Steve and I took a much needed vacation last month. We finally visited Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park. When we got married 4 years ago we had planned our honeymoon to be a trip to Jackson, Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. We were living in DC at the time. But instead of a honeymoon we ended up moving to Colorado the week after our wedding and canceled our honeymoon trip. 4 years later we finally got to visit Yellowstone.
This is the main gate at the Northern entrance to the park in Montana.
Some of the friends we made along the way. We also saw marmot, coyote, elk, billy goats and a grizzly bear (way far away through a scope, which is how I like to see a grizzly bear)
When I was in grade school we had a class projects to write a report and give a presentation about a National Park. The teacher filled a hat and had us each draw different parks. I drew Yellowstone and ever since then I’ve always wanted to visit.
Yellowstone was the first national park and is home to an active volcano. This image explains Yellowstone the best – everything seems normal except for the large steaming hole and boiling hot water streaming out of it in the middle of the meadow. There are 10,000 thermal features in the park.
Here is a close up of one of the pools in Yellowstone.
Strange planet or right here on earth? This image was taken in the Mammoth Hot Springs area in Yellowstone.
And of course we stopped to see Old Faithful.
We also visited Grand Teton National Park. This is Jenny Lake.
Most of the time we were in Wyoming it was cloudy so the Tetons were covered in clouds. The final images are some family photos of Sparky on the trail in the National Forest outside of Grand Teton (dogs aren’t allowed on the trails in the park).
Yellowstone is definately a must visit place. Leave a comment with any questions – I love planning trips.
