Camping in the Snow at Yellowstone

After our visit to the Petrified Tree we decided to make our way to our next camping site at Canyon Village Campground. This place was nicely developed with almost all the amenities one could want, nice shopping area close by, which included a cafeteria, two gift shops, a small grocery store, even a gas station. The campground itself had laundry and shower facilities, where I had my first paid for shower and towel rental. Only thing missing was heat and a snow blower.

Here is our campsite.... did someone say that there might be snow in Yellowstone.

At least we had a cooler. 

Sylvan Lake | Yellowstone National Park

Our drive out of Yellowstone took us by Sylvan Lake. The lake still had areas of snow and ice and I had to stop (the photos really don't show how beautiful it really was).

Yellowstone Lake | Yellowstone National Park

This was a unscheduled stop at the Yellowstone Lake visitor's center which turned out to be a very beautiful one. You enter the visitor's center and then go through the back door and walk into this. Beautiful!!!

Upper Falls | Yellowstone National Park

This is the Upper Falls at Yellowstone. The walk was a little farther, but sure worth it. A very pretty place filled with a many people taking in its beauty and trying for that perfect photo of the rainbow that is created in the mist.

 The roar and vibration created by the river, as it raced around the bend, was incredible

We decided to drive around to the other side of the falls and I am glad that we did. There were not as many people visiting this side and it gave us the time to take a little hike and find a bridge were we could rest and look at the river.

Look how peaceful, hard to believe that to the left is the powerful waterfall that all this water just came racing down.

Undine Falls | Yellowstone National Park

The next few posts will be on the waterfalls and lakes that we saw on our trip through Yellowstone.

Here is Undine Falls, this one happened to be close walking distance from the car. Once the kid was gone (no I did not push him over the edge) I was able to look over and take a shot. I was not expecting it to be so far down.

This is more like it, close to the ground and only a chance of a slight bruise if I fall.