June 3, 2008: Yellowstone Day2 , Grand Teton

Today we did the lower part of Yellowstone and headed to the Grand Teton National Park. Most of these photos are courtesy of Jen who can be seen here leaping for joy.



The highlights of Yellowstone were some very colorful geyser craters and hot springs, especially the Grand Prismatic Spring. We also saw Old Faithful, and faithfully as always produced a little steam show for us.


We then headed down to Grand Teton and drove past several of the highlights. We finally saw a grizzly bear!
It was quite the sideshow as many people had pulled off and there was a ranger nearby with his bear pepper spray ready in hand. Jen was actually out closer to the bear than the ranger was. Hmm. We feel our trip was completed with the sight of a bear. We also saw a moose today. Now if we could find a bear eating a moose…


Here's a better view of a buffalo. I shot this one (with my camera).


And here's another random shot I took on the colder side of the park.



We rolled in quite late into Lusk, WY. Although there is scarcely anyone in Wyoming, for some reason the majority of the hotels are booked for the next two weeks. Crazy.