Yellowstone's Absaroka Lodge Gardiner

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 ...

... up to the Main Terrace was disappointing. The spring has completely dried up. So there were no more colorful thermophiles or water. At a distance we saw some nicer places that we walked over. It's the Canary Spring. There were many tourists at that part... Indians, Europeans, etc. I heard some Italian... but they don't look like Italian people to me :P

After that part we also saw an Elk at a distance ...

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.

... geyser and apsolutely timely however I just prefered the hours of hikes that we had taken within the wilderness. We had an excellent ranger talk at the "steamboat" geyser and the kids completed the "junior ranger program" which is no easy task !! It was very cute to see the ranger announce infront of everyone in the ranger station at Old Faithful that they had completed the program and awarded them their badges. Everyone in the ...

... Iris tried to convince her that he was digging for truffles. Ha. He finally got what he was after and sat down to eat. Then he started back up the hill and we all ran to our cars. (Bri would like it to be noted that she did get out of the car for a minute. She stood up against her door and then promptly got back in.) [*SEE THE VIDEO AT THE TOP*]
- Drove further and came up on a huge buffalo eating ...

... We were ready for lunch and we thought a bowl of corn chowder would be perfect, but alas, the Obsidian was not open for luch. So, we ate a fast food lunch at the Geyser Grill and it was time to hit the road again. We stopped for a RR break at the ranger station at the Madison River. The girls listened ...

Today was Kelly's birthday, so we got up early, she opened her gifts and we took her to breakfast. It was a beautiful day and we ventured out a little, but tomorrow we start exploring the park. After breakfast, we went to the IMAX movie, "Yellowstone." Kelly took the boys to a bear and wolf exhibit afterwards while I went to workout. Later in the day they went back to the exhibit ...

I headed into Livingston and stopped at the Safeway to look for a phone book. My recurring van problems were recurring and I wanted to fine an auto parts store. I saw a couple spots and went downtown to the business district. Before I got started I took a break at Daylight Donuts for a coffee and donut. As the name says it is only open mostly during daylight hours so I don't consider it a real donut joint ($.40). It had to do ...