Wow, what an incredible day! We ended up being in THREE Buffalo traffic jams. The first was a bit of a pain, since it took 1 1/2 hours to get through, but when we caught up with the "jam" it was a small herd of buffalo! Momma's, Poppa's and babies too. It was actually pretty cool to see them meandering down the road at their own pace. Later in the day we had a small herd crossing the road and finally on the way home a smaller herd wandering down the road again. All three times they came right next to our car. It was amazing to be so close to those huge animals. They seem so gentle, but there are warnings everywhere not to to get too close. I guess it doesn't count if they choose to get close to you.
We checked out a bunch of geyser spots today. It's amazing to see them up close and the colors of some of the "pools" are incredible. They are so clear, you can see all the way to the bottom and some are pretty deep. Old Faithful was by far the biggest eruption and we got to see it twice. While we were wandering around we checked out the Old Faithful Inn that Juli and Jordan had told us about. What an incredible building. It was actually built in 1903 in one year! There was a docent telling the history of the building and it was so fascinating. Built entirely from trees in Yellowstone. Even after her telling us the history it was hard to believe they put that huge building with 100 rooms together in that period of time in one year. More incredible is how they found different shaped logs for braces and were able to find enough to match up sets. You have to see it to believe it!
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