Today, we are scheduled to visit the North loop of the park. We revisited the Lower and Upper falls on a different rim. The landscape on this part of the park seemed a little wetter and the mountains were in full bloom of wild flowers. I decided that this was the perfect place for a family picture but due to a grumpy husband, whiny kids and bad photography skills, my dream of getting the perfect picture did not come true!
We continued on to Tower Falls. As it was chucking down with rain, we had lunch in the van. The cool thing about camping is, you'll always have food in the car!! After lunch, we were going to attempt a short hike but that trail was closed. Hmm..
So, we drove on. The next stop was Petrified Tree which was cool. The kids didn't quite get it. To be fair, it just looked like a tree trunk, so, if they had a chance to touch it, it might have been different.
Next stop was Mammoth Springs. It looked a lot bigger than i remember. Tyler by now was very interested in taking pictures and was in charge of taking lots of the pictures at this site. After meandering around this massive spring, we stopped in the town area to grab some ice cream and let the tourist grandparents buy some souvenirs.
We headed back after that but was caught in a massive traffic jam. That night, we splurged and ate at one of the lodges at Old Faithful where Tyler learned what a hot lava cake is all about! :)
Cozy breakfast in the tent
Upper Falls
Lower Falls
Lower Falls
Popo and KongKong
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
Lunch in the car
Sandwiches..
The scenery is very green
A meadow full of flowers
Whiny kids
sooooo much flowers
view of the beautiful meadow
the old love birds
Tyler chilling out
Cute little Cody!!
Walking back to the car..
Interesting rock cliff
Petrified Tree
At Mammoth Springs
As the name suggest.. this place is massive
gushing springs
popo
Tyler needs a little more practice!!
Family Pic
Funky Tree
More pics of funky tree
Ice cream stop
Yumm..
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