Our Best Yellowstone Wildlife Photos

This was taken out of the car window, he was close!

Look! It's a bear!

The bear enjoyed his walk on the beach. This was taken in Grant Village.

This buffalo was following the rules of the road

Yes, that's the buffalo's tongue in it's nose

This must be the most delicious plant ever!!

What a handsom Elk

Yellowstone Bison and Beauty

We came across a buffalo herd crossing the road this week. It's amazing to see so many in one place at a time!

We've seen alot of buffalo on their own away from the herd as well.

Besides bison, we've seen tons of beauty all around the park!

This is a petrified tree, possibly a Redwood from when the volcano that sits under Yellowstone last erupted.

A Trip to the Tetons

Just south of Yellowstone is Grand Teton National Park. We took a day trip down to check out the young rugged mountains, view the beautiful lakes and walk around the swanky town of Jackson!

Here are the photos from our adventure in the Tetons-

The clouds are super low

The beautiful antler arch

So many antlers

Ski slopes in the summer, again the clouds are doing some crazy things!

The beautiful Snake River

The beautiful mountains

Coyote off in the field

Prong horns crossing the road

What a view those settlers would have had

This area of the USA feels like a wonderfully wild wilderness still. I can't explain the feeling I get while surrounded by so much natural beauty. I would not mind visiting this area of our great country many more times in the future.

Lots of Yellowstone Thermal Features

Sunrise to Sunset

There aren't many days in my life where I see the sun rise and set in the same day but this past week I did. I'd say it was well worth getting up early and being outside all day long.

A foggy and beautiful sunrise near Hayden Valley in Yellowstone

In Hayden Valley early morning listening to the wolves howl

Setting Sun

Elk near Madison as the sun is going down for the day

The sun setting near Madison

Boiling River- Yellowstone

One of my favorite things we've done on our trip to Yellowstone so far is swim in the Boiling River.

The Gardner River is cold like most rivers around these parts but there is a section of the river where a hot spring flows into the cold water mixing the perfect temperature for enjoyment.

This is where the hot water comes out of the ground and flows to the Gardiner River

This is a semi well known area but it's not advertised or else the place would be way more busy I would think. If you drive north of Mammoth toward the North Entrance of the park you will come to a pullout labeled 45th Parallel and Boiling River. There's a 3/4 mile trial up the river to get to the swimming area which has a little pool made of rock to hold the warm water in.

We spent a couple of hours swimming here and I think we could have stayed longer it was so pleasant! The hottest area of the pool is nice like a hot tub and bursts of cold water from the river sweep by often enough to keep you in without getting too hot.

If you sit down river of the hot pool the water is warm and nice for laying in.

Swimming in the boiling river is nature at it's finest!

We're In Yellowstone!

We made it to the mecca of National Parks! We've only been here two days and look at all the beauty we've already seen. There is no place else like Yellowstone!

How is this real!?

Impressive Geyser near Old Faithful

Old Faithful! Look at all the people!

Old Faithful Inn

The rivers near our campground

Bison having some breakfast

Notice the bird on his antler!

Big Elk

At Mammoth Hot Springs

Beautiful Travertine Terraces

Hot waterfall!

So pretty

Unreal!