Summer Vacation Part 3

Today I'm going back to my summer vacation, and in my last post we had just traveled the Beartooth Highway and were about to enter Yellowstone National Park. We came through the Northeast entrance and then headed west till we got to Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces.

One of the many hydrothermal features of Yellowstone, the eerie looking landscape is formed by mineral-laden hot water from below the earth's crust that surfaces and builds tier after tier of cascading and terraced stone. Over thousands of years the water has been depositing large amounts of travertine daily.

It was a pretty steep climb up to see everything, but well worth it. In fact, as we were climbing we could see storm clouds to the south, which made my pictures even more dramatic!

 An interesting fact, if you're a Star Trek fan is that scenes were shot on one of the terraces for "Star Trek: the Motion Picture", to represent the planet Vulcan. There is definitely something otherworldly about this place, that's for sure!
After that we were tired from all the walking and crowds, so we headed to West Yellowstone. West Yellowstone is the western entrance to the park and that was where our hotel was.

Oh, and here is a shot of me in one of the many gift shops in West Yellowstone. They all seemed to have a huge stuffed bear in their entrances, so I couldn't resist! If you want to read about our first and second days of our trips here they are. Tomorrow I will show you our day at Old Faithful. Bye for now!

What I Wore

Now that I'm back home from my vacation, I'm able to take outfit shots again. It was just to hard to do when I was on the road. Plus, I mostly dressed for hiking; which consisted of a tee, shorts, sox, hiking shoes and a sweatshirt if it was chilly. 

This weekend we finally went to see Finding Dory, as we wanted to wait till my daughter was back home. I was in the mood for sunny yellow, so I wore my handmade yellow and orange floral skirt. Next time I wear the necklace I'll get a better shot, but it is basically a vintage white and gold chain necklace from which I removed the pendant replaced with two yellow handmade tassels.

Skirt and blouse: made be me

Sandals: Target

Necklace: vintage 

Belt: old

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Summer Vacation Part 2

Yesterday I showed you the first couple of days of our trip, with stops in Custer and Spearfish SD, and Billings MT. Next we headed out early in the morning to drive the Beartooth Highway.  It stretches from Red Lodge MT to Cooke City. It's been called one of America's most beautiful highways, and I'd have to say that I agree. It's also a rather stomach dropping drive too, as you reach an altitude of 10,947ft!

At one of the overlooks, there were tons of ground squirrels and chipmunks just begging for something to eat. So my daughter and I were having a blast feeding them peanuts. So much so that I didn't want to stop!

Here we are, me and my girl!

These pictures start to tell you just how high up we were. I have to admit that I was having a hard time looking down without getting the heebeejeebees!

But the views were worth it! So beautiful!

By now we were at the very top, with 360 degree views of the Beartooth Plateau and surrounding mountain peaks. There we saw a group of big horn sheep, but we couldn't stop to take a pic darn it!

As we started to descend on the other side, we were treated with stunning views of the Absaroka-Beartooth wilderness.

Above is a pic of  Pilot and Index Peaks.

Here is another view of Pilot Peak. At this point we were about to enter Cooke City. There we had lunch and a break before entering Yellowstone Park. Tomorrow I will show you some pix from the time we spent at Mammoth Terraces. And if you missed yesterday's post about deer feeding in Custer check it out here!   Bye for now!

Summer Vacation Part 1

Our first family vacation in years started off with Hubby and I heading to  Custer SD to visit with the In-laws and pick up our daughter who had been staying with them for the month of June. While there we watched all the deer around their property.

 My daughter would feed the deer every day while she was there.

The next day we picked up my sis in Spearfish SD and headed as far as Billings. Below are the Big Horn Mountains off in the distance. They were just of taste of all the mountains we would be seeing in the coming week!

Here is a selfie of me, hubby, my sis and daughter. We were having so much fun in the wind! Lol!

Tomorrow I will show you pix from Beartooth Pass, it was amazing! Bye for now!

Hiking in Yellowstone

Hiking in Yellowstone by bewitchedmagic featuring Dex

L L Bean blue shirt
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T shirt
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Dex jeans
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Northside evening shoes
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Crossbody purse
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Vintage U.S. Parks Posters
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DIY Graphic Tee

I've been on the look out for the perfect graphic tee for awhile now and just couldn't find exactly what I wanted. And then I saw this phrase and because I'm going to be doing a lot of hiking very soon, I thought I would try out using a fabric marker and see what happened. I bought a tee at Old Navy the other weekend when they were $5 and a black fabric marker at Michaels.  You want to make sure and wash the tee before beginning.

Then I laid it out flat on my work table and put a piece of foam core underneath (and in between layers) to protect the back of the shirt. You could use any piece of thick cardboard or poster board.

Next I drew out my design with pencil on a piece of paper and retraced with marker. I made sure I made the design the right size for the tee. You could also download a design from the computer and print it out if you want.

Then I placed that paper under the top layer and positioned it where I wanted it.

According to the directions for this marker, I  needed to shake the pen vigorously to get the ink to the point and press down on a scrap of paper a couple of times too.

I also laid down some weights to keep the tee from moving around as I traced the letters.

The tee is stretchy so I found that doing a stippling motion with the marker worked better then a brush stroke method. 

After letting it dry overnight laying flat it was ready to wear the next day. I haven't tried washing it yet, but I'm pretty confident it will wash well. 

This turned out even better than I thought, and I can't wait to wear it! If you try this I would love to see your results. Bye for now!