Yesterday at Yellowstone we drove down the east side and saw the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Lake Yellowstone. There are amazing vistas and waterfalls. The rocks are such great shades of yellow and pink. There isn't much geothermal activity over on that side. We also stopped and walked around Monmouth Terraces. I still don't understand how nature can make such abrupt stair steps. We also saw some more bison (some running down the road), elk, antelope and goats. I figure we hit the Home on the Range trifecta: Buffalo, deer and antelope. The only discouraging words were -"Hey, don't stop in the middle of the road to look at wildlife" and "Don't you think you have taken enough selfies?" It really was scary at how people will come to a dead stop to look at wildlife on the side of the road. There were even little kids wandering in the road. This is in spite of signs everywhere that say not to get close to the wild animals and to only use pullouts. The endless photos by (mostly) Asians got pretty annoying after awhile too. I decided to photobomb their pictures.
Dinner was at the Cowboy Cafe - stew and fried green tomatoes for me and barbecued ribs and brisket for Dean. Darned good. No singing vegetables.
Today we drove through the Park one last time, but the weather had turned crummy with spitting rain, so we didn't stop anywhere. Did get to hear a male elk bugle. Across southern Idaho - lots of farmland. Twin Falls is a good sized town with lots of box stores and an anemic downtown that is trying, but mostly failing. I did get my nails done at a nice salon near the hotel. Well worth it.
On to Walla Walla tomorrow, then home.
