For our second day in Yellowstone we had a late start. After eating a few danishes for breakfast we loaded up the minivan and headed out from our campsite at Fishing Bridge. Since we did the lower loop yesterday we headed north stopping to see the Tower Fall before driving through Lamar Valley. We saw a bunch of bison, elk, pronghorns, a hawk with a snake in its talons, and a lone wolf.
We then drove to the Mammoth Hot Springs for lunch in the dining room before walking the hot springs terraces. We then drove back to the Canyon Village through Norris, seeing plenty of bison along the way. We stopped by the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone driving the north and south rims. Alastair was disappointed to find the Uncle Tom's hiking trail closed. He had hiked this previously with his Aunt Julie and wanted to show it to us. I was not disappointed as I understand the hike to include several hundred steps to the bottom of the canyon, with no way up but the same steps.
Back to the campground for dinner we had some brats followed by a few games of Rook. Adelaide and Alastair have been on a run and they need to be brought down a notch or two.
Tomorrow we head to West Yellowstone to see some grizzly bear and wolves then it's on to Bozeman. Stay tuned for more. Hopefully our internet connections will get better and we can start posting more regularly.
- Dave
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