We went back to Wilsall for the 4th of July, and managed to make a trip down to Yellowstone while we were there. There are not many pictures from this Montana trip because I couldn't find the camera -- which ended up being in my purse the whole time. We borrowed Granny's camera for the trip to Yellowstone. We went in the North Entrance to the park, which goes under the Roosevelt Arch.
This part of Yellowstone reminded us a lot of home.
We spent the early part of the day walking around the boardwalk at Mammoth Hot Springs.
A nice German man visiting the park with his family offered to take a picture of all of us. Poor Vivian is hiding in the backpack, but she was there!
We went back towards the visitor's center to find a place to eat our lunch on the grass, and we were hoping to find a spot in the shade because it was quite hot. It was a bit of a challenge because there were elk hanging out precisely where we would have liked to eat our lunch. Unlike these folks, we did *not* get unsafely close to the elk, nor did we get yelled at by park rangers.
The area behind the church, under the trees, was open and a nice park ranger told us we were welcome to eat our lunch back there.
After lunch, we thought we would try one small hike, so we ventured a whole half mile or so out to Wraith Falls, which was pretty and noisy. Hazel fell asleep in the backpack, but it was such a short walk that she didn't get much of a nap. She never fell asleep again.
At this point, the camera battery died. We took a beautiful drive continuing east though the park to Tower Falls, where we saw another waterfall, and enjoyed a Wilcoxson's Fudge Bar at the gift shop, and hydrated. We kept expecting the little girls to fall asleep in the car, which they did not. We saw one small black bear, a few buffalo, and there were a number of other critters on the side of the road that other folks were looking at. We made it back to Livingston in time to have pizza for supper, and everyone was happy and exhausted by the end of the day.
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