Where O' Where has our summer been?! We are lovin' it! I took this picture as we were preparing to depart from West Glacier, Montana. This was around 10 am. |
Here it is! The North Arch entrance to Yellowstone National Park! |
Hailey examines all the different butterflies under a stereoscope. I pulled a wide range of them from the grill on our "assault vehicle" that accumulated on our trek to and through Yellowstone! |
Hailey poses near a crystal blue hot springs. Why is it so clear? Well, it's so hot that nothing can live in it! Anyone care for a dip? It would be your last! |
An impressive fumarole. A fissure in the ground spews out super-heated steam and sounded like an old-fashioned steam locomotive. |
A small hot spring that isn't quite a geyser that is just roiling with heat and steam! Sure hope this boardwalk holds up! |
Runoff from Excelsior Geyser into the Firehole River. It is dumping 4,500 gallons of 199 degree water per minute into the river! |
Here we are at the world's best known geyser. Old Faithful, faithfully erupts every 40 to 126 minutes. We stuck around to witness two of them. |
Old Faithful...there she goes! Eruptions can shoot up to 8,400 gallons of boiling water to heights up to 185 feet! |
We attended worship service at the Fishing Bridge Amphitheater. The service was conducted by volunteers of the organization called; "A Christian Ministry In The National Parks". Check them out here: Ministry in the National Parks |
The caution on this sign was NO JOKE! It was more of a vertical challenge than our short jaunt on the Bright Angel trail in the Grand Canyon! Way to go Heidi, as she was the leader on this hike! |
Along the Uncle Tom's trail, we came across this mule deer that seemed to pose for me. |
Halfway down Uncle Tom's trail and a view of the lower falls of the Yellowstone River. The roar and the constant rainbow were awesome to behold. |
At the lower falls with Flat Ariel! |
Firehole Canyon Falls. Photography does not due this justice, as I could not capture the sheer canyon walls. |
Beauty among beauty! How can one man stand it?! |
Hayden Valley. Home to bison, mule deer and elk. |
As we rounded the corner coming back from Lamar Valley, we are faced with this large male bison! Excuse me, Mr. Bison can you please pick a lane! |
Lamar Valley. Home to the wolves of Yellowstone that were successfully reintroduced in 1995 and continue to thrive here! We had hoped for a sighting but, no luck. We did see coyote, a fox and elk. |
The Breitmann sisters take a lunch break with us outside the Northeast gate of Yellowstone in the town of Cooke City, after our drive through Lamar Valley. We dined on bison burgers here! |
View of the North Absaroka Mountain Wilderness from the town of Cooke City, WY. |
Another Jr. Ranger badge! Well, earned, Hailey! We are off to Cody, Wy! Cowboy, up! Err...should I say...Cowgirl, up! |
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