July 22, 2015 Two trips into Yellowstone-one in the am and one in the pm

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Two trips into Yellowstone-one in the am and one in the pm

Since Jeff and Amy had already seen the west side of the park Mike and I decided to head out early in the morning to do what they had already done and hopefully see some wildlife at dawn.   We planned on meeting back at the camp with Jeff and Amy about noon as they were pulling into Grizzly RV Park just a few sites down from us.  We were then going to go into Yellowstone to do some more things and see what we could see of the wildlife at dusk..  This park is so big that a person can’t possibly see everything that it has to offer in a day.  Our main focus for the day was to see the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and anything else that interested us.  We saw Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Grand Canyon, had ice cream at the Lake General Store, Yellowstone Lake and Lake Hotel. 

We did manage to see elk, buffalo, 2 grizzlys, a herd of buffalo, rabbit and deer .  We saw all of this during the both times that we had ventured out into the park.

Continental Divide can be crossed 3 times while you are in the park.

Yellowstone Lake is North America's largest high altitude lake.  It is 20 miles long and 14 miles wide.  The deepest part of the lake is 410 feet and the bottom temperature is 42 degrees year round.
Another tidbit Yellowstone is the world's first national park just in case you didn't know.  

I know that we were on the run from 5 am to 10 pm and we were really tired but satisfied at all of the wildlife that we managed to see.  The only thing that is left on our wildlife search are black bears, moose, coyotes and wolves.  It started to rain before we got back to the campground and it was suppose to rain throughout the night and into the next day so we all get to sleep in and chill for the day.

this was the road into Yellowstone this am---eerie

Terrace Springs

Gibbons Falls

Some different paint pots

Norris Geyser Basin Museum opened in 1930

Norris Geyser Basin

Golden Gate Canyon

Orange Spring Mound

Little geyser trying really hard

Angel Terrace

Herd of elk just hanging out

Petrified Tree

Our first sighting of a Grizzly

Nice statue

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River

View of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Brink of Upper Falls

Our second grizzly of the day

Herd of buffalo

Deer

Yellowstone Lake

Lake General Store

Lake Hotel

Another shot of Lake Yellowstone