We left Camp at 8:00 and drove through the famous North Arch. I had finally made it to Jellystone. We drove to the visitors centre at Mammoth Springs. The Weather was beautiful, but a bit on the chilly side. We walked up the boardwalks of Mammoth hot springs. It was very impressive. Then we drove around the upper loop and saw some more cool stuff. We drove through the park, stopping at Undine falls and on to Mt Washburn. A small hike ensued as it was very windy and cold (group photo main page). But we had a great view for our troubles.
Then we stopped at Canyon village for lunch. Then we went for a big hike. We saw some cool stuff like, boiling mudpots, a road runner (beep, beep) bubbling lakes, lots of interesting smells. Then we turned the corner and there it was The grand canyon of Yellowstone.
A "Wow" was about all you could muster. We walked along the rim until we could see lower falls in the distance, impressive. We then landed in tourist central (The falls lookout). An oriental woman said "photo" to me as I was sitting on a bench. So I though she wanted me to take her photo.
Not really she just wanted me to move my arse. We were spoiling her view, Gee. Ben was lucky enough to get roped into taking photos, with a very complex camera, well it looked that way.
Drove through Hayden Valley (got some very close up shots of some bison) to the mud Volcano. It was quite violent. Then we drove towards our campground, but stopped for some photos of dear and more bison. The campground name was very soothing "Grizzly Park". Just what you want to see when you rock up with tents. But it was an outstanding campground. Very neat with a laundry. Even had complementary coffee.
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