US trip (part 3): Yellowstone

After a day in Cody we headed on to Yellowstone.

Rather than go the most direct route, we went along the famous scenic highways - first the Chief Joseph, then a slight backtrack to go along part of the Beartooth. We did a u-turn at the 'Top of the World' store and headed to Yellowstone via Cooke City. On the way we stopped at the Clay Butte fire lookout that had great views. It was a lovely drive, photos don't do it justice but hopefully this will give you at least a smidgeon of an idea what it was like.



Yellowstone surpassed my expectations, not least by not being overly crowded! I'd heard nightmares about 5 mile long tailbacks, but turned out that early August was a great week to go - still summer, but the week before school went back so very few families. We were amazed by the geysers and other geothermal features, but also just the scale of everything.



But of course we didn't just go to Yellowstone for scenery, the main attraction was the animals...