I seriously can't believe that this is our last day in Yellowstone. An adventure here that I am not ready to end. We had so many lifelong family memories and we can't wait to return some day.
Early in the day we were able to spot a grizzly rather close. These pictures are taken with a 400 mm telephoto so we weren't "that close" but we were able to see the bear without binoculars. It was foraging at the edge of the woods.
Many areas have different types of sage bushes.
At Artist Point at the South Rim of the beautiful Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. The greenish line that you see in the waterfall is actually because of a deeper part of the falls there.
The Lower Falls are actually twice the height of Niagra Falls.
Yellowstone River
Listening to a park ranger about the history of Artist Point and how important it was of photographer, FJ Haynes and his picture of the falls (a copy in the ranger's hand) along with the famous painting from Thomas Moran that helped people believe (since they had proof with the photograph) that such a place as Yellowstone actually existed.
Isabelle felt very disoriented with the height and drop off.
Isabelle completing a few pages of her Junior Ranger booklet.
Wildflowers were in bloom and I just couldn't resist doing a mini photo shoot with the girls. We pulled off on the side of the road and climbed to this beautiful area nestled in the pine trees.
My gorgeous girls!
For a souvenir they all got a pair of boots in Montana and were so excited to pose and get pictures with them on!
:)
We drove south from Canyon Village to the Hayden Valley area to the Mud Volcano area. Seriously one of the stinkiest places I have ever been...and I grew up on a hog farm!
Boiling mud and water with the terrible stench of sulphur gas...the birds were ambivalent.
Life continues in spite of the harshest of conditions
Grasses and rushes growing in steaming, boiling water. Water boils around 199 degrees fahrenheit at this elevation.
This spring here was remarkable. It was a low, rumbling sound as the water crashed in and out of the cavern. The girls thought this was amazing.
Sour Lake
Sour Lake is literally acid with a ph of 1.3.
Allie was so overwhelmed with the smell. I have to admit it took my breath away a few times.
Churning cauldron
"Cooking Hillside"
Mud Geyser
Yellowstone River
Ice cream (of course) at Yellowstone Lake
It was a super windy afternoon at the lake...the dust kept getting into our eyes.
As we were leaving through the East Yellowstone exit we had a beautiful rainbow. What an amazing end to a memorable family vacation!
East Yellowstone is such a gorgeous area with mountain views.
Remnants of fire.
The rainbow lingering as we left the park.
As we drove, the skies cleared. The east entrance to Cody is about 53 miles. We decided to stay there for the night.
Buffalo Bill Dam
We had a very quick dinner as we needed to rush to the rodeo that started at 8:00 pm.
The rodeo was such fun with a lot of amazement from the girls and laughs.
The rodeo begins...
Even though they were amateurs they were so fantastic. There was horse and bull riding, barrel riding, calf roping from men and women.
The kids were all called down for a calf scramble where the kids chased a calf with ribbons to win a trail ride.
Isabelle and Allie had great fun and they said the calf was much bigger down there then in the stands.
They had steer riding too...with kids that weren't much older then Isabelle!
We had such fun at rodeo...what a great experience for us and the kids! We went back to our hotel and went for a quick swim.
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