We took our last trip into Yellowstone yesterday as we leave the area tomorrow.  We decided to drive through Lamar Valley which is at the opposite end of the park from where we are staying, so it was about a 2.5 hour drive just to get there!  But, it’s a beautiful area!  The valley is long and deep and has a river running through it, and because of that there was a HUGE herd of bison there.  Unfortunately, the distance from the road to where the bison were was too great for any pictures – you would have seen a large valley with small brown bumps in it LOL

But, we did get some great shots of the scenery around that part of the park.  Rugged mountains, still snow in the higher parts (and it was 85 yesterday afternoon!!) and waterfalls.

We planned our trip so we would be driving through a lot of the area during the early evening hours when animals are more active, or so we’ve been told.  We did see a black bear and a large elk with a large rack of antlers.

Here are photos we took yesterday: