From Buffalo, Wyoming to Yellowstone

We made several stops up this mountain to let the vehicles cool down! This was over 9,000 feet elevation! Yes, the weather was much cooler! The photos below are of us traveling up the mtn. and then the view as we go down the mtn.
We arrive at our campsite 18 miles from the entrance of Yellowstone. We had electricity and water at our site, but no internet service or phone service. We were set between two mountains. The campground was right on the Shoshone River. The temperature was usually low 80s, no humidity, lows in the 50s.

We arrive at our campsite 18 miles from the entrance of Yellowstone. We had electricity and water at our site, but no internet service or phone service. We were set between two mountains. The campground was right on the Shoshone River. The temperature was usually low 80s, no humidity, lows in the 50s.
Entering Yellowstone National Park!! Yippee!! It was a warm, sunny day. We entered through the east entrance. We discovered that Yellowstone has 2.2 million acres and that from this entrance it takes about 2 hours to get to Yellowstone Lake and to Old Faithful!We were glad that Hunter asked us to go to a road that led to an overlook. This view of Yellowstone Lake was awesome! It was great to see the Grand Teton mountains beyond the lake and beyond the mountains in Yellowstone. The Grand Teton Mtns actually tower over these mountains. Most of the mountains in Yellowstone are anywhere from 8,000-10,000 feet high.You can see the remnants of the forest fire here.
Below are buffalo, elk and the hot springs at the Fishing Bridge area.

Welcome to WYOMING

Welcome to Wyoming!

Below is the photo of an Information Center we stopped at as soon as we crossed into Wyoming from South Dakota.
If you look closely at the photo below, you can see snow capped mountains!

We stayed at Twin Creeks Campground in Buffalo. Great campground! We really enjoyed this spot, but we only stayed here one night! We had our sights set on Yellowstone, so we better move ahead!

We move forward, view beautiful scenery and find HUGE snow capped mtns!

Wall, South Dakota; High: 80s Lows: 60s No humidity

Our last drive into Wall on our way out to Wyoming. We stopped at this chapel and prayed together. It is a beautiful chapel.

Downtown Wall. A very western style town with an old and quaint Post Office!
This is the back of the post office. Notice it says, Jon Hustead. He opened Wall Drug.

Wall, South Dakota & The Badlands National Park

Steve spends hours upon hours searching on the internet for our next camping spot.

(It's not fun.) He has to find the route we're going to take, we prefer the campground has water and electricity and we are definitely looking at the fees of the campground!!

Our almost favorite scene: our children reading and loving what they're reading about!
A few more photos of the Badlands and the photos of the animals are of Long Horn Sheep (these must have been young) and Pronghorn. We saw these in the park.
The teepees were located at the Visitors Center inside the Badlands Park.