Friday, August 7, 2009

Yellowstone

We spent two days in Yellowstone. It was fantastic. We saw bison, a grizzly bear, elk, mule deer, a yellow-bellied marmot, and pronghorns. Marmots kindof look like beavers/ground hogs, and pronghorns are tiny antlered antelope that hang out on mountain sides. Please note we were not the foolish people who got out of their cars to look at the wildlife. We stayed in the protection of the Accent.

We saw Old Faithful and other geisers. Pretty cool, but pretty stinky-sulfur smelling. The Mammoth hot springs also smelled like sulfur. They look snowy, but definitely aren't. In certain parts of Yellowstone, you can't stray off of the boardwalk, because the ground beneath you is boiling and unstable!

We saw the upper and lower falls, by taking a giant staircase trail up pretty high. It was an amazing view!

One of our favorite parts of Yellowstone was the Fountain Paint Pots. Pretty much, mud boils and bubbles. It looks really cool.

We took a bunch of pictures. Here are the photos.

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