Yellowstone-Day 2 Aug. 28

We rose early to make the drive to Pelican Valley, the prime grizzly bear habitat in the park, with hopes of seeing several grizzly bears…did not see a one.



We had breakfast at the Fishing Bridge general store and headed for the canyon area.  We did stop to see a couple of attractions in the mud volcano basin. Our favorites were the mud volcano and the dragon’s mouth. As we drove to the canyon we were totally dismayed at the damage still remaining from the 1988 fires…millions of dead trees still standing like so many skeletons…not a pretty sight.  On the South Rim drive of the Canyon of the Yellowstone we hiked the Uncle Tom Trail which dropped 600 ft into the canyon for a close-up view of the base area of the lower falls…also we viewed the lower falls from Artist Point…it was truly breathtaking…


From there we continued to the North Rim stopping at several sites…we walked the trail to the brink of the lower falls which was a 500 foot drop from the canyon rim…again the views were fabulous. For lunch we picniced beside the Yellowstone River...one lone buffalo joined us!   After returning to Roosevelt Lodge for dinner, we drove to view Tower Falls. We decided to drive the Blacktail Deer Plateau Road again in hopes of spotting more wildlife…bummer. . .no such luck!