After coming back from Georgia, our next big happening was making a trip over to Yellowstone. I thought it was going to be just a day trip, but Wooster surprised us and it was a weekend anniversary trip. We stayed over on the west side of the park, in Montana in the little town of West Yellowstone.
(Bison scratching on a buck fence)
(Grizzly #1 feeding in a field)
(Old Faithful)
(Grizzly #2 on side of road.)
(45th Parallel of Latitude Halfway between equator and North Pole)
Funny, quick story about this car. We got behind this funny looking car/truck. We then noticed the plates and stickers. How and why were the two main questions? So, we pulled up next to them and asked. They were a retired couple who decided to take a trip of a lifetime. They had their car shipped to South America in January of 2014. They have been driving up through South America, Central America, Mexico and the United States. They were going to make their way back down to Los Angeles and have their car shipped back to them from there. They had a ship out date of the end of December 2014. We asked what all they have seen and they responded “Everything”. Cheers were given and we set back out on the road.
The Road. Yellowstone is basically LOTS of driving. Then you stop for a little bit and drive some more. We made it to all the entrances except the South. We saw two grizzlies, swans, many different ducks, bison, elk, and rabbits. The second grizzly that we saw was *right* on the road. He was SO close. People were getting out and trying to take selfies with it. I went across the road and up a hill to take the picture.
Our favorite part of the ride was from the north entrance down to Cody, Wy on the Chief Joseph Highway. It was spectacular.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Highway_296
More on Chief Joseph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Joseph
Final thoughts on Yellowstone? We liked it. Not to sound ungrateful, but Glacier National up in Montana has got to be my most favorite. But Yellowstone had many perks, it is close and the girls are just now getting to where they could see and understand what was going on. In our future visits we are going to the boiling river, south entrance, bear tooth pass and down to the Tetons.
Love the pictures! I must say I am green with envy. I agree I like Glacier better than Yellowstone, although I do love Yellowstone, but the Tetons are my favorite! Y’all will love it and I look forward to reading about it and seeing pictures.
Glacier was our first visit and it truly is my “happy” spot in my mind. I LOVE that place. It even ruined the whole state of Alaska for me. :-/ The Tetons are SO on our list next. Thanks for the comments!