Yellowstone

Like most people in the UK, we have heard of Yellowstone, seen the footage of bears and wolfs. I was aware we had arrived early in the year and just days before we had roads closed due to snow. As we approached the park we were greeted with fantastic vies of the Teetons Mountains. A fantastic ridge of mountain peaks that stretched for as far as the eyes could see. Surely Yellowstone couldn't be as good as the Teetons?

It was, as we drove into the park we snaked our way up a very steep road following a river, that turned into a gorge then a canyon, The view became larger and grander. It was stunning, we stopped to take pictures of the gorge and i wished i had a better camera to capture the scene that lay before us. Buffalo, Deer, elk lined the road. We headed higher into the snow line. The roads were clear but the snow banked six foot to either side. Old Faithful geyser was not as faithful but the other guysers were beautiful, hot springs and steam bellowed from small craters with fantastic colours of volcanic rock. Yellowstone Park have board walks that stretch over the craters and you can get real close without damaging the delicate environment. We stopped and took pictures and right in front of us was an imprint of a wolf that had crossed the area a few days before its track clear and large. Next to to the wolf track was a Grizzley bear track it s print the same size as my boot. Were later bought some bear spray.
That night we camped, at Madison, at 8000 feet or so it became cool, but we had a fire and spent the evening chatting to a lovely couple from Vancouver Island Bruce and Pam.