Checked out of the Eldorado Casino early (before sunrise) and set our sites on Yellowstone National Park.
We have our Annual pass we purchased in Maine, so our entry is covered! The station ranger takes a quick photo as we pass through the West Gate, and we do the same!
It was a long ride but we made it into the park around 4:30. Almost immediately, the long trek pays off with animal sightings! First animal, Elk buck, 
next 2 young moose. 
Then bison! Very big, and walking down the road straight for the time machine!
and deer and steam! Massive formations belching steam and sometimes hot water flows. 
Yellowstone is a beautiful park; huge, bigger than I could ever have imagined.
Old Faithful was expected to show at 7:33 and it was on time. 
Beautiful, awesome, fantastic and I took a video with the camera vertical. Oops! All day as we traverse the park, we discover that everyone here has a camera, and they take advantage of seeing the time machine in such a strange setting to capture the moment. A few donations are made at each scenic pull-off. We start our way to the NE exit where our cabin awaits. It’s a very long 2-hour ride that turns into more than that, when a road closed to fire stops us. So around the world we go and it’s dark and we’ve been driving since 5:00 am. To add an extra element of danger and excitement to the exhaustion and peril of driving off the steep cliffs, there are constant signs reminding us of the very real possibility of animals suddenly appearing in the road, at any minute.
We finally make it to our cabin and pass out. (This photo was taken the next morning in the daylight.)
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