Yellowstone Two

lots of pictures

I am behind on my blogging. In the national parks I have not had the internet access necessary to create and publish posts. We frequently have long days of hiking and sight seeing, arriving at our campground after dark.  We finished our 12 nights in Yellowstone then had a great week in the Great Teton National Park, followed by a  wonderful visit with friends in Boulder, Colorado. We are now comfortably situated at our friends’ house in Denver.  They are delightful hosts and also have great Wi-Fi.

A friend told me that he thought somebody tilted the state of Wyoming so that all the wonderful scenery fell into the northwest corner, which is where Yellowstone and the Tetons are located. He was joking of course; Wyoming is a geographically varied state filled with wonderful landscapes.  He is correct however in that the  concentration of natural beauty in that corner of Wyoming is simply astonishing. After a dearth of wildlife sightings, Laura saw her first moose in the Tetons, soon followed by another moose and now the moose count is at 9.

We are doing well, tired of life in the van on occasion but generally having a great trip. 

Here are lots of Yellowstone National Park pictures.

Yellowstone River
Yellowstone River
Laura near the top of Avalanche Peak
Craig at the summit of Avalanche Peak
Laura at tree line on Avalanche Peak
Avalanche Peak scree field
Yellowstone Lake with camper van
Watch where you step! small hot spring along a trail
the cone of Lone Geyser
Laura and Craig at Old Faithful Inn. Laura’s grandmother worked here as a hostess in 1960, but had to quit because she could not tolerate wearing high heels all day, which was required.
Old Faithful Inn, built in 1904
Laura on a forest hike
Riddle Lake
trumpeter swans on Riddle Lake
bison and other hoof prints in a thermal area
the colors in thermal areas are caused by rare bacteria species that grow in high temperatures
a hot spring in a thermal basin
hot springs in a thermal basin
colors in a thermal area
geyser, Craig, Laura
a geyser cone
the same geyser erupting
a hot spring with differing colors corresponding to different bacteria species inhabiting different temperature zones
Old Faithful geyser seen from a distance
Grand Prismatic Spring
a hot spring pool
a hot spring pool
“bobby sock” trees, killed by thermal activity which mineralizes their lower trunks
the Firehole River
banks of the Firehole River, with geyser runoff
Craig’s hat, most unfortunately floating down the Firehole River after blowing off his head
a warning Craig should have heeded
thermal area colors

a thermal area warning sign

the last picture

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