Vacation: Part VII

This is our last full day in Yellowstone. We got up super early and hit the road to look for animals. We got up so early that we left the kids in their pajamas and put them in the car. We went sight seeing for a couple hours. At one point we were at the same level (if not higher) than the clouds. Which was pretty cool to see.




We saw plenty of bison. Bison EVERYWHERE! So many bison that Max now says bison are his favorite animal and not giraffes.



















This one had steam coming off his back because it was so cold that early in the morning.


I really wanted a bison to be in the middle of the road just staring at me and not moving. I got my wish. I thought this was pretty cool.











We saw antelope.







We also saw a wolf and a coyote, but for some reason I can find those photos right now. You will just have to believe me.

Even a black bear. Everyone really wanted to see a grizzly, but that didn't happen. We were happy with the two black bears that we saw. They were pretty close to the road too.

Following the animal sighting adventure we went to see the grand canyon of Yellowstone. This was definitely beautiful and I am sure my pictures are not even close to its beauty. This was another 2 mile hike and all the kids did a great job...especially my kid. Hey, I might have bribed him with a toy from the gift shop if he was in good spirits all day long and we heard no whining. Hey, a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do.

















Happy smiles following the hike.



We decided to find a park close by and eat lunch. Again another beautiful view. It was nice to have lunch by the river. This was me trying to get the kids to take a picture.

We ended the day at mud volcano. I was pretty excited for this one and I knew Max would like to see a real live volcano since he's been into them lately. The only downfall is that this volcano was the worst smelling stop we had so far. Most of the stops smelled of sulfur, but the mud volcano was the worst one. Max started gagging once we reached the top of the volcano.










On the way down we ran into bison trolling through the area.

I took us on a drive to where the grizzly bears are supposed to be, but we never saw them. We did stop and see beauty and an elk along the way. 

More bison on the way back to camp. 

For the first time we arrived back at camp at a decent time. This allowed the kids to play for a while with the slack line and have s'mores after dinner.

The last day at Yellowstone and we start to head back to the heat tomorrow.