yellowstone and the tetons

Sooo not so impressed with Yellowstone. For wildlife, all I saw was a moose, lots of crazy trout, and two swans. Oh. And a million tourists, about 8 out of 10 in either an SUV, minivan, or RV.

I made the mistake to ask a cranky park ranger for a good place to backpack, and he sent me to mosquito-lake, to which I had to hike through a few miles of burnt forest. That will teach me to do my homework...
Yet, I have to admit that the swans and the ducks were kinda cool. And the lake was nice and warm to swim in...

The day after this, I did go and check out the geisers, nicely placed in an amusement-park style with kazillions of tourists with no walking etiquette (yes, I was cranky!). So after navigating through them all, I followed a friend's advice and went south to the Tetons...oh the Tetons. Wish I were still there...see the next post.