Grand Canyon? I thought we were in Yellowstone....

Sunday was our last day in Yellowstone. Amy, our guide from the first day, picked us up at our condo at 7am. We were getting an earlier start in hopes of seeing some some wildlife. We were not disappointed; shortly after we ventured out, we came across three elk in a wooded area. The morning fog had not yet burned off, which made for a beautiful setting.

I also found our Christmas tree for this year....I'm sure we have enough room in the car for this. If not, I'll just strap it on the top of the car to keep Aunt Edna company!

As we were driving, we saw an pullout area where there were dozens of people with their binoculars and high powered scopes out. We pulled over to a beautiful area where we were able to see a couple of wolves through the scopes. It was very cool to see them strutting around the plains. If you look really closely at the right-hand side of the picture below (about three-fifths of the way from the top) and squint, you still can't see them.

Wolves. You can't see them. But they're there.

We then visited some more hot springs and geysers. Sherri's favorite was called "Dragon's Mouth Spring." Guess she's woken up to my morning breath enough times.

OK, everyone look at the camera and squint!

We drove a bit more and came across some bison crossing a stream. When we saw our first bison the girls were totally excited. Now we've seen so many it's like....'huh...more bison.'

Bison crossing a stream. Is there anything they can't do?!

A cool Yellowstone tour bus

Emily successfully spotting wildlife

Haley touring the park

Ashley ready with her binoculars

We made our way up to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. This is a gorgeous area of the park. In the picture below, you can see the Lower Falls, which is 308 feet!

The Lower Falls seem smaller than Haley, but they're actually twice as high as Niagara!

Lower Falls

Pretty rainbow in the Lower Falls

Our final day at Yellowstone was great. We got back to our condo, cleaned and rested up, and headed to the Three Bears Restaurant. Dinner was yummy. Haley had a bison burger. I guess there's nothing they can't do. We hit the sack early, as we had a full day of driving ahead of us.