Leaving Yellowstone, Grand Teton NP tonight

We've had some great hikes and wildlife viewing experiences here in Yellowstone... too many to mention in this quick update. We finally got another Internet connection at the car park at Old Faithful, which we watched erupt twice, once from the boardwalk in front of the geyser and another time at the lookout in the hills about 1 mile away. The image at left is Yellowstone Grand Canyon. And below is a quick snap of Doug and the girls visiting Artist Paint Pot as part of the Norris Basin Geyser area. There is no end of photo opportunities here. At an upcoming stop we're hoping to sort through the best photos (and videos) and load them up to the main site.

On to Grand Teton National Park for 2 nights - hopefully at Colter Bay, if camping spots are open.

Hopefully it will be a little warmer at night (it's been down to 26F on the cool nights!)

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.

On our way to Yellowstone

Stopping off at Bozeman, MT to have a great lunch at the Food Coop here in town. (And testing to make sure we can email pictures to the blogsite). Lunch was great. And the emailing seems to work. Yayy.