Camping inside Yellowstone

We made it! We spent our first 2 nights at Mammoth Campground at the north end of the park. Cool at night but thankfully our van heater has kept us cozy. We've seen plenty of Elk and cruised over the Mammoth Hot Springs as well as attended a few informative ranger talks. This morning we went to the Boiling River for a swim - kind of hard to consider as we left our campground in a slight drizzle and 40F outside temperature. The Boiling River is a spot where the geothermally heated water enters the river at a scalding 130F. Mixed with the flowing fresh river water, the perfect pool can be found for lounging in. A great start to the day which included a close encounter with a big Bison as he made his way slowly along the road we were driving on. We made our way to Canyon Junction where we've set up camp for 2 nights here and plan to do some hikes and looking around tomorrow.