Blessings and Yellowstone

As I mentioned in my last post, Danny and I took a few days off and went up to Yellowstone.  Before I overwhelm you with too many pictures, I must share a little story first.  About a month ago I said to Danny in a whiny voice that I needed a vacation, a break, if you will.  (You see, it has been kind of a busy, stressful summer.  Work, including working many evenings, moving, new church callings, the decision to have Danny go back to school full time = Busy. And that = a burned out Jannifer.)  Danny is always nice when I use my whiny voice and encouraged me to look into a vacation.  I wasn't sure where I wanted to go, but I knew I needed to return to nature to recharge.  Nature, in all its beauty, seems so balanced and I needed to learn this lesson from God's creations.

We first thought about going camping, but I needed a longer break than that. (I only like camping for a couple nights.)  I looked into different options.  I looked at Southern Utah. Being among all the red rock is one of my favorite places in the world.  However, I knew my husband isn't a fan of the heat and every place I looked at seemed pricey.  I kept praying for a chance to get away and recharge.  Then the impression came "Yellowstone".  I'm serious when I say the idea was an impression.  And that made me happy because that meant Heavenly Father agreed with me about needing a break.

So I started looking around West Yellowstone for a place to stay, but everything was full.  I then remembered my dear friend Eliza telling me often about her love for Hebgen Lake, where her family had a cabin.  I searched for cabins near Hebgen Lake (which is about 12 miles away from Yellowstone) and found a campground/resort right on the lake with little rustic cabins.  They had a deal for buy one night get one night free the very week we wanted to head out of town.  This meant we got a killer deal on our cabin that was within our budget.  We arrived at our cabin Tuesday evening and it was more than I could ask for.  Away from the multiple motels in West Yellowstone all piled on top of each other, our little cabin sat right on the edge of the lake with its own dock.  It was set against the beautiful Montana mountains. Heaven on Earth.  Call it a smaller miracle, tender mercy, good karma, whatever you want, but to me it was such a sweet reminder of how very aware God is of His children.