Hey.

So today’s post is dedicated to the one and only Yellowstone National Park.  This, I think, was a highlight of our trip for everyone.  It definitely was the perfect thing to do on the 4th of July!

So we stayed in West Yellowstone, but not just in any old regular hotel…we stayed in a tent!  And when I say tent, I mean a tiny little teepee equipped with 4 cots squeezed next to each other, a lantern and a table with 2 chairs.

Inside our tiny tent.

 

It was such an experience though! And I slept fine.  I mean, I was exhausted, I would have been comfortable anywhere, but it was great.  Minus the guy who was warning us about the bears.  He told us not to have food in the tent but accidentally, there were crackers in my bag…Shh, we’re fine!

So the park itself was awesome.  We drove the 100+ mile loop and saw the whole park…just look at this map.  The blue line is the drive we took…The red dots are key stops we took.  Now continue to the gallery to see some photos from each particular area! (Click to enlarge)

 

Our tent, in the middle of nowhere.
1. We just drove into the park, and already we are seeing wildlife. We would know that there was an animal around when there were a bunch of cars pulled over taking pictures.
Gibbon River.
2. Norris Geyser Basin. I have never seen anything like this, it is so interesting!
More Hot Springs.
The hot springs get their unique color because of the select bacteria that can survive in the extremely hot temps.
3. Up high, looking down at the beautiful nature.
4. Mammoth Hot Springs!
4. Guess these trees didn’t stand a chance surviving in the desert like hot springs?
5. Undine Falls.
6. Pronghorn’s wandering around the plains.
7. Brink of the Lower Falls. Scariest lookout point because we were right over the falls and when we looked down 200 feet to the falling water onto pointy rocks.
7. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
BISON, BITCH.
8. Mud Volcano. The pictures do no justice but it was really awesome. Boiling mud.
9. Yellowstone Lake.
10. Ye Old Faithful. It was so random, but so majestic.
11. Upper Geyser Basin. Again, boiling water flowing into a lake.
11. The Grand Prismatic Hot Springs. The colors were even more vivid in person. So relaxing and beautiful.
11. More of the boiling basins with the sunset in the back. As we walked past this, we felt the warmth, and also smelt the sulfur-y smell..

It was amazing how the terrain changed drastically every few minutes driving.  One minute we were on top of a mountain surrounded by trees, the next minute we are in the middle of flat land, then the next minute there are huge waterfalls around.  The park really makes you think what this world is made out of.  Everyone please…Visit Yellowstone once in your life!

(Hopefully the pictures make up for the lack of posts these few days…I’m taking classes.  Tell you about that after I’m done with our vacation…So Stay Tuned!)