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Published: August 5th 2009
These past few days have been quite adventure packed! We stayed in Yellowstone National Park for two nights. We would’ve stayed longer, but there were so many people, my mom, sister, and I felt like we were at Disney World. We felt like that especially at the Old Faithful. It was so cool when the geyser spurt out steamy water over 100 feet high. My dad loved the geysers and animals. We all loved the nature walk with a ranger and twelve others. At night, we would fall asleep to motorcycles speeding through the campground.
Comments from Paulo: I loved almost everything about Yellowstone: the large animals, the views, the vegetation, the geothermal features (geysers, mud holes, and fumaroles), the mountains, the lake, etc. etc. As Ellie mentioned above, the place was Harley Davidson heaven, but we’re not a Harley family, so the high noise level starting around 6:30 AM and going until late at night was not a hit. The trip out of Yellowstone was slow and bumpy, but well worth the effort. We had decided to make a detour and take a look at Jackson Hole, WY. I didn’t know how dramatic and fantastic the scenery would be.
The Great Teton National Forest is breath-taking: massive mountains rise up to about 12K feet. The foreground on the way to Jackson is completely flat - the counter-point of both is awe-inspiring.
After we left we drove to a hotel south east of Yellowstone, in a little town called Riverton, WY. We hit loads of traffic, and we got there at 11:30 PM.
Comments from Paulo: we left Jackson just as a torrential rainstorm started to come down. The mountains are so high in that area, however, that the storm was contained by the mountains around Jackson, so we were able to get away from the storm. Things went well for a while, until we hit a lot of roadwork on our way to Riverton. We had to stop twice for a total of about one hour.
When we finally went to bed, we all fell asleep quickly. We ate a delicious breakfast at the hotel and we got right on the road. We drove all the way to Denver, and that was an easy and beautiful drive.
Today, we’re staying at a Renaissance hotel near the airport in Denver. Our hotel is very nice. We swam in
an outdoor pool and then watched a little bit of TV. Just recently dad and I went outside on our balcony to find a magnificent sunset over the Rockies and the skyline. Tomorrow dad will be leaving us to go back home. Boo-hoo! But, we’re going to see him in a few weeks so that should be fun.
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amy
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sagebrush
looks like you saw some critters! i love the photos, especially of the g tetons! i will get bk to breastfeeding in my mountainous sleep now... :-) heeeeeeeeeeeeee-haaaaaaawwwww, amy (ps despite my silliness, i truly love the tetons)