Finally!
Two years late, but we finally made it to Yellowstone. Yellowstone was to be the last stop on
our whirlwind cross country RV trip back in the spring of 2011. Rain and issues with the RV forced us
home early and we, sadly, drove past Yellowstone and went home.
Due to us deciding to head to Yellowstone in June, I made reservations
way back in January for an RV park. We stayed in West Yellowstone, MT. The RV park had beautiful grounds, lots
to do, it’s right in town and only four blocks from the west entrance to
Yellowstone. I highly recommend
Grizzly Yellowstone RV park if you decide to visit Yellowstone through the west entrance. The park also has tent camping and cabins.
This was our first trip to a major destination in high
season. Oh my. The RV park was full and there were
lines to get into Yellowstone every day.
The upside to going in summer is that the park was full of
KIDS. The two kids that came with
us were able to make some friends that didn’t have an AARP card. The downside, of course, is all the people.
We didn’t notice the crowds too much once in the park except
for when we were at Old Faithful and near Mammoth, the North entrance.
It was a wonderful trip.
I took hundreds of pictures and because I’m home and not on the
road, I’m going to post all of the ones I really like. Be prepared to wade
through close to 70 pictures.
We spent four full days in the park. We explored the Norris basin, the Old
Faithful area, West Thumb, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and Yellowstone Lake
with a short drive up to Mammoth, close to the north entrance and home to Park
Headquarters.
We saw elk, moose and bison. No bear sightings though.
One last note—I DID bring Slippery Soap with us, however, I
completely FORGOT about him. He
spent the entire trip locked away in his Ziploc bag in the RV. Oops.
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| Norris Basin (NB) |
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| NB-area- Artist's paint pots |
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| Artist's paint pots area near Norris Basin |
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| Bubbling mud pot |
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| More mud |
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| NB |
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| NB |
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| Keely did not want her picture taken..... |
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| And neither did Keith..... |
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| Jake, however, always has a smile for the camera. |
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| The Upper/Middle/Lower Geyer (UML) area near Old Faithful |
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| UML |
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| The bubbling mud pits were fascinating |
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| Got her |
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| Keely was NOT impressed with the smell |
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| UML |
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| UML |
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| UML |
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| UML |
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| Gorgeous view at the geyser area |
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| UML |
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| Porcelain basin |
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| Porcelain basin and Jake |
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| UML |
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| UML |
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| Just neat--UML |
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| LOVE all the different colors |
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| Oops. |
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| UML-Love the color and this picture shows the unknown depth. |
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| Bubbling spring |
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| Waiting for Old Faithful |
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| Old Faithful! |
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| Old Faithful |
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| Elk |
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| West Thumb area-neat to see hot springs at the shore of the lake |
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| West Thumb |
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| West Thumb |
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| She was walking through the geyser area |
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| West Thumb |
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| West Thumb |
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| West Thumb |
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| Gorgeous |
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| A geyser |
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| I love this picture |
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| Hot spring |
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| A bison directing traffic |
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| Yellowstone River |
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| Falls in the distance |
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| Upper Falls |
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| The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone |
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| GC |
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| GC |
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| Oh my. Just a beautiful place. |
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| GC |
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| GC |
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| A lone bison |
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| The herd on the hill |
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| Yellowstone Lake |
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| This picture is NOT x large because doing so makes my eye wrinkles stand out. :) |
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| The Lake |
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| Lake |
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| Moose! |
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| On the way to Mammoth |
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| To Mammoth |
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| Strange formation near Mammoth |
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| Obsidian cliff |
3 comments:
Wow! What gorgeous pictures! I especially liked the photo that you captioned, "I love this picture." I'm so glad you finally got to go. Was Joey able to join you? Keely and Jake are growing too fast! ;) *Cristi
Thanks Cristi--Joey couldn't come. She had work and school obligations.
Yes, I agree, they are growing up way too fast!
I love all these pictures! Even the non-extra large one. ;)
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