Don't Feed the Wildlife

After leaving Rapid City, we traveled for about nine hours among a ton of desolate looking terrain.  I tell you what, if Dad hadn't been there, I would have felt immensely isolated during that day of driving.  It's hard to explain, but with that huge open expanse of nothing, if felt almost claustrophobic.

Then...We arrived in Jackson, Wyoming which is nestled deep in the Grand Tetons range of the Rocky Mountains.  Jackson is a resort town which reminds me a lot of Zermatt, Switzerland.  All of the buildings of the downtown area are old western themed, but very nice.

Jackson is close to Yellowstone National Park and we headed there the day after arriving in Jackson.  Everything about that day was absolutely beautiful (save for the smell of some of the hot springs...).  On the way we passed through Grand Teton National Park and then on to Yellowstone.  We did a large loop around the park and saw lakes, mountains, waterfalls, sulfur springs, bison, rivers, trees with the leaves changing, canyons, and geysers (Old Faithful!!! woot! woot!).  The whole day was amazing views.  The pictures wont do the scenes justice, but the give a slight idea.  I kept thinking, this is SO amazing and this is only a shadow of the glory that God has planned for us.

Whoa... Double Rainbow all the way!

Grand Teton and the other mountains in the range.

Tetons with the Aspen trees changing color in the foreground

Welcome to the Park!

Lewis River.

Dragons Mouth Spring.

Bison on the hill.

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Lower Waterfall of the Yellowstone river.

Old Faithful is so faithful, they can predict when the eruptions will be plus or minus ten minutes.

Look! Yellowstones!

Grand Prismatic Spring.  The colors Duke! The colors!