Real Vacation-Day 4-Homeward Bound!!

MMmmmm-Doughnuts.....

We headed home at 5:00 AM (you may have noticed, we’re early birds-rarely do we sleep past 7:00 AM on weekends). Once again, we made the mistake of needing 2 little things-Some gas and Donuts-a special treat for Heidi Anne. Did you know that most gas stations have pretty high gas prices and are cleared out of everything on the 4^th of July? We found that out first hand. After gas station number 4 we found the last package of Hostess Donuts AND some decent priced gas. 

Muffalos!!

We drove back trough Yellowstone. We went up to Norris and saw a huge heard of “Muffalo!” What is a Muffalo, you may wonder.

Heidi Anne: Momma, Look Big Scary Cows!

Me: Oh, those are Buffalo, that’s just how they look.

Heidi Anne: Momma, I want to see more Big Scary Muffalos.

When we came across a wolf, everyone stopped right in the middle of the road (a ranger had come out and get the traffic moving again. Heidi Anne got a glimpse of the wolf. What was her response? “Move puppy, I want to see the Muffalos!”

We then went to Norris Geyser Basin-It was sooo pretty and it was a “Me” hike for the most part. The guide said "slightly steep incline" at the end of the hike. Sounded decent to me, and it looked so beautiful. The way down was done in a switchback / terrace manner-so I was pretty sure the way back up would be the same. Well, it was more of an incline then I was lead to believe, (guess our viewpoints of "slightly" differ greatly) it was all pretty much uphill at a steep incline. Apart from that-it Just so much fun! 

Showing Off Porcelain Basin

Going Down the Trail

We drove trough Firehole Lake Drive-there were lots of little trails-but not easy to do with little kids. Great for like ages 4 and up-or an age that doesn’t need a booster seat, or if you want to walk the whole drive-it would work as well.

Our final trail in Yellowstone was the Midway Geyser Basin.It was breathtaking. There was this one elderly man there at would talk to anyone who would listen "The water is at the lowest point I've ever seen it..." yet there were flood warnings and notices everywhere.