Little Dude is 2 years old and Mama and Papa pilot get Gramie to watch Little Dude for a few days so we can venture out on our own. It is our first no baby flying trip. We drop Little Dude off in Bend, then we load up the next day for Yellowstone followed by Jackson Hole, before returning to Bend. We Plan to leave Bend at 1pm, but are delayed because of maintenance. We asked someone to work on our plane and it was suppose to be a quick fix, but ended up taking longer (an unfortunate usual in aviation.)

We have already left Gramies so we take some alone time to go bowling and other wise help the time pass. We booked last minute the only room left at Old Faithful Inn and we are really looking forward to spending the night there. But the time keeps ticking and the plane still isn’t ready. Where about to give up and just want until the next morning to go, when it is finally done! We don’t want to go late at night because of the flying over the mountains at night, the wildlife on the runway, and the lack of services upon arrival.

Its about a 2 hour flight to KWYS and we taxi and park at West Yellowstone Aviation. The FBO is closed, but the rental car location is located right next door to the FBO in the Terminal. We tell the Avis agent it is our first solo trip since our son and he upgrades us to a Mustang convertible! Perfect for exploring Yellowstone. We head towards the West entrance and decided to buy an Annual National Parks Service Pass. Once inside, it is about a 45 minute drive to the Inn. Our room is quaint, the Inn is known to be the largest log building in the world and dates back to 1903. The inside is grand with cathedral ceilings. The old faithful geyser is just out side but dark at night. We wake the next morning to a buffet in the main dining area and we are off to explore the Old faithful geyser before packing up to explore more of the park. The next stop was the Grand Prismatic Spring. The Spring is known for XXXXX> and since it was summer, there were tons of people there and limited parking. After the Spring we headed back to the airport to load up to KJAC for our second night of the trip.