Day 15

Day 15 

  Today we set out for two parks that were close to each other. Grand Teton and Yellowstone National parks.  We first crossed into Wyoming and snapped a picture by the sign.  We got to the Grand Teton park and it was a beautiful day.  We rode through the the park and took in the amazing sites of the mountains.  After  we rode through the park we headed over to Yellowstone park.  One thing was certain Yellowstone is much bigger than any park we have been to.  We started driving through the park stopping at various scenic views and lakes.  We stopped and ate lunch on the shore of one lake, it was very peaceful.  We got to old faithful and just missed the eruption, so we had to wait for the next one which was 90 mins.  That's when the weather started to take a turn for the worst.  Grey clouds started rolling in and the Rangers said there were storm warnings.  We decided to wait a little longer and see if we could catch the eruption.  About 2 minutes before it was going to erupt the sky's opened up and it starting pouring.  I was already commited at this point so I stuck it out and got soaking we, but saw old faithful erupt.  After that we jumped back in the car and rode around for a bit to see if the rain was going to stop.  It eventually did and with what little daylight we had left we went to check out the waterfalls. The falls were cool to see and were probably full force with the rain.  It was interesting to see all of the steam coming from the ground too, probably emphasized from the dropping temperature.  This park is massive and can't be explored in one day.  We will have to come back one day and see the rest.  We headed out and started the journey to our hotel in the dark.  Mountain driving in the dark is an interesting test of nerves and patience.  We made it to our hotel in Billings, Montana at about 12:30, time for some sleep.

Remember you can follow our journey at --> Dustin and Jessicas Excellent Adventure Where you can see a map of our Journey and other pictures of interesting things we find along the way.