The absence of our yearly trip to Yellowstone in July, got us all feeling super anxious to get there. We decided to take a road trip over Labor Day weekend. We made a surprise detour in Fort Washakie, to visit the cemetery where Sacajawea is buried.
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It was really a beautiful site. Although it is open to the public it is an active Native American cemetery, so I felt a little uneasy about being respectful to their traditions and land.
Our first stop in the park was the Canyon Village visitor center.
We had ice cream (of course) and visited the falls.
We mad a stop at Norris Geyser Basin
Our lodging was in West Yellowstone at our old friend the Pony Express. This place is so old school and really outdated, but it continues to be our go to because it makes no sense to us to spend a fortune on lodging when we literally just sleep there. We ate dinner at our favorite pizza place in town and did some browsing.
The next morning we went in to the park early for a hike to Osprey Falls. This 9 mile hike is rather flat for the first few miles and then you descend through steep switchbacks for the last 1.5 miles. The fact that we would have to climb the grueling 800 feet back out wasn't far from our minds.
We saw this guy hanging out on the steep hill across the river.
It is another short ascent up to get close to the falls.
It was a hot hike, even with the early start. Surprisingly, we were one of only a few parties we saw on this Labor Day weekend hike. We enjoyed some time in the river before hiking back out.
Every time we visit Yellowstone, I tell Mark I would just like to sit and watch the Bison. It seems like we are always on our way to somewhere and just seem them in passing or in a jam. So he indulged me with actually using a pull out and watching the great big herd of them for a little bit.
On our last day, we cruised through the park again ... stretching out the day as long as we could. We stopped at West Thumb.
And of course we love our picnics in the park. No better scenery. It was short but sweet. And maybe we can make it another year ......
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