Would you rather be bitten by a horse fly or a grizzly bear?

Nothing like waking up at 4:30am for an early start to our 10 hour journey. When Lauran's alarm to Leona Lewis's Bleeding Love went off at we were both up and ready to go. We started the morning off laughing and not too long after we were cursing. While getting ready in the community bathroom we were each bitten numerous times by the ravenous horse flies native to the badlands. Shortly after leaving the KOA we had a discussion about whether or not we would rather be bitten by a horse fly or a grizzly bear and we both agreed on the bear.
We got to see the sun rising over the badlands and we traveled through most of the state of Wyoming. Some of the notable cities we passed through were Sturgis, Sundance, Gilette, and Cody. We got an oil change at Wal-Mart at 8am 3 hours into our journey. We were excited because the walmart had a grocery store and an EXPRESS oil change place all in one. Well, express in Wyoming doesn't mean the same thing as the Jiffy Lube at the top of Swan Ave. We gathered a few essentials at Walmart enjoyed a delicious mcdonalds breakfast, and got a car wash all in one stop.
Now for the most beautiful part of our journey so far. After 9 hours in the car we made it to Yellowstone (the first national park in the united states). Right before the park entrance is Buffalo Bill Dam, which was an enormous dam hidden in a beautiful landscape of a lake and snow capped mountains in the backdrop. Katie wanted to jump in, but Lauran quickly reminded her that she did not have health insurance at the time, so Katie thought better of it.
After entering the park gates we experienced everything from snow capped mountains, to waterfalls, grasslands, bison grazing, crystal clear lakes, roaming elk, hot springs, and mud volcanoes that smelled of sulfur. Our highlight of this part of the trip was witnessing a foreign couple driving as close as they could to a bison when we had just received a pamphlet from the park ranger on how to stay away from the bison as they are wild and over 300 people a year get charged by the bison. Instead of learning chineese to try and communicate with the, we video taped them driving closer instead. Fortunately for them the bison was quite comfortable in his position and didn't charge them.
We made it to our campsite. This is the first night camping in our tent (provided by the Miklosey family). We got here about 7pm and had the tent up by 8pm. We started another fire and roasted our new favorite turkey dogs and we made some guacamole too. It is quite the temperature change here. Right now we can't feel our fingers and our fire is dying down. So we will have to update you more later. Say prayers that we will be thawed by morning.......