Gigglesandgumballs: Day 5: Yellowstone!

If you are just tuning in, go a few posts back to see where this trip all started off.

Continuing on.... Yesterday we had a cruddy weather....but it is amazing what difference a day makes.

I had a few bucket list things I really, really wanted to see in Yellowstone. Artists point was one of them. I was bummed when it was too cloudy to see it on our first day. It was an hour drive to head back there, but we headed back there first thing in the morning to give it another try. I am so glad we did!! It was lovely! This area is considered the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and I could spend all day exploring there!

We then headed up to the Mammoth area. We had a few stops along the way that were pretty cool.

In the Yellowstone park alone it is like so many different regions of the world all in one park setting. Mammoth was like nothing I have ever seen. Do a little bit of research on it...I won't bore you with the details here.

After we visited mammoth we visited the Roosevelt Arch in Gardner and had huckleberry ice cream. Oh and by the way, I think we had huckleberry ice cream every day...it was that yummy! After walking around Gardner for a bit we got back in the car and headed on a bear hunt in Yellowstone.

Our first sighting was along side the road and up the hill. Cars were already stopped and everyone does a pretty good job at communicating with each other what they are looking at. Of course you have the people yelling at you to keep going...we tend to just ignore those people. We come all this ways...we are going to take a picture of a bear!

We then continue a few miles and there was a line of cars parked on the side of the road...usually when a group is gathered like this...it means something! This time it meant bears. We couldn't find a place to park...I was kind of bummed, but it was what it was. We continued on to see the petrified tree. It was kind of cool.

We ended up having to circle back to the area where the bears were and parked far and hiked along side the road so we could get close enough to see them. It was so worth it in the end. Thank goodness for good binoculars!! We saw a mama bear and a few of her cubs. We planted ourselves and watched the babies play for a bit. The park ranger was really nice and answered everyone's questions.

After a long day of driving we headed back to our cabin for a quiet evening in. Sean and I sometimes left the kids to go exploring on our own. We visited some cool areas around the Lake Hebgen area-- and saw our first moose!