We hit a few sites in Yellowstone Park on Day 3 of our reunion, and MAN WAS THE TRAFFIC TERRIBLE. It took a very, very long time to get anywhere because the roads were clogged with stopped cars, ogling tourists, roaming cameras, and lots of buffalo. Don't get me wrong -- I am totally into buffalo, but I am not into traffic jams when I have small children in the backseat. Poor Katie couldn't really see anything out the window, since her seat isn't high enough. We finally figured out that we could open her door to let her look out at the herd of buffalo one time when we were stopped.
Katie LOVES animals.
The Buffalo stroll around like they own the place. They have no respect for fences, or signs, or geysers or mud volcanoes. One came cruising right down the middle of the parking lot and totally surprised a woman who was coming out of the restroom, as well as a man who pulled a stroller off the roof of his van and turned around to see a buffalo just a few feet away. He totally froze there, with the stroller still high above his head until the buffalo had passed by.
Mud Volcano
For quite a while now, Scott has been fascinated by volcanoes (probably his natural disaster of choice), and he was super-thrilled to go to Yellowstone where there was steam bubbling out of the ground all over the place because of "underground volcanoes" like the Mud Volcano.
Falls
The falls were really impressive. In fact, tourists were lining up all over the place to get a shot in front of the distant cascade. Amazing scenery. Amazing traffic jams as well. Yellowstone has it all.
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