Day 4

Woke up early and headed on a 1/4 mile hike to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Its not very wide but it sure is deep. We walked up the rim a bit to check out the lower falls. They are supose to be twice as big as Niagra. They did seem rather large, the path down to the base of the falls was closed so we didnt get very close. On our way back we practicly ran into a deer just eating some grass and a mushroom.


We next headed up to Tower falls, the path down to the base of this one was also closed. Only the top view point was visible. We then stopped on the side of the road a bit up to have some lunch. As we setup we saw some antelope in the meadow. We then noticed more and more people stopping and after a further look there was alot of antelope and a male with some big black spikes. A little bit later a coyote wandered up the medow, the antelope looked up then ignored him. One guy said they are only afraid of mountain lions and lightning and there are no mountain lions in the park.

We then headed out again after lunch. this time more people stopped on the side of the road. So we checked it out and there was this gigantic elk with a huge rack just laying in the creek scratching his back with his antlers. Then he stood up and started attacking the ground, quinn enjoyed this cause dirt and grass went flying. He then went back to laying in the water. strange. We went a saw a few more water falls then headed for gyser land. As we neared the first stop a giant buffalo took up the entire road. We had to wait as he passed us on the right taking his jolly time.

We next walked to mammoth springs and saw the smelly sulphur pools. And then some gysers we will likly go see more tommorrow. Quinn calls them pushers cause they push the water up. We saw old faithful just before dark and are staying at the old faithful inn tonight.