Yellowstone National Park

From Salt Lake City to Yellowstone via Idaho Falls. We went through another 3 states, Utah, Idaho, then into Montana before crossing into Wyoming as we went into Yellowstone NP.

When we stopped for lunch in Idaho Falls we saw a spot of rain for the second time in the whole trip, while sitting in front of the man-made falls.

Driving into Yellowstone was beautiful, and the first thing we had to do with what light we had was go see Yellowstone's most renowned Geyser, (water blow-holes) 'Old Faithful'. On the way we stopped to picture Bison, Deer, and Squirrels. We got to Old Faithful just in time though, it was set to erupt at 7:05pm and we were there at 6:55pm.

Watching it go was amazing though, I have never seen anything like it! It went for about 2-3 minutes and Bluey got it all on video.  Once it was finished we were back in our car for our 50 mile drive to the other side of the park where our accommodation was. The building was an 'old style' hotel, with shared bathrooms and showers. Bit of a 'different' experience for Bailey and I, no TV, no Wi-Fi, no air-conditioning. But we got through the night.

It must have taken us 5 hours to make our way around Yellowstone National Park, even though it is only about a 150km trip. There is just that much to see as you go along. There isn't too many varieties of forest animal that we didn't see, from Bison, Deer, Squirrels, and at one stage we stopped for about an hour to watch a Black Bear lay guard at the base of a tree as her cubs played merrily in the tree above.

Notice the bear cub backing down the tree in the centre of the photo

Today we booked a night at a hotel outside the park, back in Montana and also booked a 2 hour white-water rafting trip, very keen! Gena and Bluey decided we had to do some hiking today, not as keen.. When I get a CD Drive for my lap top, I have a heap of photos to put on!

~Riley.