2016 Summer Trip: Gibbon Falls and The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Yesterday was our cleaning, laundry and hair cut day!! Gals we all know what that's like going to someone you don't know but she did a pretty good job. There was a major power outage yesterday afternoon around 4:30 came back on at 9:30 p.m. They came around telling everyone we could run our generators, we didn't there was a pretty good breeze and it was real comfortable in the shade. Our neighbors came over and we had a great visit. They are full timers and love it, they gave us a tour of their fifth-wheel it's 40 feet long with 2 full slides and 1 in the bedroom, it's huge and gorgeous, it has a fireplace, kitchen island, dishwasher, washer/dryer king size bed with a ton of storage.

Our first stop today (Wed.) was to Gibbon Falls. Gibbon Falls is located in the west central area of Yellowstone, this waterfall was discovered in 1872. This segmented cascade flows near the Yellowstone Caldera rim which was formed 600,000 years ago.

Next on to the lower Canyon Falls, also known as the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, depending on the time of the year, anywhere between 5,000-60,000 gallons per second of water plunges over the lower falls. The 308-foot Lower Falls may have been formed because the river flows over volcanic rock more resistant to erosion. We stopped at the Canyon resort for lunch, did a little shopping and headed home. We saw Bison all over the place today as well as Elk. Another perfect day, weather 70's-low 80's.

Yellowstone is a marvel, full of waterfalls and amazing sights.
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