After leaving my brother's home, Daenon, his family and ours drove to the West Entrance of Yellowstone Park. The drive from Idaho Falls was okay but as we started nearing the entrance, it began to change. I even saw some prong horns grazing in a field. We saw some great fishing spots we would like to come back to someday.

Just past the entrance of the park, we spied a Bald Eagle family. The male was sitting in another tree and the mom would fly off to go get food for her baby. The nest was huge! Brady and I have watched Bald Eagles before but I have never seen a nest up close. 

Right after the eagles, I began seeing many places I would have loved to just park by behind and sit for a really long time. The scenery was awesome and picturesque. Throw in some protected animals you get to view and it becomes even more enjoyable.

We saw some bison with their baby near a body of water so we stopped the car and went for a little walk and checked them out from a safe distance.

Then we toured our first Geyser area. It was here that I think I felt officially like a tourist. I have seen bus loads of people on television touring Yellowstone and now I actually got to witness it myself. There were lines and people but it really didn't bother me. They were there doing the same thing we were! * It was also here that Hailey began her stubborn streak of not smiling for the camera. If the sun is in her face, she gets annoyed (even with sunglasses). If she just plain doesn't want to do it despite our pleas, it matters not to her. One day hopefully she will understand. We were in some very beautiful areas and I would have loved several family photos if she would have just cooperated. I love my little stinker very much though and I am glad we were able to take her to this beautiful place. She loved it too.

Every Geyser area was unique to itself it seemed. They could be loud, steamy, stinky, hot, colorful, bubbly, etc. No wonder why this place fascinated people long ago. Oddities exist here.

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