The drive home was quite pleasant. It’s about 200 miles from the Norris Campground to our house in Pocatello and took right at 4 hours. We had a major half-hour delay waiting for some bison to clear the road as we were driving to West Yellowstone. 
This must be the time of year that the bison migrate from one part of the park to another part as that waiting-for-the-bison event happened several times, mostly to traffic going the opposite direction. As I mentioned, this was the first time that Nina and I have been in Yellowstone by ourselves. I can’t count the number of times that we’ve visited Yellowstone and each of them have been delightful experiences.
Many years ago, shortly after we bought the Volkswagen camper when we were living in Indiana, we went out to Idaho in August and drove through Yellowstone on the way back. We camped in a forest service campground just outside the park on the road to Cody, Wyoming. A massive thunderstorm came through that night and the lightning and thunder was just awesome. Interestingly, all the kids slept through the storm!
Another trip to Yellowstone was made in conjunction with a family reunion in 1981. The year sticks out because just before we left on the trip to Idaho, I was notified by TRW that I was being laid off at the end of August. We had debated about doing the trip, which was around the 4th of July, but decided to spend the time and money as I was pretty sure I could find another job. Eileen and part of her family (along with her first husband Larry) met us in Yellowstone. We were in a small trailer and they had an older motorhome. Larry and I both had to leave for a couple of weeks for business, but Nina and Eileen vacationed together for more than a week in Yellowstone and Jackson before I flew back and we headed home to Chardon, Ohio.
Just before we moved to Japan in 1995, Nina’s son (she had given him up for adoption before we met) tracked her down. He was living in Connecticut 
and flew out to meet with Nina. They took a short trip together to Yellowstone to get acquainted with each other before Nina left for a three-year stay in Japan.
Our last trip to Yellowstone was for a small family reunion in August, 2000. Dawnmarie brought Trevor’s granddaughter Kendra with them, Trevor drove up from California, and all the kids except James and Jared were there for the week. We had a great time and took not nearly enough pictures. There’s one special picture of Trevor and Kendra that sits on the nightstand by Nina’s side of the bed.
Yellowstone is a place of wonderful memories for us. I expect we’ll make several more visits over the next few years. We scouted out camp spots at Canyon campground for our next visit — perhaps in the late spring next year? We also want to figure out how to take mom and dad with us on a visit to Yellowstone. Dad might enjoy the fishing! Meanwhile, we’re home, unpacked, and resting up from the trip. The accompanying pictures might bring back memories for someone in the family — if that person remembers to look at the web page??