waiting for Old Faithful
This accurately depicts how she felt about the geysers! Something about them spooked her. The buffalo on the otherhand were no big deal. Especially by the time we spotted our 5th or 6th...she would say, "Dad, it's just nother buffalo."
On this fun family adventure, we spent one full day in Yellowstone, seeing amazing things! There were quite a few geysers...large, small, spewing, boiling, rainbow-colored, muddy, steaming, smoking...all much more dangerous than they seem.
Old Faithful making its appearance
And then there were buffalo. And elk. And deer. There were bears, and Aunt Lori's car and Aunt Marva's car saw bears. But we Californians, did not see a bear. I was pretty disappointed.
We did see Buffalo walking down the road. The cars backed up, on both sides of the road, and we watched this enormous animal meander back and forth in between traffic. It was a riot! We came up right behind him and then took our pass around him. We could have touched him. He was walking within inches of the driver's side window, which was open so I could get a shot! Amazing!
our friend the buffalo...the rim of the car door at the bottom
It really was the "real" version of the tram ride at the Wild Animal Park. By the end of the day, Layne could tell you what kind of animal she just spotted. She loved the aminals.
Abbey loved the geysers. She took Royal's camera and took her own shots of everything she found interesting. She was her own little field guide.
Landen loved the cousins. He always wanted to know where Canyon was and when we were going to stop next and play.
I highly recommend a visit to Yellowstone. There are a million amazing things to see. The geysers and the buffalos do rank high up there on the list. If you get close enough, even though you may be tempted, you would be better off not touching either.
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