Where is Jakie? Day 3

Today was great! We had breakfast and headed right to Yellowstone! We went in through the north entrance of the park.

David and Jacob in the car...ready for Yellowstone.


The arch at the north entrance of the park that dates back to the opening of the park...this used to be the only way to get into the park...(i am kinda into history)

We saw some elk grazing in the grass on the side of the road. The first stop was Mammoth Hotsprings. It was really amazing to walk around the different springs.

This picture was too funny...it was all just the right angle of the camera and good timing with Jacob's expression.


A much happier Jacob with his mommy.


My threatening to throw Jacob in a thermal pool.


After the hotsprings we drove down to Old Faithful. The stops along the way were amazing. We saw a rather large bison grazing by itself along a river. He was huge!
You can see the bison in the background of this picture...I would not want to mess with this thing.



Our next stop was prompted when we saw this huge steaming pool on the side of the road. Since it was cool out, all the hotsprings were giving off steam like crazy. It actually looked like something was on fire. Anyways we stopped and got out and the pool was this amazing blue color.

Blue thermal pool


Our next stop was a waterfall. Perhaps more exciting than the waterfall was this giant crow hopping around. This crow was about 2feet tall....everyone was taking pictures of this bird...I half expected it to start talking or something it was so freakishly big.



The next stop was this larger pool. It was deep blue in the middle and orange in color on the edges.

crazy multi colored pool


A classic "kristen's eyes are closed ruining another great picture"


Next up was lunch and old faithful. It was really fun to see!

old faithful


jacob and i watching old faithful go



It started to rain after that so we decided to call it quits and just drove through the rest of the park...which took a good hour and a half! Yellowstone Lake was still covered in ice and there was lots of snow still on the ground. We saw two more large bison herds. To David's delight, it snowed, but only briefly. We ended our day in Cody, WY. We ate dinner at this very yummy chinese place. After that we watched the Lost season finale...it was great!




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