#64 - Yellowstone National Park

I had been to several state parks, but I had never been to a national park, until today.  We drove down from our cabin in Big Sky, Montana and made it to the West Gate in about an hour.  We then drove around the central loop, hitting the Paint Pots, Old Faithful, Yellowstone Lake, Hayden Valley, and the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River.  We got to see lots of wildlife, especially the 4 bison that chose to walk in the road in front of us. 

8/8/08 - We couldn't get enough so we came back and attended a ranger program, saw several more water falls and drove above the clouds in the mountains of Yellowstone.  Our last view of the day was of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone capped by the Lower Falls at Artist Point.  We made it there at dusk and saw the moon over the falls. 

Next trip we'll try to plan time to make it down to Grand Teton National Park south of Yellowstone.  It would have been a 6 hour round trip from where we were staying (it doesn't look that far on the map).