There are four entrances to Yellowstone Park and this one is at the West side.  We started at the West entrance and ended up going out of Yellowstone at the North entrance so we pretty much did a huge circle and saw pretty much all of it.  The scenery was breathtaking everywhere we went.

Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, the USA, is one of the most geothermically active regions in the planet. Half of the world's all geothermal features are located here. The park spanning an area of nearly 9000 square km comprises of 10,000 geysers, hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles, thanks to its location in an ancient active caldera. Yellowstone itself is one massive super volcano that erupted with tremendous force several times in the last two million years. Lava flows and rocks from volcanic eruptions cover most of the land area of Yellowstone. The park is the centerpiece of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the largest remaining, nearly intact ecosystem in the Earth's northern temperate zone.  Below is an area covered with sulfur that comes out of the ground.

 

The hot springs are beautiful and yes....hot!

 

 

Lots of pretty colors in Yellowstone including this orange in the soil from the sulfur.

 

 

My youngest grandchild is now taller than me!

 

There are about 500 geysers in Yellowstone.  And of course the trip would not be complete without seeing Old Faithful.

 

 

We drove on to Fishing Bridge Park and again, we were lucky to get a place to stay there with no reservations.  Lots of signs posted about bears in the area but unfortunately (or fortunately), we never saw one.   I think I want to be a forest ranger in my next life. (OK...I know I look stupid but what the heck).

 

 

Tami found this uprooted tree with some interesting wood she would have liked to use to repurpose but unfortunately it would not fit in the RV.