Grant Village campground to Canyon Campground - 44 miles
This is a day I will never forget! This is going to be a long post from usual. We got up relatively early this morning. Early enough for me scrape enough frost off of my tent to throw a snowball at Dustin, (dustinabond.blogspot.com). Made a nice warm fire as Don pumped out a few hundred pancakes for everyone, you're the man Don, thanks. What a beautiful ride around West Thumb and Yellowstone lake, observing the frequent thermal activity, to start the day.
Chris and I enjoyed a milkshake at the Fishing Bridge Cafe before heading onto Hayden Valley. On the way we saw a Bison just walking alone down the side of the road right outside the cafe, unbelievable to remember that we're in their home, not the other way around. Next stop were the Mud Vulcanoes where from a distance it smelled like popcorn, as we got closer it quickly switched to rotten eggs. The mud volcanoes were pretty neat, and we caught some great footage while there. What are these parents thinking letting their kids so close to these guys? I know they're tame and almost seem like a huge stuffed animal, but read the sign!!
Continuing through Hayden Valley we soon came across a traffic jam. I wondered how this was possible out here with no traffic lights, intersections, etc. but I soon realized the cause of this delay.
A bison herd was crossing the road. And like usual, we didn't wait with the rest of the cars and crusied right up to the sweet spot where I caught some videos of the herd meandering through the cars, ignoring the paparazzi of tourists and continued onto the river where the crossed to the otherside.
We camped at the Canyon campsite and after we collected firewood for the evening we went and checked out Yellowstone Falls and the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. What a sight!
Capping off the evening with a campfire meal we made foil packets with bison meat and cooked them in the coals; It made the top 5 meals of the trip. What a day!
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