The Excellent Adventure

The Excellent Adventure

Monday, July 21, 2014

Yellowstone: Mammoth to Tower to Canyon to Norris (TEA Day 50)

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On July 17th, we revisited the Lower Terrace, so Mom could see and so we could see the rest.

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After the Lower Terrace, we took a drive around the Upper Terrace of Mammoth Hot Springs.

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Then we started driving out towards Tower Yellowstone. We took many stops along the way.

This is Undine Falls.

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Then we took a short hike to Wraith Falls. Mom and Charlie didn’t do it.

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Then we took a self-guided trail about wildlife and habitats in Yellowstone.

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After that, we took a 6-mile drive that took a half hour.

Wildlife!

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This is Tower Falls. After that we started driving south towards Canyon.

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Wildlife! We saw a black bear and her two cubs. It was awesome! We also saw a 20-minute bear jam.

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Bison! And a bison jam!

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Here’s the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Our visit got cut short because of a rainstorm. Notice the yellow stones that give the park its name.

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That’s Lower Yellowstone Falls.

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After that, we turned west and drove to Norris Geyser Basin.

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More crazy landscapes! It almost felt like we were in a sci-fi movie.

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We had dinner at Mammoth. This is Marty’s huckleberry BBQ chicken.

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This is Eddie’s “mammoth” brownie sundae!

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This is Marty’s huckleberry sundae. Notice a theme for his meal?

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