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Yellowstone Trip Day 3

Happy First Day of Summer!!

We decided to head south from Madison Junction towards Old Faithful. We took Firehole Canyon Drive and saw that the river is really high here, so the hot springs are closed (the swimming ones). After that we drove to Fountain Paint Pots and enjoyed seeing the bubbling and plopping. I took tons of pictures of the mud bubbling and we got soaked by Clepsydra Geyser. Once we got to the Upper Geyser Basin, we were just in time to see Old Faithful erupting. We walked the long trail to Morning Glory Pool and got to see lots of geysers and hot springs along the way. Anemone Geyser was really neat, we got to see the pool empty and then fill and erupt, all within 30 seconds or so.

After our long, nearly 4 miles of walking, we stopped for ice cream at the Old Faithful Lodge. We watched Old Faithful erupt one more time before going to the visitor center to watch their movie and see the exhibits.

On our drive back to camp we stopped along the Firehole Lake Drive and enjoyed seeing the geysers and hot springs. Back at camp we had dinner and then went swimming!

National Park Mountain

Silex Spring

Fountain Paint Pots

Clepsydra Geyser

Castle Geyser

Crested Pool

Firehole River

Punchbowl Spring

Grotto Geyser

Morning Glory Pool

Color bands of Morning Glory Pool

Chromatic Pool

Bulger Geyser

Spasmodic Geyser

Great Fountain Geyser

Pink Cone Geyser

Yellowstone Trip Day 2

We were so excited to continue our journey and finally get to Yellowstone. Along the way this day, we stopped at the Missouri Headwaters State Park and got to see the confluence of the Madison, Jefferson, and Gallatin Rivers. Although we couldn't really see much because the water was so high...

Missouri Headwaters State Park, flooded...

Then we went to the Museum of the Rockies. We HAD to stop here to see the dinosaur exhibits, and we were not disappointed.

Feeding chickens... before the chicken bite! Poor Selena got "bit" by a chicken while she was trying to feed it...

Rest stop between Livingston, Montana and Yellowstone.

Yellowstone Finally!!!

Gardiner, Montana entrance to Yellowstone.

As we entered the park we started seeing lots of animals...

Yellowstone Trip Day 1

Our first day on our journey to Yellowstone!
We are eagerly anticipating our arrival in the park, but we had some stops along the way. We stayed at the Lewis and Clark Caverns State Park, and visited the caverns for a tour. It is a 2 mile, 2 hour guided tour, and it is excellent!