Day 2 of Yellowstone NP

Since we're leaving the area on Wednesday we decided to spend our Anniversary in Yellowstone today. Even though yesterday was a long day of driving we slept well last night and we both felt we could handle another long day of driving. Besides we can rest up tomorrow!

We packed a lunch and headed out around 1030. While driving north through the Shoshone National Forest we stopped and took this picture of the moon

The Absaroka Mountains and Shoshone National Forest are simply gorgeous and I've enjoyed traveling through them to reach the East entrance to Yellowstone. I've more pictures that I'll share tomorrow.

these flowers were everywhere in the park

Kepler Cascades

Old Faithful before

and after!


We drove through Hayden Valley again where we saw the Bison yesterday. About two hours later than yesterday and the herds were further away from the road Only a few of the males were munching and posing

sometimes it looks like they're posing!


this big guy looks like the one we saw yesterday off by himself, we both commented on his light color thinking maybe he's an older bison. Well today he was holding up traffic and posing for the camera

mighty impressive up close! This was taken from the truck window and he was only on the other side of the rode

The Teton mountains as seen across Yellowstone Lake from Lake Butte. Another National Park we need to visit!

I had a wonderful day with my husband of 36 years. I'm not sure how I got so lucky when he picked me but I'm glad he did and I said yes. Thank you my love for so many wonderful years. I love you!

Yellowstone NP

This morning we left Camp Three Forks at 0900! And we had to hit the dump station before we left. We knew we had a long trip ahead of us, Jim said 6 hours so we wanted to be on the road early.

Within an hour we were inside Yellowstone National Park and driving into Wyoming. Another new state for us.

Yellowstone River, which was on one side or the other almost the whole trip through the park

First Bison, lots of cars stopped, people out taking pictures. We drove on by after stopping for this shot. There was one on the other side of the road too.



While driving on one stretch of the road my Stetson flew out the back window and I got out to retrieve it while Jim drove on to find a place to pull over. I swear I walked at least a mile but I got my hat! After we got back on the road and went around the hill we found the herd!

Hundreds and hundreds of bison of all ages. It was neat seeing the calves

both sides of the road had the critters munching on the vegetation. At one point there were calves and moms crossing and re-crossing the road stopping traffic.

We finally arrived at Yellowstone Valley Inn and RV Park a little before 1600, so it took seven hours with all our stops in the park. Made for a long day but it was a beautiful drive! I'm looking forward to doing it again tomorrow!

After setting up I had some coffee while sitting outside with Jim (he had a cold Beer). We talked to a fellow Escapee then went for a walk. Jim took some pictures of the surrounding area and I've posted those pictures on Facebook. I will blog them but not today.