I have been wanting to go to back Yellowstone National Park so a couple of weeks ago I spontaneously booked a cabin at the West Yellowstone KOA (I've stayed there several times and I really like it) and planned a trip. I drove there on Monday (it is about four hours north of where I live) and spent several days at the park.
My first stop was at Old Faithful. It had just erupted when I was parking my car so I decided to wait at the lodge until it erupted again. It is always so exciting to see it go higher and higher and I loved it when the crowd cheered!
The park was really crowded (I thought September would be a good time to go because kids would be back in school but apparently every other retiree had the same idea) so I couldn't follow my usual routine. I decided to be flexible and hit the spots where I could find parking (I am not very patient when it comes to
parking at national parks).
I spent quite a bit of time at the Grand Prismatic Spring which is one of my favorite places in the park.
I came upon a herd of bison while on a scenic drive and the park ranger got mad at me for getting too close to one of them.
Beryl Geyser
Artists Paint Pots
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and the Upper and Lower Falls
Roaring Mountain
Mammoth Springs
This was a really fun trip! I just wandered anywhere I felt like going and ended up taking a lot of different scenic drives which were beautiful. I also enjoyed being in my cabin at the KOA because it rained every night and I loved listening to the sound while falling asleep,
