Chapter 28: Yellowstone (Day 1)

For our Summer Family Vacation we decided that we would travel to Yellowstone National Park, having never been there, Scott and I thought it would be quite an adventure for not only ourselves but for the kids as well. As many of you know traveling in a car for more than about 20 min. with kids sometimes makes you want to pull your hair out, so we started playing the license plate game and I can not believe how the kids really got into the game...(stay tuned to see how we did). We arrived at our campsite around midnight and hurried to get some sleep before our vacation offically began.

Our first day in Yellowstone dawned bright and beautiful, it just seemed to make us all the more excited to explore the Park. We stopped by the Fishing Bridge Visitor's Center and got some maps and off we went. Driving towards Canyon Village we were taken back by how many Buffalo we encountered,
we stopped at one point to let the kids get out and watch these buffalo that were just covering an entire hillside (don't worry we were at least 100 ft. from them). Next we decided to explore the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, and see the majestic Lower Falls. We walked the short distance to see the falls and were completely amazed by the size and the sheer beauty of the waterfall, and seeing all the colors and the depth of the Grand Canyon was breathtaking. After enjoying the Falls we went and ate lunch at the Canyon Village Deli, then went to the Visitor Center there and walked around looking at the souveniors in the shops. When we got back on the road we continued Northward and ended up at the Tower Falls, which once again we had to marvel at the Beauty of Nature as well as enjoy the fallen logs in which the kids had to see if they could "walk the log". All in all a great first day of Vacation!!!