Saturday, June 9, 2018

Yellowstone National Park

Yesterday after Bailey got off of work we hopped in the car for a 3 1/2 hour ride to Idaho Falls!  Turns out, 3.5 hour long drives aren't even bad at all.  Before we knew it, we were at Rachel and Spencer's apartment!  It was so great to see them and finally meet their adorable little daughter.  We stayed up late eating and talking, then it was off to bed for us to rest up for an adventure.

This morning we left for a short drive (about 2 hours) to Yellowstone National Park!


I had been to Yellowstone when I was a kid, but I was super excited to be back.  I remembered the smells and the colors of some of the pools, which we were able to see again today because that was our first stop!




Bailey had never been to Yellowstone before so it was extra exciting for him.  He also had an excuse to wear his Yellowstone shirt... which he bought in Primark in Amsterdam for 3 euros!  A much better price than the $29.99 souvenir tshirts at the gift shops in the park.


It was quite the windy day which resulted in some messy hair pictures.  It also resulted in serious amounts of steam from the pools blasting us from all directions!


We then drove to Old Faithful and admired the views along the way.  It is such a gorgeous park!  Bailey had a goal for the day to see lots of wildlife, and we crossed a whole bunch of bison off his list.



By the time we made it to Old Faithful, we had just missed the last eruption.  No worries - we needed time to eat anyway!  We looked around the gift shops and visitor center before grabbing some lunch.  I do not recommend their chili.



Old Faithful came late but it was fun making eruption time guesses and chatting with the Europeans next to us.  One of my favorite pastimes is watching Chinese tourists.  Eventually Old Faithful erupted and it was quite the sight!




Our next stop was Yellowstone Lake.  I wanted to try out the baby backpack, and Eleanor quickly fell asleep.  She was so cute and cozy!  She ended up sleeping for like three hours while in that baby backpack, and I enjoyed every minute of it.


I didn't realize that Yellostone had such a canyon.  We spent quite some time admiring the "Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone".  It was really beautiful!





We were able to drive over to the waterfall as well.  There was an upper falls and a lower falls, both were very powerful and cool to see!


Our last stop was Mammoth Hot Springs which was really amazing.  I can't believe that all of these formations are natural!  I loved all of the colors and didn't even mind the sulfuric smells.





I also enjoyed the sight of this hat because I can totally imagine the cute Chinese grandma who lost it.


Our drive home was eventful, as it included seeing a BEAR alongside the road.  In the wild!  I've never seen a bear in the wild.  Look how cute!


We also enjoyed the bison crossing the road before starting to fight each other.



The night ended with McDonalds and a drive back to Idaho Falls, where once again Bailey and I were able to spend the night in the awesome guest room Rachel and Spencer have.  We had an awesome day!

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