Day 22 - Yellowstone

We are sleeping in this morning.  Ken is tired from the long drive from Kanab, UT to Island Park, ID, so no early morning today.  Once we are ready, with lunches packed, backpacks prepped, etc., we will head to the Visitor Center in West Yellowstone, then into the Park.  I think our plan is to head to the North Loop today.

We picked up a few items north of Salt Lake City yesterday - fishing supplies, two Camelback style backpacks, and some cast iron skillets (found a great deal on the small ones that we use to fry eggs and saute vegetables!), and some sneakers and hiking boots for some of the kids whose packed ones didn't fit quite riight, or were left at Becky's house, or were worn down to nothing.  The camelback packs have a 2L water bladder and tube that comes around the front for drinking.  We saw these all through Zion where hiking is popular and found a good deal on a different brand in a sporting good store.  We will find out at Yellowstone whether they work well for us.

Henrys Lake - our campground is right on the lake with majestic snow capped mountains as the backdrop!

We are staying on the north side on Henrys Lake where the highlighter ends - in Idaho.  To get to Yellowstone NP, ~20 miles away, we pass through West Yellowstone, in Montana, then into the National Park, in Wyoming.  

Gibbon Falls

Bison, including baby bison!