Yellowstone Natl Park - Day 1 & 2
Although we arrived in the area Saturday, September 16; however, our first full day in Yellowstone was Sunday, September 17.
Our base was a home we rented in Gardiner, Mt - 8 miles nw of the Roosevelt Gate - the northern entrance to Yellowstone. Our goal for this trip was to see as much wildlife (bison, bear, elk and hopefully the wolf pack) as we could and after researching the current blogs and travel sites - it seemed the Lamar Valley area was the best place to accomplish this. As you will see - it was quite simply put - overwhelming.
Below are a few link to maps and the official park website....check them out and be sure to look at the webcams.
We arrived at the North entrance by 6am to begin ur first day n the park....and no sooner had we started when we spotted our first wildlife - five pronghorn grazing in a file near the entrance...this was also our first photo op - with many more to follow:
As we proceeded into the park we encountered our first traffic (bison) jam...as a herd of Bison was crossing the highway all traffic stopped until they had all crossed - quite a unique site.
After the bison jam - it was decided that with snow - yes snow - forecast for the coming days - to drive to Old Faithfull - which would be the farthest point from our rental. The drive was specular and we arrived by 11am - toured the visitors center and took our seat waiting the geyser to erupt (as did many other tourists). Sure enough Old Faithful did erupt and we then moved on to the more specular geyser areas.
After seeing Old Faithful, we toured the lower geyser area - making many spots along the way...this area is not to be missed - the geysers and hot springs where wonderful and the drive beautiful.
It was now after 5pm and we decided to begin our drive home. The drive was uneventful and we again saw Bison, Elk and Pronghorn. We arrived back at the rental home by 9pm...ending a long exciting day in the park - and looking forward to the next few days.
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