Wow.... Yellowstone National Park.... this place is HUGE!!! If you're going to go, you need a minimum of 5 days to begin to cover it all; sadly, we only had a half day and a night and the weather was soooo cold!! The wildlife viewing was spectacular; within minutes of being in the park we had seen too many bison to count, big-horn sheep, antelope, deer and a black bear which I was very happy to see from the safety of our car and not skulking round our campsite looking for food which campers and hikers are warned about everywhere! We didn't make it to Old Faithful but we did see the very beautiful West Thumb Geyser which I can't begin to count how many times I said 'wow' at... it was so amazing... the colors... the smell of the sulphur... the heat from the steam blowing off the pools.... just everything, the whole atmosphere was magical. We camped the night in the primitive and very pretty Pebble Creek campground at the North East entrance to the park and pitched our tent next to 2 very cool guys, Steve & Jeremy. Jeremy was a real mountain man and taught us how to make fire the traditional way... think Tom Hanks in the movie 'Castaway'... it was cool! ... and I was obsessed with making fire.. my hands were blistered and very sore the next day but I made fire and went to bed a very happy camper!
No comments:
Post a Comment