I did manage to see Old Faithful during the daytime. There were hardly any people there at night, so it was funny to see just how many people were there during the day.
Click on image for close-up of the crowd.
the last couple of days were much better in yellowstone – so much better that it seemed like everything was a vivid blue. the sky was clear, the animals were out, the dogs were barking – wait – shhhhhhh – no bark! 
so the main reason i have gone on this journey is because in may 1999 i tried to go through yellowstone on my way to seattle. i was on my way to do an internship with microsoft. two of my cousins – keisha and jonetta, pictured below, drove across the country with me. we were stopped because of snow on the road in MAY! the beartooth highway that leads from cody (after chief joseph’s highway ends) to cooke city and the entrance to yellowstone was still closed! DENIED!
my second day in yellowstone was not as spectacular as the first day.
first there was rush hour.
There was no room in any campgrounds in Yellowstone for the first two nights I planned on being there, because they were all booked up except for the first-come-first-serve campgrounds, which were all too far away from where I wanted to be. I drove in from West Yellowstone, down along several rivers to end up at Old Faithful. Along the way I saw some cool waterfalls, swimming holes, elk, and hot springs.
More pictures on the full post. (more…)
