Day Six--Yellowstone

Yellowstone's most famous landmark is the Old Faithful geyser,
and we were determined to see it in action.  And about 4 zillion other people had the same idea at the same time.  Honestly, it was like the parking lots at about three super Walmarts combined.  But Old Faithful is nothing if not faithful, and right on time, plus or minus 10 minutes, there she came.  It has rained all day, and standing out in the rain waiting for water to shoot out of the ground seems a little strange, but hundreds of people did it with us.  And for just a few minutes, the rain stopped, and we were able to observe the phenomenon without getting drenched.   The geyser area, which has two hotels, restaurants, a museum, an educational center, service station, and, of course, retail stores and gift shops, was about 40 miles from our campsite at Fishing Bridge.  We were hoping to go on down to Grand Teton National Park (adjacent to Yellowstone) to see the mountains there, but the weather was so cold and drizzly that we decided to look for wildlife in Yellowstone.  We saw lots of individual bison, but no herds.  Signs warned of wildlife on the roads, but we didn't see any on the roads, and just a few off the roads.  We visited the upper and lower falls of the Yellowstone River, and since each can be viewed from either the north rim or the south rim of the canyon, we did both, but at the north rim, it was raining and cold, so we didn't spend much time there.  By the time we got to the south rim, it had stopped, and it was spectacular.  But what was really spectacular was the sight of dozens of people trying to get pictures of the bear that wandered through the area.  I got one, too.