Dear Diary,
Today definitely didn't go as planned, but was a great day. Woke up, walked over to the overlook of the river and enjoyed the view for a bit. We ate breakfast, cleaned up and packed up camp and were again on the road.
The initial goal was to go to Norris campground, but that ended up being closed due to snow, even though a sign and a ranger told us it was open previously. Oh well. We'll go out of the East entrance. Turns out the East entrance is closed most hours of the day due to avalanche danger. Crazy.
So, we decided to check out things on our way, but ultimately leave the park and head south to Grand Teton National Park. Not too bad a compromise, haha.
In Yellowstone we saw The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone which had two fantastic waterfalls, and quite a bit of actual yellow stone. Must be how they got the name. We also saw Yellowstone lake which is still frozen over, then saw a bunch of neat geothermal features right on the shore of the lake. The geothermal features do end up getting a bit redundant, but they're so cool because they just don't exist anywhere else I've ever been. Very cool. One entire exhibit area was closed due to bear activity which was interesting.
Next we headed out of yellowstone and into Grand Teton National Park. The mountains here are huge and there's literally zero foothills, they just rise almost straight up. Views are astounding, especially from the shore of beautiful frozen lakes.
We found a campsite in a campground that has tons of snow still all over it. Our site is actually quite good compared to many others, though. We set up, then explored for a bit. There was a moose just lying next to one of the bathrooms in the campground, just hanging out laying down in the snow which was very cool. Sadly, all the snow makes hiking quite a challenge, but the views from some of the overlooks are awesome. Trying to take photos and really hoping they turn out, but I'm sure they won't do this place much justice.
We are headed toward home starting tomorrow, but planning on stopping midway to avoid a ridiculously long drive again. I'm tired.
Xoxo,
Blake
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