Yellowstone Day 2 - The Rest of the Day!

The rest of the day was fun!  We saw a wolf, but unfortunately I couldn't get to the camera in time and it ran off into the woods - after that I learned my lesson and always had the camera handy!  After Old Faithful we went over to the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake.

We saw some Elk on the way!

 There are 3 in this picture...can you find them all?

 I love taking pictures of signs there!

 This was a random guy who wanted me to take a picture of him...so I did!

 Another great sign

There was a lot to see there, and I wont post all the pictures and little geysers and springs, I will just post a couple of good ones.

These are mud pots... hot and bubbly mud!

This was a pretty pool

I just love the blue water and the contrasting orange!  We learned that the blue water is actually the hottest, at around 200 degrees!

This was a big cone...I love the name just so straight forward

Here is a picture someone was nice enough to shoot for us!

 Another sign

 This was a little map of the area we were at - every dot is something to see, as you can tell I really whittled it down.

This was another great sign we saw all over the park, we loved how the little boy was standing on it and how it looks like the little girl is tattle tailing on him.

 This was such a pretty place I loved how blue the water was!

Here are some shots of our room in Old Faithful Inn, we actually got to stay in the original building instead of the add on, it was pretty cool!

This was the pretty, so much prettier than the ones we have in our apartment at home, there is a close up of it below

 Cort and Dad playing on the bed, I think he was throwing her up, and she was just giggling

 we had this little vanity

 another view - it was just a tiny room

 I liked how the soap was shaped like a bear

 here is that close up - pretty!

After we checked into the hotel we went to a couple other places before we came back for the night.

We went to this water fall,  it is called Kepler Cascades, it was so pretty!

 Daddy and Cort by the waterfall

 Mommy and Cort sticking our tongues out!

 This was a really pretty place, it was right by that Continental Divide

 After this picture Cortney started running up that hill you see on the side, I love how she is pointing at it in this picture

 Mom and Cort!

 Of course she found the puddles!  Must be a 2 year old thing!

After that we went back to the Inn and watched the Muppet's take Manhattan on our laptop, great movie!

Yellowstone Day 2 - Old Faithful

So the reason we have fewer pictures on this day is because our GPS sent us down this dirt road and we just thought it would be better to go back, so we didn't get into Yellowstone until 12, but it was all just part of the adventure!

On the way there we decided to stop by Horkleys, a gas station that sells soda really cheap.  We used to go there on dates all the time, then have burping contests, fun times.  Anyway we were a little shocked when we went in because they changed everything around, but don't worry they just moved the drinks to the back a little bit, and we got our Horkleys, and Cort had juice!  I didn't get a picture of this but it is a cute story... I found 2 free shows on i tunes to put on our ipod for the long car ride.  I got Super Why and Blues Clues.  More than once I would put on one show, and Cort would end up watching the other one, somehow she figured out how to change the video!

Our first stop was Old Faithful!  Literally perfect timing, right when we got up to the sign to take pictures the geyser went off!  Could not ask for more perfect timing!

 Daddy and Cortney!

 A couple pictures of me

 Chris was making a face at me while he was taking this picture so I made a face back :)

 This is Old Faithful Inn, it was amazing inside!

 I have a better shot of this later but it is a giant fireplace that has this big clock on it, it was so pretty inside, like a giant log cabin!

 This is a picture of the dinning room, where we enjoyed a nice buffet lunch that day.

 They had these comfy chairs on the upper levels where you can sit and just people watch! 

 This is a view of old faithful from the second floor of the building

 Cort sitting on chairs

 Cort and Daddy!

 She was trying to sit just like daddy!

 Here is another view of the clock

 View from 2nd floor!

 Everything was wood, it was so pretty, I thought these stairs were pretty cool!

 And of course Chris checked the fire extinguishers - it is in his blood now!  In a place made of wood you need to make sure to stay on top of these things, and don't worry - they check them every month, and 2 days before we were there!

 Cort was standing on a vent and being a little Madonna for us!

You will see a couple more pictures of the Inn in the next post because this is where we spent the night!