Day one of our Yellowstone adventure found us at Gibbon Falls and the Continental Divide.
After Gibbon Falls, we drove up to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. We hiked down the trail to see the falls and were surprised with a beautiful rainbow over the mist. Pearl was a trooper and only had to stop a few times on the way back up. Of course she was wearing flip flops and it was hot.
We then proceeded to watch a giant bison charge at some idiot who thought it would be cool to take a selfie with Mr. Bison. The bison was sitting between a shed and the public restrooms, where a ton of people were coming in and out of. He was totally content just hanging out feet from people. Thank heavens Pearl didn't notice him when she went to the bathroom because I'm pretty sure it would have scared the crap out of her {no pun intended}. People must not read the warnings on the pamphlets the rangers give you when you enter the park... the ones that say NEVER get within 25 feet of them. Something about weighing 1,000+ lbs, horns, and the fact that they can and do kill people every year in the park. Everyone was trying to get a close-up picture of the bison and this idiot decided his camera's zoom wasn't cutting it so he hopped over the fence {like that fence would stop a charging, angry bison}, walked right in front of him {seriously, the dude was within arm's reach of the bison}, and held up his camera to say "cheese!" Well, cheese indeed because that bison turned and charged. I screamed. Cole screamed and ran back to the truck, where he stayed for the rest of the time we were there. I seriously thought I was going to watch someone get gored and stomped to death! That guy was lucky, lucky, lucky.
Here's how Jeff re-enacted the scene after I told him what had happened.
Maybe Darwinism isn't such a bad idea.
We went to Old Faithful next. And waited. And waited. And waited. Old Faithful apparently wanted a few other, less predictable geysers to show off before she blew.
I was excited to see on of the old Yellowstone tour cars stop at the lodge.
We had some ice cream, spent all of Jeff's money on souvenirs, and then started to drive back out of the park stopping to explore the Biscuit Basin Loop Walkway. We'd never walked around this walkway before and I have to say, it was probably my favorite place in Yellowstone. The evening weather was perfect and the scenery was spectacular.
Sapphire Pool was absolutely breathtaking! The blue was super bright and then as the pool sunk deeper, turned darker blue. It was so clear and mysterious looking. Kind of scary too knowing how incredibly hot the water is.
I thought this old tree was really cool looking.
Avoca Spring
Mustard Spring
We all thought this sign next to Sapphire Pool was pretty funny. Spelling oops.
The different colors of algae that grows in these hot springs is really beautiful too.
And proof that at one time a herd of bison decided to walk by and get warm.
Our last stop - and one that I insisted we don't actually stop at due to two children who had reached their limit for sitting in the car {as had a few of the adults} - was driving by a few other geysers that only shoot up every few weeks, if you're lucky. It was really pretty, but there was no way I was sitting there for even another hour to wait and hope.
That's what Google search is for!
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