Lake Yellowstone and part of the Absaroka Mountains. After a lot of cloudy weather in the Tetons, it was nice to have sunshine and clear blue skies.








Buffalo could be seen almost anywhere. This one came up and nudged the calf, which was laying down. It was sort of like momma was saying, "Come on! Let's get going."







We even spotted a couple of wolves hunting in the Hayden Valley. We showed the picture to a ranger later, who confirmed that these were indeed wolves and not coyotes; he said they were from the Canyon pack. It was the first time we had seen wolves in the wild, so it was a real treat for us.









This bull bufflao was having lunch right next to the parking lot at the picnic area where we had lunch. So getting this photo was really easy.










The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, which the boys renamed, "The Yellow Rock Ditch". The Yellowstone River enters the canyon by passing over two falls; the lower falls, which is the larger of the two, is visible at the upper end of the canyon.









The Lower Falls seen from a vantage point near the falls. The drop is 110 feet. (Photo courtesy of Alex.)








The canyon seen from the brink of the Lower Falls. When the sun shines, the spray from the falls makes a very nice rainbow.









Our two grandkids playing around. They get along with each other very well.









Zack is quite the monkey.









A bull elk eyeing us cautiously. Cow elk are easily seen near our campground, but most of the bulls should be up in the mountains getting ready for the rutting season, so we were surprised to see this one in the meadow grazing on the grasses.








We decided to finish our trip to Yellowstone by taking Grandma to dinner at the Old Faithful Inn.








Watching Old Faithful erupt from the balcony of the Old Faithful Inn.








Dinner at the Old Faithful Inn. Nancy and I had the very pleasant company of two young gentlemen for this meal.









A tuckered out boy at the end of a long day in Yellowstone.







On our way leaving Yellowstone, we finally saw a bear; it was a grizzly digging in the ground for food. Our trip to Yellowstone is now complete!

Next stop: Devils Tower National Monument.