We finally made it to one of our prime destinations: Yellowstone National Park. We spent the night before in Gardiner, a cute little town just a mile outside the north entrance of Yellowstone. We spent our first day exploring the north end from west (Mammoth Hot Springs) to east (Lamar Valley).
We were in AWE. The size of the park, the landscape and wildlife were truly a sight to be seen. YELLOWSTONE IS A MUST SEE. We already want to come back and we haven't left yet.
JACK: "There were bison e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e......and a squirrel."
HARPER: "Being SO CLOSE! I was only 10 feet away from a bison which was right behind our car!"
JEFF: "I can't articulate into words the sheer beauty of the park."
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| North Entrance |
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| The world's first national park 1872 |
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| Pronghorns |
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| Mule deer |
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| Mule deer |
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| This big boy bison was right next to our car. |
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| Scratching an itch? |
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| Pronghorns |
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| Lamar Valley: we were hoping to see a wolf at dusk but instead we saw plenty of.... |
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| bison! |
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| We caught a few casually heading off to their deluxe accomodations for bed. We all laughed pretty hard. |
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| Harper loved the soft and fuzzy antlers on this beauty of a Mule deer. |
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| Mammoth Hot Springs |
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| Heading up to the top of the Mammoth Hot Springs |
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| The kids thought this looked like roasted marshmallows. |
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| We thought this looked like Superman's home on Krypton |
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| View from the top of Mammoth at dusk. We were the only one's up there at the time... |
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| Finally.....the top! |
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| Jack happily heading down from the top |
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| Liberty Cap: dormant hot spring cone |
