Day 4

We started off at Mud Volcano and Dragon's Mouth Spring.  They were close to our cabin, and they were very cool!  We drove through Hayden Valley along the Yellowstone River on the way to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.  We got to see a baby grizzly bear; it ran along the road, chewed on a shoe, and climbed a tree.  Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone was gorgeous with its waterfalls and beautiful rock formations.  Charlie found an osprey nest at the top of one of the rocks!  From there, we headed to the West Thumb Geyser Basin, where we saw two huge elk bulls.  We also saw two very blue pools, the Black and Abyss pools (the Abyss pool is the deepest in the park!).  We crossed the Continental Divide (several times) on the way to the biscuit basin on the Firehole River, where Charlie fly fished again.  Dad found a very neat bison skull there!  The girls drove to Old Faithful Lodge to pick up lunch and saw Daisy Geyser erupt (75 feet!), and a bison, which crossed the street right in front of us.  After lunch and fishing, we drove the John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway to the Grand Teton National Park.  We stopped at several beautiful overlooks and turnouts - Willow Flats, Oxbow Bend, Snake River, and Elk Ranch Flats, where we saw tons of bison.  We drove down Schwabacher Landing and Antelope Flats Road/Mormon Row looking for moose and finally found one eating near the Gros Ventre River.  We ate dinner in Jackson Hole at the Wort Hotel; the adventurous ones in our group (Dad, Mom, and Charlie) ate elk and buffalo.  We took some pictures under the elk antler arch on Jackson Square, drove to the DQ for blizzards, and then went moose hunting.  We found 3 moose bulls!  We spent the night at the Cowboy Village Resort in a cabin, and sweet Meg said it, and all of the cabins where we have stayed, reminded her of camp.