Naturalist John Muir said the Mountians are calling and I must go! We are taking his advice and heading south out of Yellowstone today to see the mountains. But we will make a stop again at Old Faithful! Unfortunately this time we were too early for the geyser, and didn't have time to wait the 90 minutes, as we have some miles to cover. But while we were here we did stop in at the giant Old Faithful Inn. http://www.yellowstonenationalparklodges.com/lodging/summer-lodges/old-faithful-inn/ Built in 1903 it is considered to be the largest log structure in the world. It is gorgeous! We also checked out the General Store at Old Faithful Lodge as you can see, we each got ourselves some new sweatshirts. That 110 degree temperature we had last week, is very different than the 52 degrees in Yellowstone early in the morning. On the way out of Yellowstone we also saw so many thermal spots. They almost look like little campfires from a distance. One of the cool geography lessons we were able to give the kids on this trip was teaching them all about the continental divide. http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/contdiv.htm Which we actually crossed over 4 times on this trip! Here are some pictures from the south end of Yellowstone. Including Yellowstone Lake, and Lewis Falls. Named after Merriweather Lewis of Lewis and Clark. We knew we were getting close to the south gate and approaching our next National Park. Because suddenly the road in front of us gave us the views of the Giant Teton mountains approaching. Grand Teton National Park! (pronounced - Grand TEA-ton.) Gorgeous Mountains that just make everything else seem so small. While driving today we saw a few more Bison, some Elk, Eagles, Osprey, a baby Black Bear, and then in Grand Teton caught sight of these Prong Horn and Bison grazing together. We made our way further south through the Tetons. Where the tops were covered in clouds and the glaciers often visable. At the south end of the Grand Tetons we reached a little town I have always wanted to visit. Jackson Hole Wyoming. Back in my skiing days this would have been the perfect place for me. We stopped in Jackson Hole for a little while to stretch out and check out the town. Then it was time to head over those mountains instead of through them, and cross back into Idaho . And soon we were out of the mountains and back in the prairie valleys winding along the same Snake River in Idaho, just like we were on the first day of this trip. We are now in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Before we found our hotel though we had one special stop to make. The Idaho Falls Public Library. (I know, not a surprise for this family) Ethan read a book this past year with his class called Where The Red Fern Grows. It is about a boy named Billy who buys and trains coon hunting dogs, right here along Snake River in Idaho. The public library has a sculpture honouring that book, and our boy wanted to see it. ... our day didn't end here....
Kids could not figure out why we wanted them to get in the car at 8:30 at night. We didn't tell them where we were going, but they were pretty excited when we got there. Idaho Falls has a Drive In movie theatre!!!!!! We saw Minions!!!!! It was our latest night that we stayed up on this trip. We got back to the hotel after 1:00 EST. But our temperatures are back up into the 80s which is nice, especially with being outside tonight.
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