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Our campground at Madison in Yellowstone. They had running water, picnic tables, bathrooms / sinks ... just not showers. All in all, a good deal for the cost and location. |
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A waterfall near Old Faithful. |
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Some hot springs near Norris. |
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More hot springs - the blues and greens are hard to capture on camera, but they are stunning. Just watch out for the sulfur-smelling steam - it can be quite overwhelming! |
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Inside a "paint pot" - basically some boiling mud that splatters around the edge. |
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Another boiling mud pit. |
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More boiling mud. |
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Another hot spring - part of Yellowstone (the "Caldera basin") lie above a magma pool, thus all the geysers |
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This hot spring is covered with a reddish-orange bacteria mat ... "Do Not Touch" was quite the common sign. |
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Another caribou (elk). |
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A geyser around Old Faithful. |
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A geyser named "Daisy" that only erupts every 6 - 7 hours. |
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Another geyser - I don't remember this one's name; it was scheduled to erupt later that day ... and I bet it'd be spectacular. |
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Another geyser ... are you getting the picture that this part of Yellowstone is pretty active! |
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Old Faithful! We got to Old Faithful about 70 minutes before this eruption, so we wandered past other geysers and then ended up back here to see his eruption. He's getting older and now only blasts every 90 or so minutes. |
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Yellowstone wildlife has a mind of its own ... this big guy just sauntered across the road; notice he's almost as big as that minivan! |
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Me standing at the edge of the 'Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,' a spot where the Yellowstone river drops about 600 feet. The canyon cliffs are spectacular, and it's nice to hike down to the lower falls' overlook. |
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The turbulent Yellowstone river. |
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Oops .. my finger is obstructing the view of the North Canyon rim, but hey, to get this spectacular shot I had to practically lean over the overlook ... and it was like, "point, shoot, STEP BACK!" |
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Yes, I leaned over to take this shot! That red railing in the lower right was all that prevented me from being blow over the falls (it was rather windy down in the gorge). |
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Andy and I hiked about 3 miles from the overlook along the N. Rim and took this picture looking back at the falls. |
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Another shot from along our hike ... you can't even see the lower falls (it's around the bend in the distance). |
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Meteoroligists we are ... cloud pictures we cannot avoid. These are "lenticular" clouds and are caused by air rushing over topography (in this case, the mountains in Yellowstone). |
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Another view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. |
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Hey - wildlife! This grizzly bear was about 80 yards away at the time ... digital zoom is great, isn't it? |
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Goodbye, Yellowstone! |