My in-laws invited Nate and me to join them for the opening of Yellowstone park for the summer! It was absolutely beautiful. I'm so glad I can cross this off my bucket list and hope to visit here again while we literally live right next to it.
We only saw buffalo and an elk at the end. I was really hoping to see a bear! Next time.
Funny story. This buffalo that was standing so close to us? Everyone wanted to take a picture with him. Every once in a while he would inch closer to the parking lot, which was right where our car was parked. We had to sneak past him to get to our car. Once we were inside we saw a lady stand five feet away from the buffalo with her back towards him with another lady standing in front of her to take a picture. I don't think she understood that buffalo can be hostile. It started charging for her because she was way to close to it. Of course she didn't notice because she had her back to him! Nate opened the car door to shout at her to start running. Sure enough she had to run between our car and another car to barely escape the beast. The buffalo almost rammed into our Ford! I'm sure he was just trying to tell her to back off like a warning, but it just goes to show that you have to be careful around these guys. My heart was pumping and I wasn't the one to be chased!
Old Faithful!
The elk we saw
