My Yellowstone Blog

My Yellowstone Blog

This is a collection of stories and pictures of my favorite family adventures in and around Yellowstone National Park.

Monday, February 7, 2011

The Big Whiteout

Today, we went cross-country skiing! That was really fun! Dad, Bennett, Preston and I went around the Mammoth Terraces loop. Preston was surprisingly good, for his first cross-country ski trip! The loop was 1 and 1/2 miles, uphill and down.

On our way up to Mammoth, we had to slam on the brakes for a big Buffalo herd crossing the road. They didn't really mind us driving right through the big herd. There was a huge bull buffalo that was in the lead, with a collar the park service had put on him.



We got a family photo while everyone was happy and had their skis on.




On the way back from Mammoth, there was a huge snow whiteout. We couldn't see a foot in front of the car. We had to go about 5 miles an hour!  Here are a couple of pictures after the whiteout:






Matilda was asleep at the wheel!


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