A recap of our time in Yellowstone

Hi,
We are back in civilization, so I can update you all on our last three days in Yellowstone. The park is absolutely amazing - one literaly could spend the entire visit with her mouth wide open, saying wow - because that is what it is like.
We left our campground in Cody, and spent a little time in the downtown area - it was a really cool little town. Bill stopped by a fly fishing shop, and got some flies that would be appropriate for fishing in Yellowstone. The owner of the shop, a neat young guy, gave us some pointers, discouraged us from fishing in the popular rivers and lakes (since he claimed that all these fish had PH D's), and suggested that instead we find a nice little crick (we assumed he meant creek) to cast our lines.
We drove into the park from Cody, and what a wonderful ride - the scenery along the way was great! We took our time, and looked around quite a bit. We arrived in Yellowstone, at our camping area late afternoon. Now here we are, out in the wilderness, and we pull into Canyon area, and it somewhat resembles a mall. There are at least 4 souvenir shops, a restaurant, lounge, three other eating places, a two story education building, and a lodge with cabins - not at all what I expected to find at our camping area..... While exploring the town area, we bought a fishing license for Bill, and got free licenses for the kids.
We registered, and were sent to our site - #260, out of 270 - way at the top of the canyon area. It was a lovely site, and we had different neighbors each night. On Wednesday night, we cooked chicken and potatoes on the Slik Vik, and had some strawberries and blueberries. After this lovely dinner, we headed down to the ampitheater, for a presentation on the Love Triangle - the relationship between Ravens, Wolves and Humans in Yellowstone. It was a great presentation by Park Ranger Denise - she really knows alot about this subject. The presentation ended about 10:30, and we headed off to bed. Now this would be the first night in which we had not "power", and were roughing it in the woods - we all made it through the night!
Thursday morning - we set off for exploring Yellowstone - we wanted to take a bus tour, but they were all sold out, so we had to explore on our own. First stop, the sporting goods store to either rent or purchase a fishing pole - we left home with only one. Then we set off to see the park, and find a good crick with dumb fish. Thursday, I struggled a little with the altitude in the park, and spent a good part of the morning resting. We managed to find a couple of cricks, and Bill and Chris (and Jenny at one) gave the fishing venture a valiant attempt - yet were outsmarted by those Yellowstone fish. On Thursday we also got to experience Old Faithful - pretty cool!
Thursday night, we splurged, and dined at the "restaurant" in Canyon Village - it was yummy, and had a great meal. Chris even experimented, and ate a Bison Burger! We headed back to the campsite, and settled into a very long, heated game of Risk - Jenny & Bill vs. Sue vs. Chris. Finally, at 11:30, when our flashlights lost their power, we had to call it quits. At that point, Chris had taken over Jenny & Bill, and I was in a position to take over the world. How fitting that the power would fade then - just when I had a chance at world domination!
Friday, we set out to explore the parts of the park that we hadn't seen yet - since Yellowstone is huge, there are always other things to see. We visited the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and the Upper and Lower Falls -very impressive - and while at the Canyon, we were able to see a nest of Ospry, perched atop a really high rock! We also went to Mammoth Falls - another village within the park - when we pulled into the area, the lawn of the hotel was covered with Elk. I can only imagine walking out of my hotel room, only to find an Elk on the front lawn.. Pretty cool. We hung out and watched the Elk for quite a while, and even saw a baby nursing from its mother.
Friday night, we stopped by one of the souvenir shops, to pick up lots of goodies, and then back to the campsite - with plans for s'mores. Chris built a great fire, and Jenny fetched the s'mores fixings, only to find that a couple of ants had taken up residence in the marshmallow bag - yuck! So much for s'mores! We spent the evening playing cribbage - Jenny and Bill narrowly defeated Sue and Chris - only by pegging out on the last hand.
Saturday morning, today, we got up pretty early, made breakfast over the campfire, and headed south to the Grand Tetons. Once again, a completely enjoyable and amazing ride. We made lots of stops, and thoroughly enjoyed the trip. We stopped at Jenny Lake, and took a ferry ride across the lake, and Jenny walked in the lake, since it was "her lake".
We are now somewhere in Wyoming - Jackson Hole area, at the Grand Teton RV Park - an okay campsite. I have spent the entire evening in the laundry room, trying to get some clean clothes. We should be finished soon - We head off to the East tomorrow - Bill has aspirations to get to some town in Nebraska that he stayed in a couple of years ago - not sure where it is, or what it is, just that is is 540 miles away!
Everything continues to go well - Jenny has been reading alot, and has read 2 books so far. We have also played many games in the camper, when we aren't oohing and aahing about our surroundings.
Got to get the clothes out of the dryer - Thanks for reading my long winded story!
Sue