We made it into Yellowstone Park the next day…excitement abounded in the car…WE WERE GOING TO SEE OLD FAITHFUL!!!

Which we did three different times…the first time was planned.

We stayed in West Yellowstone that evening, then went back into the park.  We spent two days touring.

The amazing beauty and the exciting thought that we were walking on top of a giant super-volcano kept us all in awe

People were everywhere

I could NOT imagine how crowded it must be in ‘high’ season—summer time— as we were never without crowds ourselves.

Everything about Yellowstone is dramatic

You can walk or drive your car to just about any outstanding place possible

Those are stairs to an over-look

But I must confess, the one thing that amazed me was man-made…

 The Old Faithful Inn

If memory serves me right it was finished building and opened in 1904.  The building is MASSIVE and all out of logs and stone.

The second I saw it I wanted to spend at least one night there.  We checked to see if there were any openings…If you want to spend a night or so at the Inn you MUST make reservations a YEAR in advance!  And the rooms are down right pricey.  But for once in a life-time….

$400 was way too much for us and there wasn’t one anyway.

Ah, well…one can dream.

Linda