Real quick drive through. Nothing happened. We ate no potatoes.

Pretty much the same. Quote of the trip is worth mentioning here: "Any day out of Fulford is a good day." Amen.

Yellowstone National Park
When you think of Yellowstone National Park, what comes to mind? For me, it was always this far off, fantastical place that I would never visit. Not anymore, baby!

I have trouble with the size of things. The only way I can relate this to you is by saying that you could probably fit 20 Central Parks in Yellowstone with plenty of room to spare. Dang, this place was big!

We arrived late (what else is new?), around 4 or so. Once you're inside the park, you still have to drive about 100 miles to get to the other end. Seriously. We stopped to see some stinky sulfur pits… again. And we laughed at the mud swamps that blurped all over the surface like lackadaisical bullfrogs on a coffee break. Or something.

Driving through the park, we encountered a ton of elk and bison! Some were even in the road! There are signs everywhere saying not to approach the wildlife. Well, don’t worry about that, partner. I wasn't going near these beasts. Well, I did get near enough to take pictures. Luckily, they did not charge me and I did not get gouged. Yay!

Dan saw a bear run into the woods on the side of the road but it took off before I caught a glimpse. I was so disappointed! Argh! But wait… what's this? About 20 miles up the road there were 10 or so cars parked haphazardly all over the place. "What's going on here?" I whipped out my camera and got out of the car. There, minding his own business and eating leaves was a young bear cub. Wow. I kept my distance and snapped a few shots. He looked straight at me for one picture. Check him out! -->

I stood in awe for about 5 minutes and then felt guilty for intruding on his lifestyle. He's used to it, I'm sure… but still. ... See you later, bear. Live well.

Shortly after 6:00 we arrived at Old Faithful. The geyser you can set your watch by. Apparently, that's a myth. It erupts approximately every 92 minutes or so. Of course we got there right after it went, so we hung around the gift shop and I purchased a few things for the fam. Then, we took a quick hike around the grounds and came back to Old Faithful. There was a Park Ranger giving a little talk about volcanic rocks and ash and the general history of Yellowstone. 200,000 years ago, a volcano erupted and created this gigantic hole in the earth. That's where we stood. Whoa.

At 7:43, Old Faithful began showing off. She bubbled for a minute and then spouted a few teasers before WHOOOSH!!! Yah! U.S.A.! U.S.A! Hee hee. We live on an untamed, beautiful planet, my friends. Rock and roll.

Goodbye Wyoming
It took us quite a while to get out of Wyoming. As we were driving through the mountain ranges of the west, we stopped at an overlook to get one last view. We got more than that.

Our timing couldn't have been more perfect. When we pulled off to the lookout point, there was this dude standing there on the cliff with a great, big para-glider strapped to his back. "I think that guy's gonna jump."

He had two friends with him and they helped him straighten out his para-glider behind him. The wind caught it and he ran to the edge of the cliff. "See yaaaaa!" He yelled as his feet left the ground.

I applauded and watched the dude glide down through the sky for a couple of minutes and then we got back in the car and lamely drove down the mountain. "He's crazy." Dan said. I wasn't so sure. It looked like a lot of fun.

One Last Wyoming Thing
We came upon Crazy Woman Creek, Wyoming today. We stopped by and saw all my ex-girlfriends. They live together in a big crazy house on a hill.

Next stop ... South Dakota.