While in Rock Springs, we took a drive to one of my favorite places. Flaming Gorge! My family usually goes there a couple times a year but we go to the opposite end of the lake than we went this time. We went to Firehole and it was B-E-A-utiful! I loved it!! When we went down by the lake the first time, Mason was asleep in the car, so we let him sleep while Vance and I got out and walked around, skipped rocks, and played in the water a bit.
We then got back in the car and continued down the road to enjoy more of the view. The gorge has never been so green before! It is always so desolate, but it didn't look so bad this time! I know you are all thinking I'm crazy because it looks very desolate in the pictures. I guess I didn't get very good pics of how green it was. I promise it looked green!
Vance was very proud of the large amount of dust he kicked up (pic on the left)! It took a lot of speed and fish tails, but he sure enjoyed himself while I made sure he didn't get too out of control! Through it all, he even managed to almost keep Mason asleep! The middle picture is part of a boat dock that was floating in a bay.
While we were driving, we came across a herd of antelope. There were 17 of them and they were all bucks! It was pretty cool. I usually don't see that many bucks in five years combined. Most of them were younger, but there were a couple big ones. The smaller ones were constantly stopping to fight eachother (pic on the left). It was fun to watch. Before we drove off, Vance had to make sure he made them run! It definitly got Mason's attention.
One reason I loved Firehole, was because of all the prarie dogs! When I was little we used to see tons and tons of prarie dogs at the gorge wherever we camped. But over the last 10 years or so, they have been killed off by predators, and people shooting them for fun. I have missed seeing them around so much. Then over the last couple of years, we've slowly seen them make a come back. There was a big group of them at Firehole and it made me sooooo happy!!
Before we left, we wanted Mason to see the water so we went back near the first spot we went because it was perfect for wading in. It was so fun to watch him explore and get wet and not seem to care how cold the water was. Although we didn't let him sit in it for too long, he sure enjoyed it!! We kept trying to get him to hold his feet still so we could take pictures of his feet with our feet, but he just loved moving his toes around in the water, so it didn't work too well. These are as good as it gets! We're excited to take him there more in the summer!
Sorry this post was so long. There were just too many pics! I actually left a ton out, as I always do. We take TONS of pictures, as you all know, but we're very glad we do! Anyways, we had a lot of fun and it was good to see a different side of the gorge!
