In Wyoming, we stayed at this ski resort called Jackson Hole. We did many things like; we hiked some of the Saratoga Trail, a trail that goes up one of the many mountains in Jackson Hole. It was very pretty, yet muddy. We took a large gondola up to the top of this mountain, and it was very cold, and covered with snow!!! I climbed a rock wall, and technically did some bungee jumping, which was probably the most terrifying experience of my life.

We took an hour-long horse ride. You were assigned a horse to ride, and I got a horse named Cody. She was so pretty. I felt so high and scared sitting on her at first. We begun our ride in the valley, but we wound our way up and around this mountain covered in forest. There was a rough path made that we followed, it was about a foot wide and it was very rocky. We learned how to control our horses. To make him or her stop, you pull back on the reins. To make her turn left, you lift the reins and turn them left. To turn right, you do the same thing except you turn right. To make her go faster, you kick your heels into her sides, but not too hard. The ride was so fun! The forest and the views were breathtaking and the weather was great.

At the end of the ride, I was so comfortable on Cody. Since we took the last ride of the day, we got to see the “cowboys” wrangle the horses. They opened the gates of the corral and all the horses came running out, led by a cowboy to an open pasture. It was probably the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

This morning we woke up very early, loaded the car, said our goodbyes to Jackson Hole, and headed for Jackson, the small town below Jackson Hole.  There we had breakfast a very historical hotel, finished in 1941, The Wort Hotel.  At the bar, they had 2,032 silver liberty dollars embedded into the bar. They were from 1921, and are uncirculated, so they are very valuable. Then we headed for Yellowstone National Park for the second time within four days. We stopped there on our way to Jackson Hole, hoping to see Old Faithful go off. When we arrived, it was pretty late, we had at least three hours to drive, and we had just missed Old Faithful go off. It goes off every 90 minutes. We had to get to Jackson Hole before it got too late or dark, so we grudgingly left.

My mom felt terrible about missing Old faithful, so we came back after breakfast in Jackson. We got there just on time. It was awesome. Old faithful is a geyser. Boiling water shoots out from the top to release pressure from the water building up and traveling underground.The water shot up so high!It was definitely worth it.

After Yellowstone, we drove into Montana. We were in Montana for at the most ten minutes. Then, we drove into Idaho. We are headed for Seattle, Washington! I will write all about it.