The boys and I took it easy this morning and explored the town of Gardiner, MT a little bit.
We found an amazing T-shirt shop (OutWest T’s) that carried socks, t-shirts, pajamas, hoodies, hats… I bought a keychain and a small jar of Huckleberry jam. There is a T-Shirt there that I may go back and buy for Nick. They had so many funny designs. They were really nice and explained huckleberries to the boys. Huckleberries are similar in shape to blueberries, but a little smaller. They grow wild, cannot be cultivated, and do not last long once picked. Which is why you see more products with huckleberry in them, than fresh huckleberries for sale. We tried a hard candy and ice cream sandwiches for the boys. Both were a big success.
We mailed some postcards, stopped at a bookstore/coffee shop, and got some groceries before heading home. The bookstore looked like it had nice breakfast sandwiches and they had a frozen coffee (they call it blended). Not a lot of kid books for the boys though, mostly adult and some little kid books.
We grabbed bison burgers for dinner, which the kids enjoyed trying. After cleaning up dinner, we headed back into Yellowstone. Ben drove so I could get pictures out the window! Yay for awesome husbands! 🙂
We went to Old Faithful and it was the most congested with cars we had seen so far. There had also been a wreck and construction, which slowed down the drive to a snail’s pace at times. We rushed through the parking lot to get to the geyser and saw a few small spurts and a lot of steam. We waited maybe 10 minutes or so, until the big eruption. It was great! The wind was blowing towards us, so we did get a few misty drops on us.
Next stop was the Grand Prismatic Spring. This was what I had been looking forward to. It was amazing. The colors are just amazing to think that nature can produce such vibrant colors. We parked at Fairy Falls Trail and took the trail over to Prismatic Spring. There is a fork in the trail: straight goes to Fairy Falls Trail, left goes up a hill to Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook. Take the extra 1/4 mile and go up the hill. It gives you a greater vantage point to look down on the colorful spring. There were a lot less people up there too!
We stopped at a waterfall and a few more hot springs on the way back.
Video: Geysers and Hot Springs we’ve seen soon so far. Old Faithful is in it too!
Stunning videos!!
Love hearing about Yellowstone Park..so beautiful and so enjoy the pictures of animals… God’s beauty is awesome and I think it is nothing short of “mind blowing!” 🙂 You are doing a great job keeping us updated and we look forward to hearing from you…Hats off to Nicole..such an amazing logo….absolutely love it!!! Sending hugs and prayers for continued fun and safe travels..
What fantastic video!!! What beautiful sights. Can’t wait to get there one of these days!!! Love seeing all these adventures.
Thanks for all of the updates (and the awesome postcard)!! We are following along every day. Saw your pic of the 45th parallel! Dave has an odd enthusiasm for the 45th parallel, so this was a big update for him. I hope to see Yellowstone someday soon – your pictures look amazing. Enjoy!!!
You guys would love it here!