Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks

Yellowstone was incredible. Having never driven into an active volcano before, it was quite an experience to be in such an unusual environment. We stopped for a quick pic at the entrance.



Old Faithful did not disappoint. We only had to wait about 15 minutes, and it went off.

It used to erupt once every 15-20 minutes, but the locals tell us that there was an earthquake about a year ago, and since then, it only erupts once every 45-50 minutes now.



The Inn at Old Faithful is a 6-story marvel of engineering. Imagine having to farm all of these amazing logs out of the forest in order to complete this structure. Simply incredible.



Into Grand Teton National Park we went. Straight south from Yellowstone led us into the beautiful range that would rival anything we have in Yukon.



Leaving the Tetons, we started our journey to South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore. We passed through a lovely little town in Wyoming called Dubois. They are famous for the Painted Hills. The next photo shows why.



We made our way from Wyoming into South Dakota and hit the Black Hills, home of Mount Rushmore. All I can say is that it is by far bigger and better than I could have imagined. I can see why it has been the vacation location of choice for tourists world-wide for 69 years.



After getting caught in a wicked storm, we drove back down the mountain from Mount Rushmore to spend the night in Custer. We made a direct line to Bismarck, ND the next morning. Had a great night's sleep, and made our run for the Canadian border the next day. Pretty soon, we saw what we had been waiting for.



Finally, we arrived at my brother's doorstep, exactly 6658kms from my door to his. It was a hell of a trip, and we were finally rewarded with the whole reason to come to Winnipeg. Our Godson Sawyer Shae. Worth the trip, yes? Of course.