Yellowstone - Day 3

Our last day of snowmobiling . . . By now everyone was feeling pretty comfortable and confident with their snowmobile driving skills, and we'd already seen almost all of the amazing features and stopped at most of the "must-see" vantage points of the park. Plus we had a 20-25 mile run till our first stop of the day, so Tony upped the speed and at times we were zipping along at 50-55 MPH. Florida John, who was behind us, would hang back for 1/2 - 3/4 of a mile and then put "the peddle to the metal" so to speak (you actually control the throttle with your thumb) to see how fast he could go. He got up to about 62 MPH at one point. FUN! Tony says the snowmobiles are capable of about 80 MPH, but we never tested them to that point.

Our first stop of the day was at . . .

Upper Yellowstone Falls

The upper falls only has a 109 ft. drop as compared to the 308 ft. drop of the lower falls, but it's still very impressive and beautiful.

Another 16 mile run to our next stop . . .

The Mud Volcano Area

Mud Volcano

A Closer Look

Dragons Mouth Spring

Check out how beautiful the sky is -
We were SOOO lucky and blessed by the weather,
the temps were in the teens and 20's for the whole trip.

Back on the snowmobiles, we zipped along past a completely frozen-over . . .

Yellowstone Lake

And this lake is huge . . . and has a maximum depth of 430 ft. And once again, those "mountains" in the background are actually the rim of the caldera.

We stopped for a photo-op at the . . .

Continental Divide

and then continued on to . . .

Moose Falls
Ruth wasn't real happy, but I coaxed her out onto
this little ledge so Tony could snap a picture of us.

This was the last stop on our wonderful, amazing, and absolutely gorgeous snowmobile adventure. All that was left was to ride back to the south entrance where we started, gas up the snowmobiles for the next tour, hop in the van back to Jackson Hole, and turn in all our nice, warm outer clothing. We covered about 100 miles that last day, making the total somewhere between 255-260 miles for the entire trip. And of course, it was time to hug and say "so-long" to our new adventurous friends . . .

L-R - John & Ruth, Florida John, Joy & John, Sue & Ken

We had the best time ever!

Sooooo, after all this, have I convinced you to take this trip? I sure hope so, it's SO MUCH FUN!!! If you're not quite sure, but are at least enticed enough to want to see Yellowstone in the winter but not quite sure about spending 3 days on a snowmobile to do it . . . take heart. You can always take . . .

The Snow Bus!

We still have one more day in Jackson Hole, so don't go away yet . . .