Jackson Hole, WY & Yellowstone National Park

From Jackson Hole, WY, we drove up to Yellowstone National Park.  On the way, we drove through Teton National Park as well.  We stopped off at Jenny Lake, and took the shuttle boat across, and hiked up to Hidden Falls.  It was a short 1.5 mile hike through some rock, mud, and snow.  The waterfall was cool, but we did not spend to much time up there.  After we took the shuttle back, we drove to the Jackson Lake Dam, and Willow Flats.  The dam was cool, but it is nothing compared to the Hoover Dam, so it seemed little less spectacular. Haha.  The Willow Flats were cool, as that is where the Elk migrate to have their babies, so there were a bunch of them grazing in the fields.

After that we  Headed to Yellowstone.  It was really cool.  We enjoyed the park a lot. We did the saw the South West part of the park first, including the West Thumb Geysers, and Old Faithful.  It was really cool, but I think that Old Faithful might be over-rated.  I though some of the other parts of the park were way cooler.   We saw the Grand Prismatic Spring which is really cool, because it is all different colors.  There was also Paint Pots, that were more mud like, milky geysers which were neat as well.  We Also so tons of Bison, and Elk.  The baby Bison were so cute.

After the first day we stayed in West Yellowstone at the Brandin' Iron Inn.  We had a horrible dinner at the Orgegon something or other resturant, in which I had a 12 dollar pear salad that was the size of a small bowl of cereal, and Billy had a first burned to a crisp Bufflo burger, that was sent back, and then a raw one that was again sent back.  It was gross. Luckily I did not have to pay for my idy bity salad cause they comped our meals.

The next morning we got up early and headed back into the park. We saw the Northern part of the park, and the eastern side, including; Norris Geyers, Middle Basin Geysers, Mammoth Hot Springs, and The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.   It rained off and on all day, but we got to see a lot.  Our favorites were the colorfull springs, and geyers, as well as the Paint Pots.  We also saw more Bison, and Elk, as well as a Black Bear, a Grizzly Bear, and a Moose.  It was really cool. About 6pm we made it out of the park and headed to our next destination, Basin WY, where we will stay for 3 days with some family friends.

Below are some pictures of Teton, and Yellowstone. Enjoy.

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