We left the Yellow Stone Lake lodge Saturday Morning at a leisurely pace...breakfast, a couple of pics on the waterfront, more junk from their gift shop...And we were off to Mammoth Hot Springs....it's important to know if your ever thinking of traviling in Yellowstone..nothing is close! I have come to describe the park as sort of like leaving Greensboro heading to Charlotte, hopping over to Rockingham, then to Raleigh, and finally back to Greensboro... ok, its not that big but it sure does feel like it... no..it is that big!
On the way to Mammoth we decided to see a "beautiful waterfall" and take a hike...it was a great break from the car but not such a great fall, small in nature and after some of the really big ones we had seen it was a let down...never fear, we all had some of dads jerky afterwards..remember this whole trip was only a "jerky run".
We made it to Mammoth in time for lunch (read my NC description of the park above) and had a great cheese burger in the oldest section of the park; as well this section actually stays open all year...hard to believe with the snowfall they receive. Of Course, we walked the shops and headed up the hill about 400 yards to the see the Hot Springs. By this time the girls were tired and I basically ran around as this is where I really wanted some pics. From there we headed south to the west entrance for exiting the park into "West Yellowstone" Montana, (a town outside of Yellowstone Park with every type of tourist trap store you can imagine). The Ingles said they past us as we were heading south they were heading up to Mammoth (The Ingles are the family we meet in Big Sky tonight for a week together).
We cruised the BIG (little) streets of West Yellowstone by car for about 5 minutes and decided to head on to Big Sky.
We arrived in Big Sky at about 5:30pm and of course we decided to eat before heading up to the house...Found a great pizza place that we actually frequented again that week....headed up to the house and got there @ about 7:30...the Ingles had just pulled in about 15 minutes before us.
See the house we stayed in at http://www.bigskyhaus.com/.
Piled into the house...talked alot and hit the hay!
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