Yellowstone!

We traveled down hwy 191. The drive into Yellowstone was beautiful. The towering mountians and rivers. We were headed south into Yellowstone and the rivers were flowing North, we found this odd. The rivers we found out do flow North for awhile and then flow south. We were lucky to find a spot at Bridge Bay campsite, across from the Yellowstone Lake. This is an old camp and the spaces are odd and hard to get in and out with a camping trailer. We were able to find a nice double wide space were we could spend 3 days. As soon as we got settled we headed to the Marina. They were boarding for the Lake Queen II. We took a lake tour, it was very interesting. Yellowstone lake is at 7700ft elevation and the whole lake freezes over, up to three feet, in the winter. Dave booked a fishing charter for the next day. We woke up early the next day and headed out. We drove the Grand Loop and saw bison and more bison, they seemed to be everywhere, even in the road! This place is like no other, towering mountians, waterfalls and sulfur springs. Dave and Dawson went on the fishing charter that evening and came back with 9 lake trout! After catching his first fish, Dawson shouted, "yeah baby!" They had a blast. The next day, our last day, we visited the mud pots. It was bubbling muddy water and Dawson said, look its like Shrek! Megan saw a smaller mud pot and said, look mom, its like Shreks hot tub! Its amazing to see so much diversity in one place.
That evening the sky went from Sunshine to windy in a second. Dave and I scurried to put the awning up and put things away. The wind kicked up and large drops of rain started to fall. The rain came down hard with thunder and lightning. The kids were scared, I don't think they have ever been in a thunderstorm. We distracted them by making popcorn, the old fashioned way... on the gas stove with a large kettle. This camp does not have utilities. Off to the Grand Tetons tomorrow.

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