Days 8-10 - Yellowstone, WY
Just as we suspected, the internet was terrible in Yellowstone, but luckily the park had some other perks.
It's tough to decide what was most impressive: the hot springs, the wildlife, the canyon, or the variety of wildflowers.
Ok, it clearly wasn't the canyon. That was a test.
Seriously though, Yellowstone is truly a unique world.
Here is your obligatory bison shot. They were everywhere. I lost count of how many we saw well before noon on day 2.
You actually cross the continental divide in two places in Yellowstone.
If you are still wanting more, here's a playlist of a handful of short videos Tristan made of our Yellowstone time. After you watch one, keep scrolling down to see the next video.
For wildlife we saw two foxes, almost a dozen bears, lots of elk, prairie dogs, marmots, countless birds including two bald eagles, and one million bison. I don't know what the average person's daily bear limit is, but nine in one day was plenty for me. It would have been eleven had we not turned around on our hike after hearing there was a very alert momma bear with her cub up ahead. We saw two more the next day to make up for it. Thankfully all from the safety of our car.
As anyone who's visited Yellowstone knows, seeing all these animals among a land full of hot springs and geysers is surreal. You can't shake the feeling that anything could blow at any moment. It's hard to know what might get you first, a bear or a volcano. But my favorite surprise was seeing what must have been close to hundred different kinds of wildflowers, if not more. You'd see a new kind literally almost every time you looked down. All unique and full of spunk in their own way. Just trying to live their life in this dangerous and beautiful land.
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