The most exciting thing we saw on that last day, Friday, was a grizzly bear and three baby bear cubs.
We were standing in the middle of the field watching bears in front of us, coyotes over to our right, and buffalo coming towards us from the left. I was trying to think of how we could get away, when the buffalo veered off and went away from us.
We also saw the famous Old Faithful Geyser:
I was expecting something a lot more dramatic...something with more noise...like a BOOM as the water comes shooting out of the ground. Instead, the water gradually shot up, went back down a little bit, shot up a little bit higher, went down a little bit, etc. until it got to its highest height. Then, it went down the same way it went up...very gradually. It made no loud noise, but a hissing sound from the steam that was pouring out with it. It was still neat to see, just not what I expected.
Yellowstone Lake was absolutely gorgeous. We wondered why no one was swimming in it, but found out later that the surface of the water stays at 60 degrees and the bottom can get around 40 degrees. Way too cold to go swimming!
My last favorite thing to see was the Yellowstone Grand Canyon:
We took this last picture as we were leaving the park:
It was a great trip with lots of beautiful things to see! It is another reason why I am very proud to be an American. Our country is so gorgeous! The girls did amazing on the trip as well. They didn't complain at all about all of the driving. They only asked one time if we were there yet. Even Sarah watched movies, slept, ate snacks, and played with her toys. We are already planning a trip to the beach next summer! :)
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