Yellowstone day 2.

 Monday morning and the weather....absolutely beautiful blue sky Thank You! We had plans to do 2 hikes and see how the rest of the day went. The roads are narrow with no shoulder and with the wild life you have to drive very slow and we get stopped by a heard of Bison on the road. The neatest traffic jam ever. We get to our first turn off for hiking to Upper and Lower Falls both of which are in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and notice the road north is closed by a Forest Ranger. He told us they were testing a water main under the road if it failed the road would be closed for 6 days. Continuing on to first planned stop Uncle Tom's Trail and it is closed snow pack, haven't heard that one yet. LOL We were still able to view the Upper Falls beautiful and running very high from snow melt. Then continuing on to the next stop Artist Point again no hiking but the view was amazing. As we arrived I began taking a few pictures then a rainbow began to develop from the mist of the Lower Falls. Apparently this happens once a day and you have to be there at the right time and it lasts for a few minuets. Bonus! Back to the cut off we wait 2 minutes and the road opened, water main go to go. We are living right! On west to the Norris Geyser Basin  were we walked all the trails and boardwalks of volcanic activity. We are not sure how many miles we walked but this place is worth every step. Since we weren't able to do any of the hikes we planned on we kept on driving north to Mammoth Hot Springs area. We passed on the Hot Springs stopped in the Visitor Area for a hamburger and Elk are all over the place. People every where and Elk just chillin. Now it was east across the northern area of Yellowstone to Lamar Valley where the wildlife were most prevalent. There was little to no snow in the northern area of Yellowstone??????  Before we get to Lamar Valley the road both ways come to a stop. Down in the valley below there were 30 Bison, pronghorns and a Grizzly Bear. We got out  of the 4runner I was taking pictures and a Ranger comes up the road lights, Staci gets in the truck and drives past me I don't even notice. Click Click Click  I had to run up the road to catch up to her, apparently some lady yelled at Staci for leaving the truck parked in the road. Not like it was just us. Lamar Valley was loaded with wildlife. Countless hundreds of bison, pronghorns,3 more grizzlies all with cubs, mountain goats in a picnic area minding there own business alone mile deer and more elk. Then it was a 2 hour drive back the way we came due to one main road still closed due to the mountain pass snow pack. We had dinner at the Lake Yellowstone Lodge again just have a drink or glass of wine in the lobby and eat another sandwich. :) Back to our cabin and more adventure tomorrow.