Utah to Idaho to Montana to Wyoming into Yellowstone

After a week in Park City we left fairly early on Friday morning August 8. The van was loaded to the top but we were able to make room for Debby and her suitcases. She was excited because not only had she added Utah to her states that she had been in but we were going through Idaho, Montana and into Wyoming. From my perspective it was a very long and tiring day but we finally made it to West Yellowstone, Montana and then to Yellowstone Park entrance. I thought, great we are here, only to find out that we had about 2 more hours driving in the park until we got to where we were to stay.

What an awesome God!!! I had not researched anything about Yellowstone so it was all new to me. On the way to our cabins to check in we stopped to see some falls. Then we stopped in Hayden Valley because the bison were on the road. We went through that valley 7 times during the week and had to stop 6 of those times. We did get some great pictures of the bison.

The next stop was to take pictures of an elk.

We finally reached the Lake area and checked into our cabins. They were small and simple but workable. We unloaded the van with what we needed and went to bed.

Relaxing on the porch of the Lake Lodge.

The early morning walkers. We tried to do 2 miles each day.

Saturday we went to the geyser area in West Thumb. There were many different types and colors. Some were beautiful blue and just seemed to let off some steam. Others looked like bubbling mud. Some spit out streams of water. Some were very white, some had orange and yellow coloring.

We drove to Old Faithful and waited to see it erupt. It really was anti-climatic because of all the others we had seen. But we were in awe of these geysers, how they work and the effect they have on the surface. They were very interesting.

Sunday we drove to the Canyon area and saw the Upper and Lower Falls along with the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. The views can’t really be described well nor do the pictures show the true majesty of the scenery. It seemed that each time we saw something that was so beautiful another thing would be more beautiful.

Then there were the animals. We really did enjoy what we called “the bison jam”. The bison were interesting to watch. They pawed the dirt and made loud grunting noises. There were bulls, cows and young ones. We saw deer browsing near our cabins. Oh how beautiful is God’s creation.

On Monday we went south and drove through Grand Teton National Park. Here we enjoyed the higher mountain range that of course still had snow on top. We saw a coyote. This was the last day for Deb to be with us. We are thankful for the time we had together and the fun we had viewing God’s creation. We took her to the Jackson Hole airport which is actually still in the park. She headed home to Nashville and we headed back to Yellowstone for the rest of the week.