Last trip to Yellowstone

September 1 - We left for Yellowstone with Larry and Clarissa this morning at 9.  Traffic was

First view of Lower Falls

a little heavy going in, but one they all turned right for Old Faithful and we went left there was no issue with traffic.  We did, however, have an issue about where we were at one point!  We were heading to the Upper and Lower Yellowstone Falls and pulled over and got our bearings as it didn’t look at far on the map as it was.  We were on the right track but just had a short ride left.  We actually viewed the Lower Falls from numerous viewpoints.  From the first point we were closest to it, but were only seeing the top of it.  We hiked along a trail about ¾ of a mile to the next main viewpoint.  That’s one of the spots I remembered going to before.  You could see more of the fall and where it dumped into the Yellowstone River. 

Second view from further down

Larry and Bill walked back on the road to get the truck and picked up us and we drove to another viewpoint lower along the river.  It was a much shorted walk and the falls were in the distance but you could see the full drop and river to where we were.

From there we drove to the Upper Falls.  There were

Third View

not nearly as many people but it took longer to get a good photo spot.  Because the first falls was taller, we thought it was the Upper Falls, wrong!  Both are beautiful but seeing the Lower Falls from a distance is really beautiful!

On the way out we did see 4-5 elk along the river.  What a nice way to end our last visit!

We were all tired and ready for some lunch so we headed back the way we came and landed in West

Only view of Upper Falls

Yellowstone for lunch.  We opted for Wild West Pizza and Clarissa and I really enjoyed our Pesto Pizza with artichoke hearts.  It was sooo tasty.  I had 1 piece to take home and she had 2.  Bill had a regular pepperoni and Larry’s was piled high with veggies and Canadian Bacon.  Everyone was happy with their lunch for sure!

We strolled around town a while.  Bill and I

First wildlife of the day

bought a couple of t-shirts and Huckleberry lip balm.  We stopped at the grocery and we all left with Huckleberry ice cream sandwiches!

Last wildlife of the day

Once we got home I started getting a few things ready for packing up tomorrow.  I made a nice dinner of fish for me and cube steak for Bill with salad and a baked potato for him and a sweet potato for me.  We each had a slice of pound cake with rhubarb compote.

Time to read and relax for packing day!