So Brad wanted to do a day trip to Yellowstone, but I don't think you can do yellowstone in one day. So we found a cheap motel and decided the next morning to get up and go. It's a beautiful drive down to yellowstone and the towns surrounding the north entrance are really kind of cool.
As soon as we got into the park we saw some animals on the hills and got our picture taken at the 45th parallel.
The story behind this is that when we first were dating Brad took me to Colorado to go snowboarding and visit his brother Greg. I guess it's a thing we do. :-)
The last time Brad had been to Yellowstone he went to the firehole river. Its fed by the hot springs, so the water is warmer than you'd expect. We found it and luckily found a parking spot quick enough. It was a very popular place to be.
We ate some lunch and ventured up to where people were jumping into the rapids and floating down. Little kids were doing it, older guys were doing it. Other women were doing it, but I was having a hard time rationalizing jumping in. After Brad had jumped a few times and he peer pressured me into jumping and it was soo scary. But I did it and he now can't say I didn't jump. We floated down the river a little bit and while we were swimming I kicked a rock with my foot. dumb idea, but I didn't see the rocks down below. We then floated down a little bit and discovered why no one was floating down that way. The current was really strong and it took Brad down the river a little. It then took me and it was the scariest thing I've been through. I cut my foot open while being pulled down the river. It sucked. Worst part of the trip. Brad took care of me though. We got to the side of the river and he went and got my flip flops. We made it up the car and Brad cleaned me up. It was hard to walk after that, but I was glad I brought my tennis shoes.
After all of this, we arrived at Old Faithful.
We walked around a little and saw some other geysers and hot springs while we waited for Old Faithful to go off.
Ventured to the hotel and got a beer and watched Old Faithful go off! It was quite the show.
It was a long day and we were on our way to West Yellowstone when this big buffalo decided to stop traffic.
It was pretty cool to see up close and personal.
We found our little motel and walked down the street to find something to eat. Brad really wanted to take me to Bull-winkles because he had fond memories of it. So we did that or our anniversary dinner. On the way back to the motel, this fish jumped out at me!
The next day we took slow.
Went to gushers for a late breakfast and early lunch.
Very good. Don had suggested that we go there . . . thank you Don!
On our way out the East Entrance we saw some cool things.
Drove by yellowstone lake . . . saw some more buffalo.
OH! I saw my moose! I totally forgot!
We drove past this real pretty part of the lake and took a picture! One of my favorites.
I took this picture from under the sun roof.
It turned out pretty cool!
Driving out of yellowstone there was a controlled burn that we drove by.
We went through a tunnel and then drove through wyoming on our way home to billings.
We drove through Cody and then finally home.
It was very nice to come home and sleep in our own bed.
That sounds like a blast! I have never been there. I am sorry you got hurt, what a wonderful husband to take care of you! Glad it didn't ruin your trip.
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