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1 Day in Yellowstone National Park (South)

After spending 1 full day in Grand Teton National Park, the weather report called for rain all day. We decided to outrun the rain and drive further north to Yellowstone National Park.

We entered through the south entrance, which is less than an hour drive from our cabin at the Signal Mountain Lodge Resort.

Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south

Bluto was a little concerned about all the snow we encountered on the drive up.

Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south

We stopped at Lewis Falls, where the snow was coming down.

Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Lewis Falls - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Lewis Falls - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Lewis Falls - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south

We don’t see snow very often in Arizona so husband was pretty excited.

On our way out of the park several hours later, the sun was out so we stopped again at Lewis Falls.

Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Lewis Falls - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Lewis Falls - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Lewis Falls - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south

Baby girl wasn’t too impressed either way. 😁

We continued on to Old Faithful, 20 minutes before her next scheduled eruption. As you can see, there were quite a few others anticipating the event.

Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south

Thar she blows!

Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south

After watching the eruption, we followed the Old Faithful Geyser Trail along with everyone else in Wyoming. It is a very easy .7 mile heavily trafficked loop.

Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Bison Buffalo near Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Hot springs near Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Hot springs near Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Bison Buffalo near Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Hot springs near Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Old Faithful Trail - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Old Faithful Trail - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Old Faithful Trail - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Old Faithful Trail - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Bison Buffalo near Old Faithful - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south

We drove around the park and stopped at several viewpoints but one of the highlights was seeing a young grizzly bear foraging for food.

Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Young Grizzly Bear foraging for food - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Young Grizzly Bear foraging for food - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - Young Grizzly Bear foraging for food - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south

A frozen Lewis Lake.

Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south

We were really impressed with Yellowstone’s beauty and hope we’ll have the time to come back next summer for a longer trip. Bluto on the other hand… he thought Yellowstone was just alright. He was more interested in what was for dinner.

Daytrip Yellowstone National Park South Entrance - AmericanExpeditioners /daytrip-yellowstone-national-park-south
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