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The last few days were spent in Yellowstone National Park where we got to see cool hydrothermal features, beautiful waterfalls, lots of bison including two that hung out in our campsite, met some really nice folks, got rained on a lot, and got sick, again (Joe and Zoey, not me).

Our first day in Yellowstone we made the rounds of Old Faithful, visited a lot of the geysers, springs, and steam vents and saw lots of bison, elk and deer.  When we got back to the campsite Zoey, ever friendly, made friends with a boy named Steven who seemed happy to have someone to hang and explore with.   We had Steven and his Dad Bob over to the campfire for smores after dinner but the evening was interrupted by two huge bison bulls who decided to munch their way through the campground.  It was really amazing and a little scary to have these 2000 lb creatures hanging out by you –when they came too close we walked  behind the truck and trailer.  Yellowstone puts out these notices that every year visitors get gored by bison to put the fear into us so we kept our distance.  They hung out at our campsite for about 30 minutes before moving on.  What an experience.

The next day it rained, and rained, and then rained some more.  Joe and Zoey were down with the crud by then so I headed out alone to see the canyon and waterfalls and do some souvenir shopping.  Zoey and I also got to attend a couple of the campfire programs put on by the rangers which brought back lots of memories of my youth camping with my family.  I didn’t get to see the elusive bear but maybe next visit.

Then we headed south to the Grand Tetons but the rain and clouds obscured our views and nobody was up for camping or hiking in the rain so we just kept driving.  The Jackson Hole Wyoming area was absolutely beautiful – if we were sans 3 yr old I would have loved to do some horseback riding or white-water rafting in the area – guess we’ll just have to come back when Zoey’s about 9 years older J.

On to Salt Lake City.......