"We're here. Let's do it." part 1

If you didn't know, loyal readers, the wife and I are in Idaho visiting Kellie's brother, Mark. Yesterday we went to Yellowstone. It's a really amazing place, with too much to see. I will try to chart our trip, hitting only the major highlights.

Before going to Yellowstone, we took in some of the wind turbines in Idaho Falls. Note the size of the cars at the base.

This was one of the first sites. Some really cool thermal pools. Actually, they were hot. Some reached 140 degrees.

This is what happens to you when you put your head in a geyser.
Of course we saw Old Faithful. It was not too faithful that day because it blew 5 minutes early, which meant we were about 2 minutes too late. We caught it the next go around though. The best part of the show was when some rude dude started setting up his camera tripod right in front of the crowd, who basically threatened to throw him in a geyser if he didn't move. So he moved on down, but those people told him to stop blocking their view and leave. He finally did. He was probably from New York or something.

Here's a picture of Kellie and I smooching in Yellowstone.

So we did happen across a field of 200-300 buffalo. Before we actually saw the field, we got into a traffic jam. So I got out of the car to see what was going on, only to find a buffalo blocking the road. I took this picture....

Then I walked up in front of the white suv. No sooner than I get there, when another buffalo grunts and comes out of the woods to the right! It was crazy! So I hightailed it back to the car.


It was quite possibly the most magical experience of the trip. As you can see.

Mark was so excited, he spent the rest of the day trying to sharpen his imaginary buffalo horns on every tree we passed.
But we were too busy checking out this breathtaking waterfall from in the Canyon. As seen from Artist's Point.
Don't look down!
We spent the night in a cabin in Yellowstone. This morning, we saw this family of grizzly bears just a ways down the road.

Then we saw a black bear cub! Animals galore! We also saw a coyote.
We ended the day at Artists' Paintpots. It was bubbly and hot. Like hot, boiling paint. We were exhausted. We walked a lot. Apparently 1/3 of a mile means 2 miles in Yellowstone lingo. Or else were were exhausted. As you can see from the title, our motto was "We're here, let's do it." Even though we were tired, we pushed ourselves to soak it all in. In fact, I'm so tired I can barely finis...goodnight.