Sunday, July 24, 2011

Day 6 - 10pm West Yellowstone, Montana

What a long day!!  We have just pulled into Yellowstone Grizzly Park, just outside the West entrance to Yellowstone NP.  We spent the whole day touring around the park.  We came in the East entrance and did basically the north half of the park.  The boys and I went on a 3 mile hike to a Natural Bridge formation.  The hike was mostly through forest, we saw a yellow bellied marmot and a cute little squirrel traveled with us for a good stretch.  It was nice to get out and walk for a bit.  From there we traveled north past Fishing Bridge, past Canyon Village, Waterfall / Canyon Loop, through Tower-Roosevelt, on through Mammoth Hot Springs, through Madison and out the West entrance.  We stopped a lot.  We saw waterfalls, lots of wildlife, drove around sheer cliffs leading to canyons seeming 5,000 ft. down, saw beautiful wildflowers and forests, traveled up steep mountains and back down the other sides (ahhhh the smell of burning brakes).  So much scenery my eyes hurt...and tomorrow we head back to take on the south portion.  I need some shut-eye:)

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