Days 6 & 7

I'm posting two days together because we had a little trouble with the internet on day 6.  We started out in Utah and jumped in the car for a 5 hour drive to Yellowstone in Montana through Idaho and Wyoming.

One of the many beautiful views in Yellowstone

 We decided to got to Old Faithful first.  Since it goes off randomly and if we could have to wait as much as 90 minutes to see it, we wanted to give it as much time as possible.  As we were piling out of the suv, a lady in the parking lot told us it was estimated that it would go off in 5 minutes.  We all ran and got there in plenty of time to see it.

There she blows

We drove on to see the Mammoth Hot Springs.  On the way we encountered deer, bear, coyote, and bison.  One bison was blocking the road and we followed behind for quite some time until we found a way around.  The camera was handed to me as we drove by and because of my amazing photo abilities, we got a picture of the fleas on the bison's back side.  Unfortunately, you will have to wait to see that picture until Steve can download it from his camera.  Needless to say, no one asked me to take pictures after that.

Selfie of the four kids in front of Mammoth Springs

Bison in the road - My picture was way better!

Before leaving the park, we decided to go to a large waterfall.  I should have known that a waterfall would be located on a perilous cliff but, I never suspected we would have to drive on a road so high that we saw snow.  It was getting dark and because of the road construction, we did not make it to the waterfall in time to see it.  We decided Oregon waterfalls are probably much better anyway.  We left the park and made our way to a little motel in Cody, Wyoming.  It was very basic and a little "sketch".  Ariel found this cute little note in our room.

Ariel decided that she would leave a tip - "don't forget to look behind the door in the bathroom for the dirty towel that was left."

At 8am on day 7, we headed out for Devil's Tower in Wyoming.  Steve was super excited to see it.  

We walked up the path to the base and got a great view.  It was pretty amazing.

From there, we drove by the Crazy Horse Monument that has been under construction since 1948.  We decided not to drive into the park but we got a pretty good view from the road.

We arrived at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota at 8pm.  Everyone always says that it is not as big as you imagine.  I think I heard that too much because, by the time we got there, it was much bigger than I imagined.  

We got word from the movers that our things would be delivered on Saturday so we adjusted our route and decided to stay for the night in Rapid City, South Dakota.  We are in for a long drive today from here to Arkansas.