By this time, we were all moving much SLOWER! We had seen so much and gone so hard that we took a somewhat easier day on day five. We checked out of our cute cabin in Canyon Country and headed towards Old Faithful Inn. We stopped along the way to see a few sights, had lunch at a nice restaurant in southern Yellowstone, tried to fish (which the boys did several times throughout the week -- there may be LOTS of bison in Yellowstone; but, there isn't ONE fish!!) We ended up having a "skipping rocks" contest on the lake and guess who lost! :( We checked into the Old Faithful Inn just in time to get to Old Faithful and watch it erupt. Wow! In fact, that evening we watched it erupt four times!
Here are some pictures of the Inn -- so beautiful!! It was designed in 1904 and is one of the world's largest log buildings. The lobby is seven stories high with a treehouse at the top that had to be closed after an earthquake years ago which made it unstable to be up there.
Day six was spent driving and stopping and searching for moose! It was our goal at the beginning of the trip to find a bear. That one proved easy. Three bears in a matter of two days! So we reassessed our goals and changed it to moose -- never saw one, however!
Black Sand Basin, Biscuit Basin, Fountain Paint Pots, a picnic lunch, Firehole Falls and dinner at the Old Faithful Inn -- another great day!
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