Walking on the world's biggest volcano

Still on a high from Denver we headed for Idaho Falls on the 'Hound to pick up our next rental car, with an 8 hour jaunt around Salt Lake City splitting up the journey. Picking up the rental we found we had again got another Nissan Versa (special video coming to show it in its full glory...) and then set off for West Yellowstone via Grand Teton National Park. Pictured left, the park was awesome to drive through (as we didn't have much time before we had to get to our lodge for check-in) with rugged mountains hugging its western perimeter and long rolling glacial plains to the east it was certainly worth the visit! We however couldn't drive straight through due to snow so had to take a 'slight' detour. Once this was overcome, we arrived at our log cabin next to Yellowstone National Park which was incredible. For the normal price we pay for 8 bed dorm in hostels we got a huge log cabin to ourselves with a double bed each, cable TV, washing machine, you name it, it had it and was warm and homely compared to the sterile dorm rooms that have often frequented! Delighted with our find we went and brought some beers and started to plan the next few days.

Due to both rainy weather and Yellowstone being 'out of season' some of the roads were closed so taking this into account we headed straight for 'Old Faithful', the most famous Geyser in a Geyser-filled National Park which 'goes off' every 90 mins, 365 days a year. Although slightly disappointed by its size, it was indeed an impressive spectacle. Equally as impressive but more humorous was our 15min wait at a pedestrian crossing for a heard of Bison to cross! at least they did it at a safe point..With the weather clearing up we drove to a 3mile trail to finish the day with a nice walk in which we saw some off the road geysers, more Bison and some big Bull Elk but unfortunately no Bear or Moose. We tried our best to find some but they remained elusive, probably for the best! We then retired for the evening for more beer and Monday Night Football to watch our team (Denver Broncos) go 6-0 for the season with a win against San Diego! We love the QB Kyle Orton so much we are now try to imitate his dirty tash!

Our last day involved another long walk around a different, more woodland part of Yellowstone and a stroll around West Yellowstone, a Wild West-style town, before driving back to Idaho Falls and going to Tom's Gyros and Burgers for a proper American Burger, was awesome! Now a 28 hour 'Hound awaits to Vancouver, BC so we can start our desent of the West Coast...