Yellowstone

This was our second time in Yellowstone.  When we drove through 9 years ago, we did just drive through, but stopping for the obligatory photo at Old Faithful.  We only spent a day in a half this time but we did cover lots of ground.

We entered via West Yellowstone with the kids commenting how commercialized that little town outside of the West entrance was, like who needs to watch an IMAX movie here?  It was definitely a long line to pay the fees and enter the park, in fact the wait reminded us of crossing the US/Canadian border with the right express lane for the pass holders and the other three lanes for the newbies. Once inside, we drove the northern loop while stopping at all the major viewpoints.  Most of the cool sites were the thermals and the surrounding ground where the acidity had changed the ground surface into cool colors.

We also stopped at the various water falls. We also stopped for random wild animal sightings. We usually knew an animal was sighted when the traffic would slow way down as the inconsiderate drivers would slow down and take a photo from the car. We spotted lots of elk, bison and one bear cub, not sure where the mama bear was hiding.

After a long day of exploring the park we stopped at our destination for the evening, the Old Faithful Inn.