Day 13 and 14 - Yellowstone and Grand Teton

There is so much to see in three days that I almost don't have any time to blog and again the few pics we post does not come close to what we are seeing or trying to describe. I did have to post a pic of Old Faithful as a request from one of my favorite science teachers. On Day 13 (Wed) we left the campground a little after 11:00 AM and we rode through Yellowstone's larger loop (you will have to see a map to understand, but basically Yellowstone has two loops through the park). It took us all day (including about a two hour delay at Old Faithful to eat and for Teresa to shop and shop). We arrived back in West Yellowstone around 10:00 PM and stopped at a pizza restaurant in town where we ate some of the best pizza that we have had in a long time. It is really hard to explain what we saw on the larger loop through Yellowstone especially if you don't know the history behind Yellowstone. We saw many geysers including Old Faithful, waterfalls, lakes, thermal areas, visitor centers (watched many movies about Yellowstone), and saw lots of animals such as elk, wolf, bald eagle, buffalo, deer, ground squirrel, etc. The sites are amazing. Yesterday (Day 14), we took the two hour ride down to the Grand Teton National Park. This National Park consist of a a beautiful mountain range and several lakes (Jackson and Jenny). My big purchase on this trip is the cowboy hat you see in the pics. Today (Day 15) we are hitting the town of West Yellowstone, then the smaller loop in Yellowstone (hopefully to catch a glimpse of a few bears and jump in a hot spring), and then a rodeo tomorrow night. The weather during the day has been awesome, but we had a thunderstorm our first night and last night we had not one, but three separate hail storms with dime size hail. Fortunately, we didn't have any damage, but sleeping through it was just about impossible.