never been to Yellowstone and really wanted to take the boys on that adventure. We decided that this was the year! We made a week of it and left on Memorial Day.
We started our trip with a stop by the cemetery to say hi to Dad.
Yellowstone is about 4 hours away but our boys are good travelers so that’s no biggie.
We decided to break up the drive anyway and spend our day at Bear World.
Bear World is in Rexburg, Idaho. They have a lot of rescued animals there from Yellowstone and the surrounding areas – animals that just wouldn’t make it in the wild.
Part of Bear World is a drive-thru-don’t-unroll-your-windows-no-stopping park. You get to drive through the animals’ habitat.
There are goats, elk, bison, a white elk, grizzlies, and brown bears. Probably a few others that I’ve forgotten. It was really neat to just watch the animals … living!
The boys thought it was pretty darn cool, too!
Another part of the park is kiddie rides.
Bobby especially loved riding the circus train…
I really liked these giant spinning bears (think Disneyland Tea Cups)!
I liked it so much I video taped it … HERE
The little roller coaster had a limit – 7-8 people max!
The rise and drop ride had 6 seats – perfect for me to catch a picture of my brave men!
There was a lot of giggling!
Bobby loved steering the car…
Love these boys!
Wild riders …
Zoom, zoom…
It was all silliness but a good time!
Another part of the park is petting zoo. There were 2 one-day old fauns for us to look at – but don’t get too close!
You don’t get to hang on a deer very often!
I loved the pot belly pig!
Bobby thought it was pretty interesting.
Hi, family!
Ricky just sat and watched the faun most of the time. He seemed fascinated by these babies.
Bear World was winning the boys over!
It wasn’t too crowded, even though it was Memorial Day.
And their French Fries were shaped like BEARS! Tasty and adorable!
Another part of the park was a viewing area of the baby bears.
They were absolutely adorable!
They played and rolled and tumbled – I could have watched them all day!
We drove through the safari area a second time. I would definitely recommend a stop by Bear World to anyone…
Because I thoroughly enjoyed myself!
After getting our fill of bears, we continued on to Island Park and the cabin that we rented. However, we forgot to stop at the grocery store, so we didn’t really have dinner food. We decided to try out Connie’s Restaurant.
The boys had some yummy spaghetti and meatballs and I think only one had chicken fingers!
The food was quite good and it seemed like the locals frequented the place. I don’t think they get a lot of kids in there, but they seemed pretty patient with ours. We even got complimented on how well behaved they were.
They are pretty awesome in my book!