Day Forty-Five - Year Two

Today, we opted for another scenic drive outside of Yellowstone.  We drove south to see Big Springs, ID and then Mesa Falls in Idaho.  Big Springs reminded us of the natural springs in Florida, with its crystal clear waters.  Upper Mesa Falls was the most beautiful falls I have ever seen.  Sam declared the best, even over Niagara Falls!  Wow!  It has the most awesome setting – just indescribable, and I don’t know if photos can catch it.

We then drove to the most remote ranger station in Yellowstone Park, called Bechler Station, that can only be reached by driving 14 miles down a gravel road.  Our purpose for this trip was to get Sam’s passport book stamped (his goal is to get all of the stamps in Yellowstone).  When we reached the station, the ranger told us they didn’t have a stamp at this location!  Misinformation!  We checked out Cave Falls while we were down that way, then drove the back roads a LONG way to reach the south entrance to the park. 

This was a trip of about 35 miles and it took us two and a half hours.  Some of this “road” was more like rock crawling you see on tv!  Wow!  It was interesting!  We then drove through the park to go back to

the campground, and we didn’t get back until pretty late.  Sam was actually napping during part of the rock crawling drive – kids!  J