Wednesday, July 23, 2008

You have to see for yourself

Day 4. Yellowstone!

We spent the entire day in Yellowstone -- 9 am to 9 pm. While I can't say that we saw the WHOLE park, you'd be impressed by what we DID manage to see.

Gas in West Yellowstone.


Most people say it usually takes about 4-5 days to see "all" of Yellowstone. We were here for less than 2 days but managed to "see" most of the major tourist spots. Don't worry though, we're planning to come again some other time to explore the 980 miles of hiking trails.

Norris Geyser Basin
Mammoth Hot Springs
Canyons
Upper and Lower Yellowstone Falls
Sulfur Cauldron
Mud Volcano
Old Faithful (again)
Grand Prismatic Springs
Bison herd (complete with calf feeding)
Bison crossing
Bald eagle
Two coyotes
Artist Point
Yellowstone Lake
Fountain Paint Pots

Our shadows over a spring at Norris Geyser Basin.

Towards the end of the day at Grand Prismatic Spring.

Old Faithful at sunset... we saw it again!

A highlight: we even saw Carrie Anne Moss (of Matrix fame) with her family!!!

I HIGHLY recommend each of you to come and visit Yellowstone some day... it really is magnificent.

Tomorrow, we head off to MOUNT RUSHMORE!

4 comments:

Gabe said...

That's a LOT of places! Last time I went was when I was younger...

A lot of driving perhaps?... You should probably draw a map to give us an idea of all those places!

Dora said...

That is a really cool photo of Old Faithful!

Gabe said...

I agree with Dora -- that is a cool photo :)...

Great to see pictures and more 'evidence' of this cross-country trip :).

Erica said...

carrie anne moss ? seriously? did you take pictures with her?