Glacier to Yellowstone National Park

Hi All,

From Chewing Blackbones it was a two day drive to Yellowstone, at least we made it a two day drive. We stopped in Helena, Montana and had a very exciting afternoon- we did some grocery shopping and laundry.  On Wednesday, August 9 we drove on to Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone was designated as a National Park in 1872 and in fact was the first National Park in the world. We got there in time to drive around the northern loop of the park that first day. So far we have found zero cell phone service inside the park, that’s why so long in between posts. Thursday we drove the south loop and were able to see Old Faithful erupt. The timing of eruptions has changed slightly over the years, now it erupts every 98 minutes, +/- 10 minutes. It was a couple of minutes early for us.

Our route from Glacier to Yellowstone National Park

Catholic Church in the country between Helena and Yellowstone

Our first two nights in Yellowstone we stayed at a Madison Campground which is on the western side of the park. On Friday we moved to Fishing Bridge RV Park which is still in the park but on the eastern side.  After we were settled in our new campground the rain started so we took the opportunity to do pretty much nothing for the afternoon. We stayed in Fishing Bridge for three nights and saw lots more sights in Yellowstone. The last day we drove down to Grand Teton National Park. I’ll include that part of the trip in the next post. Here are a bunch of pictures and videos from Yellowstone.

Gibbon Falls

Hot Pool

Interesting deposits from hot springs

The colors make it much more surreal

Can't remember if this is the upper falls or lower falls

One of many buffalo we saw in Yellowstone

The herd looking for mates in Hayden Valley

The Dallas Model A club was having a rally in Yellowstone when we were there

Old Faithful in all her glory

That's it for now. Take care.
Brian