Another Day in Paradise

Our Sunday morning (May 31) in Yellowstone National Park went like this:

- Woke up in our room on the second floor of the Rhyolite Lodge.

- Went for breakfast at the Canyon Village cafeteria.

- Dealt with the trauma of the kitchen being out of eggs. (Apparently their shipment arrived frozen?)

- Waited for several long minutes for the French Toast to be done.

- Hit up the Grand Canyon Visitor Center and got our passport stamp.

- I toured the museum and watched the film while Debbie did some souvenir shopping.

Now that we were awake and alert, we took a drive for most of the late morning/afternoon.  First, we went to see the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone's Northern Rim and overlooks.

We worked our way south to the Lake Lodge area - only to discover that it was still closed. So much for our lunch plan! We decided to drive to the Fishing Bridge for lunch instead where we split a honey ham sandwich.  We got our passport stamp there and drove north.

We went to one of Jon's favorite spots in Yellowstone - the Mud Volcano Area.  There are many cool thermal features in this section of the park.

On the way back to the Grand Canyon, we saw many cars pulled over.  Debbie said, "It's just another bear."  I asked, "Is it a grizzly?"  She immediately realized it was, so we pulled over and got a good look (at a distance!)

Finishing up on our tour for the day, we did the Grand Canyon's Southern Rim and overlooks.

We took the evening off from sightseeing and Debbie did laundry in the campground after going on a scavenger hunt for quarters.  We went back to the Canyon Village cafeteria where we enjoyed tasty roast beef dinners and shared an ice cream cookie sandwich for dessert.  

We returned to our room for rest and reading and blogging.  This is our last night in Yellowstone!