Friday, July 11, 2008

Day Eight- Yellowstone




Today, after sleeping in a little late we finally made it to Yellowstone National Park. Our first stop was at Norris Geyser Basin. We saw lots of hot springs, thermal vents, and geysers. They were pretty cool looking because they were all so colorful. This is from the algae and bacteria that live in the hot environment. I'm not so sure that everyone appreciated this walk to see everything. Then we went to have a nice picnic lunch near the Gibbon River. On the way to see Old Faithful we drove along Firehole Lake Drive where we got to see Firehole Falls. We finally made it to Old Faithful and we probably had to wait about 30 minutes or so to erupt. The eruption only lasted about maybe 5 minutes. On our way back to the RV we came across some elk and bison. Some of these critters caused some traffic jams. Everyone pulled over and got out of their cars to take pictures, including me. It was just so cool to see these animals in their own environment. Soon the Park Ranger came along and was getting the traffic to keep moving.

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