Yellowstone!
Aug. 12th, 2010 12:46 pmThis trip was made possible thanks to a personalized itinerary by the one and only Holly Green. :)
Departing Idaho, with the Tetons rising like ghosts in the background:

Son 2's leg was fine so we went to Yellowstone yesterday. I think that um...we could do a better job of preparing next time, but hey, we have a year's pass and can go any time we want (weather permitting). We didn't see a lot of wildlife, probably because we were mostly looking at thermal features that animals are probably smart enough NOT to walk on, and also, visiting Yellowstone means visiting very wild, dangerous nature--with ten thousand of your closest friends. I guess it scares away the bears, but on the flip side, it's very populated. We did see a bald eagle (no photo) and its nest (I took a photo but someone who didn't realize what I was taking a picture of deleted it...). We also saw a herd of elk.
The pictures are starting from the west entrance and going south on the lower loop. We got as far as Old Faithful, but there was seriously no parking, and thousands of people, so I think we'll wait until schools starts and the crowds die down, and start there for our next segment. Certain Spouses were adamantly opposed to seeing OF at all, but Certain Children would have felt it was a serious oversight to get within a quarter mile of it and not even try. Hopefully everyone will get their satisfaction before the year is out. ( Read more... )
Departing Idaho, with the Tetons rising like ghosts in the background:

Son 2's leg was fine so we went to Yellowstone yesterday. I think that um...we could do a better job of preparing next time, but hey, we have a year's pass and can go any time we want (weather permitting). We didn't see a lot of wildlife, probably because we were mostly looking at thermal features that animals are probably smart enough NOT to walk on, and also, visiting Yellowstone means visiting very wild, dangerous nature--with ten thousand of your closest friends. I guess it scares away the bears, but on the flip side, it's very populated. We did see a bald eagle (no photo) and its nest (I took a photo but someone who didn't realize what I was taking a picture of deleted it...). We also saw a herd of elk.
The pictures are starting from the west entrance and going south on the lower loop. We got as far as Old Faithful, but there was seriously no parking, and thousands of people, so I think we'll wait until schools starts and the crowds die down, and start there for our next segment. Certain Spouses were adamantly opposed to seeing OF at all, but Certain Children would have felt it was a serious oversight to get within a quarter mile of it and not even try. Hopefully everyone will get their satisfaction before the year is out. ( Read more... )