Yellowstone National Park

We left West Yellowstone after having breakfast in a rustic cafe with a waitress from the Ukraine. Our first stop was along the Madison River where a fellow was doing some fly fishing. The river did not appear to be deep enough for canoeing but it sure was appealing. In 1985 we did the southern loop and saw Old Faithful. This time we decided to go north and see the site there. We stopped at Norris and saw some of the most active geysers and other "hot" features on a 1.5 mile loop walk. We then went over to the canyon area and looked over the "Grand Canyon" of Yellowstone. The waterfalls in the canyon were really impressive. We also saw extensive evidence of the 1988 wildfire that hit Yellowstone. Lots of standing dead trees with new growth underneath. Heading south we continued on and came upon a traffic backup caused by buffalo. We saw at least 100 buffalo from various distances. One of them decided to cross right in front of us on the road. He was a good sized fellow so we shot him with the camera. After continuing through the east side of Yellowstone and had an early dinner at Granny's Restaurant in Cody, Wyoming. Trying to makeup some time we headed towards Sheridan where we got on I-90 with a speed limit of 75 mph. It is really strange to be cruising along at 75 to 80 mph but we made good time and got to Gillette, Wyoming for the night. Goni is pretty tired of sitting in the car so we are trying to make it a little easier on her by stopping a lot. Next stop is Mt Rushmore and then on to Wisconsin.