Snake River Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone was in my travel wishlist from a pretty long time and one fine morning we planned to visit this fabulous place. Yellowstone is a geological smoking gun that illustrates how violent the Earth can be.  Yellowstone National Park is made on an active volcano, with immense volcanic activity. This left Yellowstone with a …

... desert like terrain and up onto the grassy prairie, stopping to appreciate the unique vegetation and occasional wildlife sighting. Yellowstone National Park was a lesson in geology and thermal dynamics (at least that’s what I was told). It was an ...

... us glistening with color and excitement. Watching as out beautiful country side passes us by. We leave today from Yellowstone National Park leaving behind beautiful mountains and luscious forests. We arrived at Old Faithful and waited about 20 minutes ...

Brendan: We are having a great time the on the trip so far.  We left Yellowstone today and we are heading to Glacier National Park. We saw bison, lots of bison. Rebecca: OK, yes, we have seen lots of bison (aka buffalo) but we have seen lots of ...

... the park tomorrow. Another main difference we have noticed in comparison to Australia is that in America you can take your dog into any National Park so long as you clean up after it and keep it under control on a lead.  This is something that would ...

... in the scenic highlights, including Jenny Lake, Moose Junction (notice the wild moose spotted at the Post Office) and the Snake River.  They don't stretch the truth in all the brochures...the Tetons are even more beautiful viewing them in ...

... for a picnic lunch.  On our way to Yellowstone we were somewhat distracted by the Grand Tetons, Lake Jackson, and the Snake River!   We stopped at the Colter Bay Visitor's Center.  I bought myself a pair of silver moose earrings and ...

... uneventful trip most of the way  to the entrance.  However, on the way we saw a sign that said that the Grand Teton National park was only a few miles past the entrance.  So, we decided to go for it after giving up on being able to go a ...

... the Grand Teton NP and into Yellowstone NP.  For the whole morning today, I will mostly be driving in flat plains of the Snake River Plains.  Roads were just like at home, except it was much dryer.  Of course, I couldn't go a day without ...

Today brought us to Yellowstone National Park.  The highlight of today's journey without a doubt was viewing the Grand Tetons.  So majestic, like nothing I could imagine.  Our 1st stop was for a float trip down the Snake River, a 1076 ...

... how we love Taco Bell.  Our quest began at 7:30am with a long drive to Yellowstone National Park.  Yellowstone is the first National Park in the United States consisting of over 2 million acres.  This of course translates to a lot of driving, over ...