This morning, we had a Stagecoach Ride planned out of the Roosevelt Corrals. We all had a good time, and it was fun to imagine what it would have been like to experience Yellowstone in the late 1800’s / early
1900’s. Other than that, it was pretty non-eventful. We saw a marmot and lots of butterflies on the ride. It was only an hour, which was perfect for us and our son. I am glad we didn’t do the Cowboy Cookout. They said they have about 200 people each night. I’m not sure how pleasant that experience can be with so many people.
1900’s. Other than that, it was pretty non-eventful. We saw a marmot and lots of butterflies on the ride. It was only an hour, which was perfect for us and our son. I am glad we didn’t do the Cowboy Cookout. They said they have about 200 people each night. I’m not sure how pleasant that experience can be with so many people.
On our way back to Canyon, we stopped at Tower Fall. It was so pretty with the sun shining on it.
From there we visited the Canyon Falls area. Since we didn’t get to explore the Upper Falls area last time, we visited that area first by checking out the stops on South Rim Drive. First, we saw Upper Falls. We decided against Uncle Tom’s Trail since our 4 year old surely would not walk back up all those stairs. We’ll save that for a trip when he’s older. We then stopped at Artist Point, which provided a spectacular view of Lower Falls.
We then drove to North Rim Drive, and visited a majority of the stops: The Upper Falls, Brink of the Lower Falls (which always gives us butterflies in our stomach), Grand View, and Inspiration Point. We saw an osprey nest along the way as well.
We then drove to North Rim Drive, and visited a majority of the stops: The Upper Falls, Brink of the Lower Falls (which always gives us butterflies in our stomach), Grand View, and Inspiration Point. We saw an osprey nest along the way as well.
After touring the Canyon Falls area, we headed out to Lamar Valley. We saw a pronghorn herd, lots of bison, and we stopped at the picnic area northeast of the Pebble Creek Camping area (the Soda Butte Creek picnic area). There are tons of biting insects in this area, but after we sprayed ourselves down, it wasn’t so bad. Zach loves this area to throw rocks in the water. There are small rocks and huge rocks, and he could spend hours doing this. We then started heading back, and stopped at an area with lots of people looking at something. It turned out to be a wolf. The people standing around were very nice, and we got to chatting with a few of them. A man with a very nice camera/humongous lens allowed us to look at the view finder to see a closer image of the wolf. We were very excited since this was the best view we’ve seen of a wolf in the wild.