Yellowstone National Park

With our plans to meet up with our friends, the Zamostney's, at Gros Ventre Campground in the Tetons (prepare for our upcoming 3 day backpack trip), how could we not spend some time in Yellowstone.

This time we drove in at the northeast entrance, a much less traveled mountainous route.  The road lead us through the Lamar Valley.  We had hoped to see some native animals, but wow, did we hit it big!  Bison, Bison, and more Bison....herds along the valley and walking down the highway.

For our three days, we chose to stay at two new campgrounds for us.  First we spent a couple of days at Canyon Village Campground.  So happy to be back at elevations of 8,000 ft for cool nights.

Hiked to Point Sublime along Yellowstone Falls and Canyon with our friends.  Quintessential Yellowstone with the canyons and the rivers.  The second day we again got on our E-bikes and headed to Inspiration Point where we hiked our second trail on this brief sojourn.  Love hiking through the pines with incredible canyon views.

For our third day, we moved to Grant Village Campground, striking distance to the Tetons.  Waiting for us at check in was our replacement Pentax SLR (our old one died at the beginning of our trip).
A nice campground, and we again took advantage of our "free" shower tickets.

On the way to Grant, we stopped at a thermal area...………..how could we not?  We're in Yellowstone!

We both agree, that Yellowstone should always be a part of our western travels.  Now we have many great campgrounds to revisit.