Well, we are two weeks into our summer life here at Yellowstone and we have encountered too many amazing things to recount in just one post. This landscape is alive and buzzing - both the land and the many creatures that inhabit it. If you remember my posts from last summer when we visited Lassen Volcanic National Park, I wrote about our awe at seeing thermal features (fumaroles, mud pots, boiling lakes, etc.) for the first time. Well Yellowstone is like Lassen on steroids. Oh, and with large, lumbering Bison charging through it!
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| Rush Hour in Yellowstone - 7 AM |
In our short two weeks here, we have twice been stuck in Bison "traffic". We have seen coyotes chasing each other through wide fields of green. We've encountered foxes, and yellow-bellied marmots. I've woken up to glance out our small basement level apartment window to see three large Elk and a small newborn Elk trotting across the grass into the woods, the baby Elk darting around like a newborn colt, spooked and startled by every crackling branch or unexpected sound. We have pulled over and backed up more times than our van has ever done in a single place before, as we travel park roads and marvel at all this park has to offer.
As I have too many photos to include in one post, I will split them out into a few different posts and post the entries as I am able (the one "not so amazing" thing about this park is the very limited internet). So here goes with post one - some shots from our first days in the park. Enjoy the photos.
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| Our first large Elk encounter - a very casual affair... |
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Our first stop when we entered the park was the Mammoth Hot Springs
area and these amazing travertine terraces formed by the interaction
between the hot springs and minerals. |
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| More amazing hot spring formations |
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| We came across this waterfall on the side of the road early into our park journey. |
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| A panorama of wild beauty |
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| Wildflowers abound |
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| Afternoon clouds roll in |
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| A frequent roadside site |
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| The Earth bubbling and boiling in bright colors |
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| Steaming and smoking too... |
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| The earth is very much alive in Yellowstone |
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| Andre getting a first look at Lake Yellowstone |
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An early foray out of the park in nearby Big Sky Montana to go
horseback riding on our days off. |
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Andre and his pal Wizard
(not bad for a Pawtucket boy!) |
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