2 weeks, 3 Provinces, 6 States, One Mega,3 oldest caches..Part 7 - Yellowstone or bust!

We broke down the campsite and had a great breakfast buffet before heading out for Cody, WY the home of Buffalo Bill.  Here we discovered The Buffalo Bill Center of the West,  a large and modern facility located near the center of the city. It contains five museums in one, including the Draper Natural History Museum, the Plains Indian Museum, the Cody Firearms Museum, the Whitney Western Art Museum and the Buffalo Bill Museum.  Wow, there is no way we have time for all that...but we did have a look around.

Although we were extremely tempted we knew we had to get going .  We stopped to do a cache right before the  East Gate and then we were there. 
Our first cache after entering was up a winding road to an overlook of Yellowstone Lake .  Can you see the Grand Tetons in the distance? 

GCGFRQ A Butte-iful Lake View

We followed this up with amazing thermal vents and craters, before heading off to the highlight.

GC15A0V West Thumb Geyser Basin and Crater

    GC10HZW Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone National Park

We talked about staying in the park but soon discovered that most sites were booked up to a year in advance.  With no hope of a site we headed out through the West Gate into Montana before turning north. Doing Yellowstone in approx six hours was impossible.  There is no possible way to explore or experience everything about this amazing spot.  

We crossed I-90 again just after dark and settled in for the night at another KOA.