Fairfield Inn By Marriott West Yellowstone

Der absolute Hammer...auch unser zweiter, dritter und vierter Tag im Yellowstone waren traumhaft, unbeschreiblich, spannend und dieses Mal hat sogar das Wetter mitgespielt. Wir haetten locker 1000 Fotos machen koennen, haben uns aber auf 200 beschraenkt :-) Wir haben Hunderte von Bisons (Amerikanische Bueffel), unzaehlige Elche, ca. 10 Koyoten, Springboecke, Gaense, Voegel, Squirrels, etc. gesehen. Die Elche hier sehen zwar eher wie grosse Hirsche aus, aber ...

Yellowstone rocks! So was cooles haben wir noch selten gesehen...Wir haben heute erst einen kleinen Teil des Parkes besucht und sind bereits riesige Fans. Unglaublich, was die Natur hier zeigt. Man koennte stundenlang einfach dastehen und zusehen...und es gibt wahnsinnig viel zu sehen!

Leider ist seit gestern in Montana der Winter eingezogen, weshalb wir heute morgen zuerst unser Auto freischaufeln mussten...Krass, von ueber 30 Grad in Hawaii zu 0 Grad in ...

... below the road. More buffalo were grazing and once more a traffic jam ensued because the bull was using the southbound lane. And I saw elk. One just grazing by the house near the Mammoth parking lot. A small herd by the other parking lot. They like the Mammoth area and stage their rutting battles there. On the way back to the hotel there was a small herd of elk in the riverside grasses, one still swimming and the rest feeding.

Old Faithful didn't disappoint.

Saw a beautiful bison at sunset.

Good riding but the traffic made it more exhausting than necessary. Apparently Yellowstone National Park gets 30,000+ visitors PER DAY!

More to come later... just wanted to post pics now while i have high-speed connection.

... Morning Glory pool. Even though its the longest walk, it is now all on boardwalks to protect the area and to keep people away from the dangerous hot thermal areas (not like 12 year ago when we ran out there and back along a much more primitive track). We pass plenty of smaller pools and geyers, although the later do not erupt while we are around. Some of them are dormant. Others have not erupted for days, weeks, months or even years. We find ...

... Stood around for 30 mins ish and moved on. More spotter's 5 mins away........And they had a Grizzly!!! Coming down from the hill. there wwas a Carcus on the other side of the road that it was heading for. Even when you know it'sout there it is so hard to see. They move so slowly and amazingly blend in with the shortest bit of brush!! So down he came taking all ...

... fail to see the creator admist the beauty of Yellowstone is beyond me. We then drove up to the lamar Valley, just before the turn at tower junction we saw several antelope in the field coming down into the valley. As we turned toward Lamar Valley we saw several horse ridders. We considered doing this but it was pretty pricey and you had to be at least eight to ride so that left Laney out. It was not far downt he road - just beyond the Yellowstone ...

Day 27 - Yellowstone NP, WY - July 17, 2008 - Thursday Drove into the park today. Took about an hour from Livingstone. Had a hard time deciding which campground to stop at, but knew we had to stop and find a campsite before they all filled. Finally decided on Norris Campground, halfway between Mammoth Hot Springs (North entrance) and Old Faithful. Had a quick lunch then walked down to the Museum of the National ...

... was to see buffalo so I was a happy girl. From there we drove all through the eastern and northern part of the park. We saw a brown bear cub on the side of the road. I'm going to let most of the pictures speak for themselves. We saw so much and spent about 9 hours in the park. You could see the places where ...

... actually getting tossed in jail, the soundtrack, and casting. It was amusing and it helped get us to sleep. I thought about Vicki but I didn't cry because I kept telling myself not to think about it and to handle it when the time comes. I hate waiting until Aug. 19th though. I want to see her face-to-face now and find out why she did this to me. My heart still hurts but I'm doing a better job of not letting it show. 9:18 - Onto Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces. 9:21 - Going ...