YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

June 27, 2013

Today we took a drive from Teton National Park up to Yellowstone National Park for the day.  I know you can't do Yellowstone National Park justice in just one day, but we also didn't want to get so close and not go there at all.  So we decided we'd just see what we could in the day we had.  We went first to the Old Faithful Geyser.  There were so many people there, we decided not to wait around there for the Geyser to go off, but to just move on to another area.  We've both seen the geyser go off several times before.  The crowds in Yellowstone were pretty intense in every view point and area we stopped.   This picture was taken at my favorite spot in Yellowstone, Artist's Point which overlooks the upper falls in Yellowstone canyon.  

Artist Point in Yellowstone Canyon

On our drive through Yellowstone, we encountered a HUGE bison taking his time crossing the road.  I think this was the biggest bison we've seen so far.   The picture was taken through my windshield, so it's a little fuzzy.

Bison crossing the road

 We also spotted this elk casually dining along the side of the road.  We pulled over to take a picture (along with lots of other people).   We never did see any bears.  I can remember coming here when I was a kid and we saw several bears.  I did read that they have tried to remove the bears to areas within the park that are less populated with tourists.

We may go into Jackson tomorrow to check out the town square.