We were up super early this morning; the coffee went off at 5.30. We took a drive to Yellowstone National Park today, and it was bea-oo-tiful, real bea-oo-tiful. It took us about 2 hours to get to the north gate from White Sulphur Springs, so we got to the park just in time for breakfast. After eating we headed on in with lots of other people. There is a big loop road around the park that’s about 145 miles with lots of stops along it. On the map the park is split into different sections and driving around it it’s easy to see why as the terrain varies greatly from grassy mountains, to huge canyons to Yellowstone Lake. The scenery is amazing in itself but the other attractions, like the roaring wall, the bubbling mud pools and of course the 500+ geysers are awesome. It’s not difficult to remember that the park is basically an active volcano considering all the steam and water that is forever blowing out of the ground. The smell is really bad in some places too, sulfur, yuck!
We got to visit Old Faithful and true to its name it erupted within about 5 minutes of the predicted time. The ranger informed us prior to the eruption that the water that we see coming out of the ground all comes up through a fissure that at one point is only about 4 inches thick; that’s hard to believe considering the amount of water it blows. It’s not the biggest geyser at the park but it’s still spectacular.
There were also lots of wild animals roaming about the park. We got to see loads of bison, they were everywhere; they are truly massive beasts. They don’t look too smart though, definitely a case of brawn rather than brain I think. We got to see a black bear and I think Mike was kind of mad at it as all the cars were stopping to look and slowing him down; he was not a happy chappy there for a while. I also finally got to see something with horns, although it still wasn’t a moose.
We had a really nice albeit long day, and Yellowstone is definitely worth visiting. We only spent the day there but you could really spend weeks wandering all over it either on foot or by bike, taking in the sights, they are spectacular.

Mike: I could spend a lot more time in Yellowstone! It's amazing. People are
dumber than cows and only slightly smarter than bison.