Waterfalls and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Today we drove into what's essentially the center of the park to see the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. It's 40 miles one way, which doesn't sound like much until you remember that the speed limit is only 45mph & there's lots of cool stuff to stop and see. One good thing to remember is that wherever you see a lot of cars pulled over, there's usually something good (i.e. wildlife) to see. We found that out yesterday when we pulled over with about 20 other cars to watch a herd of elk cross the road. This one was across the street already and calling the others. Notice the radio collar with the cellphone-type antenna?













Or this guy, who was in the same spot alllll day:














Another time we saw a line of cars and found this bull elk just 40' or so away. He saw the people, but seemed completely unconcerned:











After awhile, we finally got to our destination, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. This where we saw the upper and middle falls from both rims.

























Upper falls:


























Middle Falls:




















The rest of the evening was spent chilling with grilled lamb chops and a glass of red wine. Ahhhh!

And that's all folks!

-Laura