Goodbye Grand Tetons; Hello Yellowstone… July 11, 2007
Terri is writing the journal for today:

“This morning we went on our last horseback riding trip. On this ride my parents didn’t go, but they did go hike up the hill to Beth Moore’s cabin. Emily took my brothers and I on a trail called Paint Brush through the woods. She told us that it was Bear Country, and that four out of five times there can be a bear next to you and you don’t notice it. We were all sad to be leaving there.

We started out for Yellowstone making a few stops on the way. The wildlife that we saw were crazy: all of the bison at Hayden Valley (they literally stopped traffic by crossing the road right next to us), and the elk napping and eating.
The sights that we all saw were some impressive hot springs and bubbling paint pots (the colors were amazing), long Yellowstone Lake, and so much land that had been burned years ago. We also got to view Lewis Falls, and got to hike on Uncle Tom’s Trail to see the Lower Falls.

We finally arrived and ate dinner at our destination, Old Faithful Inn. When I walked in it was just amazing! Mostly everything was made of logs (it was like a mansion cabin). We ended the day going to check out the gift shop. Today was long, but fun! Can’t wait for tomorrow.”