Yellowstone Bear World

This is how it all started:

We planned an extra day off together one weekend in Aug to get something done, when that fell through we decided to keep the day off so we could spend some time together. We didn't have anything planned; at least that is what i thought. Thursday i come walking into the house after work, and i am not greeted with the normal. . . silence. (except for the normal tv and brooklyn noise) I was told the second i walked in, by Eric, that i had 5 minutes to pack what i wanted to wear today and tomorrow. Let me just tell you, this boy has done this before and he always has something up his sleeve, but gosh i love it!

So i hurried into the room and saw a suit case with our normal stuff in it, and some outfits Eric thought i might like. I pack everything that i need into the bag, while i continue to ask question after question about where we are going? will it be indoor or out?bathing suit? the list goes on. not a peep from him, just "hurry you got 2 minutes left"

We get into the car, and its all packed up with books and goodies for Brooklyn. . .and I. ( this pregnant girl has to eat). I continue with the questions and to my surprise Eric tells me he told Brooklyn. So i knew i could find out. I ask Brooklyn where we are driving to and she responds with going on a plane. I knew we weren't due to the 3 oz liquid rule. :) So i ask her a few more times and she tells me to see. . . BEARS!

Bear World! We had talked about it before and thought it would be fun to go, and we were on our way. I was excited to be out and about with the family. And on a road trip, since we haven't been on one recently!

And one thing i was extremely excited about was our hotel. Let me explain, i don't care to much about the hotel in general, the little bottles of shampoo and uneasy feeling about the blankets. But what i love most of all is the breakfast! Eric thinks i am very weird for being excited over something so small. and to be honest with you i am not sure why i look forward to it, Is is the free breakfast that gets me, or the variety, or the endless supply. I am not sure still but either way it was wonderful to say the least. We went swimming, out to dinner and on a walk, it was a very nice evening. Getting ready for the day ahead.

Brooklyn was excited once she saw the sign and the bear.

She kept telling me that was the mama bear. Just admiring the bear and the flowers. We were planning on driving thought first then getting out and looking around. But Eric has to use the restroom and once Brooklyn and i got out we were so hooked on looking and petting all the animals!

We walked into the petting zoo, a real petting zoo you can walk around in and those two deers were either trying to get out or getting ready for breakfast. But i was surprised at how confident Brooklyn was with going up to the animals and petting them.

My favorite part was the pig of course! he was so huge and didn't move the whole time we were there. Smart one he was, he was in the shade on some wet grass, why move.

Brooklyn and the big fat PIG!

Brooklyn trying to feed the deer grass, but unfortunately they were smart enough to wait until daddy got some quarters to put into the food dispenser to wait for some real food.

This was the baby deer, we were told not to pet her because she has been getting sick from humans. Poor thing. She was quiet adorable soaking up the sun.

okay i am going to make myself sound really dumb, but i am not sure what he is. He looks like a lama, but i'm not sure. Anyways he was super cute and attentive as well.

After the restroom visit and some petting zoo, we headed into the car to see the bears! Once again unfortunately we were stuck behind a HUGE RV that was towing a car along, which made it a lot slower. Eric was getting a tiny nervous when we entered the bear part, cause the park ranger told us to keep our windows up, don't stop the car and the bears will probably want to get on top of the pilot. Great! now we get to worry about that. The HUGE rv took forever trying to make the turned which made us stop, countless times, but thank goodness the bears were not too active cause we didn't have any issues with bears on our car!

We were surprised with how many bears there actually were, some in the water. Most of them either walking around or sleeping in the shaded areas.

You know bears are big, but i guess you don't realized how big they actually are until you see them in person. Amazing animals! After that we headed back to the petting zoo, Brooklyn and i couldn't get enough of the interaction with the animals.

Even daddy joined in on feeding the dears.

And everything one else that came up to him.

He was a popular man for a while, with all that food in his hand.

While daddy and Brooklyn fed the animals i sat down next to some deer to enjoy some time with them.

They are so beautiful! I was able to sit with them for a while and just pet and rub their noses. Boy do those deers love to have their noses rubbed. Just like dogs!

Eric came up to me and was watching me sit next to the deer, I quickly looked up with the biggest puppy dog eyes i could have and asked if we could have a deer! But you know what his response was.

while i was spending time with the deers, i look over and saw Brooklyn approach. . him and enjoy him just as much as i was. It was so sweet to watch her be so gentle with these animals.

Next we watched the baby bears! Up close and personal! They were so cute! The trainers got them all roudy so they would splash in the water or jump on each other and play. Brooklyn loved watching them "fight" as she says.

Couldn't resist the next picture!

Almost there sweetie!

Mama and baby bear!

They also had a place were you could ride the amusement rides! The bonus of going on a week day and int he morning was no lines! Plus this was Brooklyn's first time on a roller coaster or ride ever! Since there was a weight limit, I was luck enough to take brooklyn. Not sure if my stomach fit in all of those rides, but hey i was under the 180lbs mark! She has so much fun, waving at dad, putting her arms in the air. She is for sure a dare devil! She made it so much fun, i couldn't stop laughing.

We had such a great time, we will for sure go ahead in the near future. Thanks sweetie for making this surprise trip PERFECT!