Another early start today as we wanted to visit Mammoth Hot springs. We saw lots of wildlife on the way there and back, but no chances to photo as we were driving.

We saw deer, elk , 2 bears, 2 kyotes and many different birds. The wild flowers are so beautiful at the moment

. We also saw rapids on the Yellowstone River where the trout have to jump up stream. We saw a trout about to swim off but didn’t see him leap.

Yellowstone River Lower falls were terrific with very powerful water.

Next we saw the volcano area and the sulphur bubbling lakes. The hillside is described as a cooking pot.

Louis and Otis there is a dragons hollow where he breathes out steam!

When we got to the area around Mammoth Hot Springs it was very hot and sunny and as it is Sunday there were masses of people. We walked on the board walks and viewed the very pretty mineral staircases, sparkling in the sunshine. You would have loved it Lily and Anona …its very magical.

We were hot and tired so drank lots of soda with our lunch then set on the return trip.

Our sat nav took us back the quickest way on a fantastic road through Lamar valley where we saw hundreds of buffalo. I’m not exaggerating! It was so good to see them all and you could imagine how America should be if the pioneers hadn’t killed them all in the 1800s.

We then went up up up into the mountains of the Shoshone National Forest. The road felt like you were on top of the world looking over to the Rockies. It was like driving in Norway Alex and Matthew.

We went round many hairpin bends but felt safe as the road was wide and had crash barriers all the way.

Hope you like the photos. I shall never forget this road it was amazing.