Yellowstone

We stayed in the Grizzly RV park in West Yellowstone which is another very nice place to base out of.  Yellowstone is nothing short of spectacular.  There is so much diversity within the park.  It's pretty hard to convey just a portion of it all here, but I'll try to give you a few examples.  First, a little history.

 It's the world's First National Park covering  2,219,789 acres (Larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined)

  Wildlife - 7 species of ungulates (bison, moose, elk, pronghorn), 2 species of bear and 67 other mammals, 322 species of birds, 16 species of fish and of course the gray wolf.
 
Plants - There are over 1,100 species of native plants, more than 200 species of exotic plants and over 400 species of thermopholes.

Geology - The park is home to one of the world's largest calderas with over 10,000 thermal features and more than 300 geysers.

It has one of the world's largest petrifiied forests.

It has over 290 waterfalls with the 308' Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River as it's showpiece.

Yellowstone Lake is the largest (132 sq. mi.) high altitude (7,732') lake in north America.

Here are a few pictures of some of the streams and waterfalls.

Next was the abundance of Buffalo wandering about, sometimes with impunity.

There are many  "hot springs" and they were amazing

It was a real treat to see "Old Faithful" perform for us

Finally we drove over the Continental Divide and to the west gate.

It was a most memorable visit. Every park we visit seems to be more impressive than the last.