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Potatoes are one of Giselle's favorite foods so we couldn't pass up the Potato Museum!

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Trains pass frequently!

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Creating the world's largest Pringle is one of humanity's finest achievements

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Ms. Monroe is looking stunning as ever in a potato sack!

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Behind this potato autographed by Dan Quayle is a letter from the Governor of Idaho letting the VP know Idaho doesn't have an "e" either.

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Many cyclists were on the road as we entered Yellowstone National Park from the west.

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Our first elk sighting!

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Gibbon Falls, on our way to Mammoth Hot Springs in the NW corner of the park

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Happy to be out of the car for a few minutes after a long drive from Salt Lake City

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Artists Paintpots - these gurgling mud holes actually did look a bit like a painter's palette

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Even the elk are polite out west and use the crosswalk to get to the other side of the road!

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Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces

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Travertine (limestone) terraces

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All the colors are different types of bacteria thriving in the hot springs environment

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This male elk was bugling up a storm

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Then he went a'wanderin for his lady friends

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This bull who already had a broken nose was trying to horn in on his harem

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We thought there'd be a rumble, but they just bugled a lot at each other until broken nose wandered off

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She is sooo impressed!

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Our little cabin with elk on the hill