Blogs from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, North America - page 13

Spent the whole day exploring Yellowstone. We saw Old Faithful erupt twice while we were there (really fortunate because it happens every 90 minutes or so). We walked around many pathways to see other geysers and "pools" of boiling water. Really an incredible sight and amazing to think that magma 5 miles below the surface is causing it. We posed for a picture at the Old Faithful sign (a repeat of us from about 10 years ago when we last visited Yellowstone). As we looped around and headed south again it was just the right time to see the Bison moving toward the river. Wow, the first one was strolling down the side of the road and then many dozens more were either at the waters edge, swimming across the river, or lounging in the meadows ... read more

Da ja an der Grenze alles so lief, wir wir uns das vorgestellt hatten, waren wir guter Dinge und auf ging es in den Glacier National Park in Montana (nicht zu verwechseln mit dem gleichnamigen Nationalpark in Kanada). Am Besucherzentrum konnten wir uns einen Audio-Guide auf den iPod laden und uns an bestimmten Stellen der "Going-to-the-Sun Road" interessante Infos anhoeren. Allerdings hatten wir uns von dem Nationalpark etwas mehr erwartet. Vielleicht einen Gletscher. Aber nichts da. Eine drei-stuendige Wanderung auf den Piegan Pass war aber recht idyllisch. Und wir verewigten uns in der Form eines riesen Steinmandls. Unseren Hunger stillten wir am Lake McDonald mit Pellkartoffeln und nach einer Runde Schwimmen am traumhaft ruhigen und sonnigen Ufer des Sees waren wir auch wieder sauber. Auf der Suche nach einem Wild-Campingplatz wurden wir auf Anhieb durch ein ... read more

7/9/13 - Woke up to a beautiful day, went to see Old Faithful and many other geysers and geothermal features. Old Faithful erupts on a pretty consistent schedule within like 10 minutes either way. I think it is like every 70 minutes. Did a lot of walking around geyser basin on the boardwalks. All the features were very interesting and brought home the realization that we were walking in the caldera of a volcano right under our feet. Had lunch at the small store right by Old Faithful Inn. All had burgers and they were really good. For supper Aleta fixed porkchops, turnip greens, rice and gravy, and a salad. Jack fried his cornbread cakes.... read more

7/8/13 - Today we moved from Canyon Village to Fishing Bridge. Fishing Bridge is the ONLY public campground in Yellowstone with full hookups. We will stay here for the remainder of our visit to Yellowstone. Sites here are $52.00 per night, full hookups, but pretty tight. Not the tightest we have stayed, sites were acceptable. After getting parked, we rode to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. We have now completed the northern loop and will focus on the south loop.... read more

7/6/13 - Left Livingston RV Resort and Campground headed into Yellowstone. Had directions to the Canyon Village employees campground, but took a wrong turn. Thank you Lord that we could manage to get the motorhome through the tight campground we found ourselves in. Got through that and arrived at the correct campground with no problems. Joyce had gotten us a site in the employees campground, but had remembered Jack and Barbara to late to get them a site for all seven days. Aleta and Shelby decided to continue with Jack and Barbara when they had to leave the employee campground and we all went to the original plan of staying at Fishing Bridge Campground. Arrived and took a ride back up toward the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, north and south rim, some very pretty waterfalls. ... read more