Yellowstone 1
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I met my wife in 2005 and I asked her to marry me when we went on a trip to Yellowstone in October. So, we figured we might as well go on our honeymoon there because it was cheap and close. We went in September this time. I wanted to stay at a place with a hot tub and there's not much in West Yellowstone so I booked a cabin in Island Park.
I got a SWEET deal on it for 7 days at around $650. We stayed at a little cabin in the shotgun area about 30 min away from West Yellowstone.
Island Park Cabin Nice little place, but I will stay somewhere else next time the shower was a little small.
Day 1: Get to Island Park, CHILL.
Day 2 : We drove to West Yellowstone to get breakfast and head into the park.
The Madison River and an elk that was standing next to it.
We headed down Firehole Falls road and looked at Firehole Falls.
The Firehole River with fog.
Then it got really foggy!
We decided to drive around the loop and end up in the Lamar Valley. As soon as we reached the valley we saw a lone Pronghorn and some nice fall colors.
Soda Butte Creek with the Absaroka Mtns in the background.
At this point we decided to head back and we ran into these sheep.
"The Four Asses"!
A couple miles down the road and we spotted this HUGE black bear with cubs. Not a great pic, but this thing was the size of a very large grizzly.
Day 2: We were going to hit the Canyon area and check out the falls and stuff around there.
This is from the Brink of the Lower Falls and a look down the canyon.
We then headed to Mammoth to look around and eat. The elk were in full rut and this guy welcomed us to Mammoth with a nice bugle.
We didn't get any good pics of the Mammoth Terraces because the lighting was horrible and there was not much color going on.
Day 3: It was very cold to start the day. A storm was getting ready to move in and we decided we might have to head back if it got bad. We stopped at Norris Geyser Basin first and ony took a few photos because it was so bitchin cold.
We headed for the Hayden Valley after this and we saw this Huge Grizzly down by the Yellowstone River. I got multiple pics of it but this was the best because i did not have a telephoto lense. It started to snow as the grizzly went out of sight.
The storm a brewing!
It was time to go so we headed back, but then it cleared some what and we decided to hit Old Faithful and Mystic Falls.
Elk near the trail.
We went back for the evening and i took this.
It snowed overnight and the park was empty the next day.
Day 4: We drove to the park and we just stuck to the car because it was cold as hell. I took very few pics this day.
Bison and geese in the Hayden Valley
This is a look above the Upper Falls and a look below. you can see the mist has cleared the trees of snow.
The rest of the trip consisted of hot tubbing and seeing the sites in West Yellowstone and jackson Hole.
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I got a SWEET deal on it for 7 days at around $650. We stayed at a little cabin in the shotgun area about 30 min away from West Yellowstone.
Island Park Cabin Nice little place, but I will stay somewhere else next time the shower was a little small.
Day 1: Get to Island Park, CHILL.
Day 2 : We drove to West Yellowstone to get breakfast and head into the park.
The Madison River and an elk that was standing next to it.
We headed down Firehole Falls road and looked at Firehole Falls.
The Firehole River with fog.
Then it got really foggy!
We decided to drive around the loop and end up in the Lamar Valley. As soon as we reached the valley we saw a lone Pronghorn and some nice fall colors.
Soda Butte Creek with the Absaroka Mtns in the background.
At this point we decided to head back and we ran into these sheep.
"The Four Asses"!
A couple miles down the road and we spotted this HUGE black bear with cubs. Not a great pic, but this thing was the size of a very large grizzly.
Day 2: We were going to hit the Canyon area and check out the falls and stuff around there.
This is from the Brink of the Lower Falls and a look down the canyon.
We then headed to Mammoth to look around and eat. The elk were in full rut and this guy welcomed us to Mammoth with a nice bugle.
We didn't get any good pics of the Mammoth Terraces because the lighting was horrible and there was not much color going on.
Day 3: It was very cold to start the day. A storm was getting ready to move in and we decided we might have to head back if it got bad. We stopped at Norris Geyser Basin first and ony took a few photos because it was so bitchin cold.
We headed for the Hayden Valley after this and we saw this Huge Grizzly down by the Yellowstone River. I got multiple pics of it but this was the best because i did not have a telephoto lense. It started to snow as the grizzly went out of sight.
The storm a brewing!
It was time to go so we headed back, but then it cleared some what and we decided to hit Old Faithful and Mystic Falls.
Elk near the trail.
We went back for the evening and i took this.
It snowed overnight and the park was empty the next day.
Day 4: We drove to the park and we just stuck to the car because it was cold as hell. I took very few pics this day.
Bison and geese in the Hayden Valley
This is a look above the Upper Falls and a look below. you can see the mist has cleared the trees of snow.
The rest of the trip consisted of hot tubbing and seeing the sites in West Yellowstone and jackson Hole.
Featured image for slideshow:
