Work Hard Play Hard

After buying our old schoolhouse last summer, we knew it was going to take a lot of work to make it what we want and to fix it up.

And while we are far from doing EVERYTHING we want to do, after spending several hours this past week and weekend working on the sprinkler system, weeding (yes, these monsters are weeds!),

greenhouse, weeds, work hard, play hard, http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/2016/05/work-hard-play-hard.html

and prepping the 1200 square foot greenhouse (which included clearing out all my wood we had stored in there), we spent Sunday in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone, bison, work hard, http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/2016/05/work-hard-play-hard.html

We saw five bears--this one was the first one, a two year old.

Yellowstone, National Park, bear, http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/2016/05/work-hard-play-hard.html

We saw a mama bear with two cubs.

yellowstone, black bear, mama bear, http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/2016/05/work-hard-play-hard.html

mama bear, YNP, http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/2016/05/work-hard-play-hard.html

Peek-a-boo!

And a cinnamon bear in the wet snow.

Yellowstone, snow, bear, http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/2016/05/work-hard-play-hard.html

The petrified tree in Yellowstone. It was a redwood which is unusual for Montana.

Yellowstone, petrified tree, http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/2016/05/work-hard-play-hard.html

Basically all of Yellowstone is a caldera--or a volcanic crater.

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Yellowstone, Mammoth, Hot Springs, http://bec4-beyondthepicketfence.blogspot.com/2016/05/work-hard-play-hard.html

Hellooo...

Oh, give me a home... Fun fact: there are no buffalo in the US, or at least ones that aren't native. Buffalo live in Africa and Asia, bison in North America.