USA 3: Yellowstone National Park: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

On our first day in Yellowstone NP we decided to go on a day long hike that took us along the river flowing through Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. We passed several parking lots and the viewing places next to those were packed but in the middle between two parking lots there were nearly no people.

When we first arrived at the Grand Teton National Park (see previous entry) we made sure to buy bear spray (50$, really expensive) which contains 2% Capsaicin (the stuff that makes chilies so hot). We carried it along the whole time and of course we took it into the tent at night.

As we made our way along the canyon we enjoyed an awesome view.


One of the most pictured views is the following one facing the canyon with one of it's falls.




The next picture was taken the day after the canyon hike. We were really exhausted so we just explored the park like most Americans do: Park, get out, take picture, drive along to the next attraction.
Anyway we made it down some stairs to a river were this picture was taken.