Today is a great day and this is a great place!

Evan said as we were walking along the boardwalk at Old Faithful "Cici, I really like this place." 

It was cold again last night - down to 30 degrees. We let Evan sleep late...about 7 am :) We had biscuits and eggs this morning, then dressed and headed to YNP. 

The drive to Old Faithful was pretty and Evan really enjoyed the scenery....canyons, waterfalls, roaring rivers and lakes. We stopped several times along the way to take pictures and enjoy the beauty up close. We just missed a bear according to a park ranger we talked to along the road. Maybe we will see another one later. 

Evan was really excited as we arrived at Old Faithful to see the thermal features. The geyser was just beginning to erupt as we arrived so Phillip dropped off me and Evan and we ran up to see it . 

We were able to get a room in the Old Faithful Inn so we set off to explore and shop while waiting for our room to be ready. Evan is at the Souvenir Store in the picture below - he was busy shopping for a stuffed animal:

Then we saw the geyser erupt for the second time! 

After grabbing a snack and eating, we set off to hike around the thermal features.  It is hard to keep this kid fed...

We decided to take a hiking trail off of the paths around the thermal features - which Evan LOVED!

And then we saw Old Faithful erupt for the third time! 

My pictures stop here, but we had a great evening.  Notice the clouds in the picture above - we got a shower from those clouds and on the way back from our hike we saw Old Faithful erupt for the 4th time. It was nice to spend the evening in the lodge - sitting by the fireplace, and enjoying our dinner at the lodge restaurant.  After dinner we found a table on the second floor balcony and enjoyed an exciting game of UNO before bedtime.