Yellowstone National Park, July, 2009

Yellowstone National Park. the world's first National Park (1872) IMG_2930	Lewis River. note burned forest Lewis River	Francisco at overlook Francisco at overlook	Lewis Falls Lewis Falls	Francisco walking on logs in river Francisco walking on logs
view of meadow view of meadow	Bill holding up Wolf hide in West Thumb Ranger Station Bill holding up Wolf hide in West Thumb Ranger Station	West Thumb Geyser West Thumb geyser	West Thumb Geyser Basin	COMBINED NP pics
West Thumb Geyser Basin D NP pics	West Thumb Geyser Basin NP pics	Geyser in Yellowstone lake Geyser in Yellowstone Lake at West Thumb	algae and bacteria form the colors algae and bacteria form the colors	geyser colors geyser colors
Old Faithful Old Faithful	Crowd at Old Faithful, even on a rainy day Crowd at Old Faithful	Old Faithful Old Fatithful	Old Faithful Old Faithful	Upper Geyser Basin at Old Faithful Upper Geyser Basin at Old Faithful
Upper Geyser Basin Upper Basin	Upper Geyser Basin Geyser Basin	One of the many splendid pools with vibrant colors one of the many, splendid pools	Another geyser in the field another geyser	Old Faithful Lodge Old Faithful Lodge
Bison jam...look at the long line of cars bison jam, look at the line of cars	Our hotel, the Absaroka Lodge, located on the Yellowstone River Absaroka Lodge in Gardiner	View from our hotel with Yellowstone River running beside us view from our hotel with Yellowstone River	moon over Yellowstone moon over Yellowstone	Park Entrance at Gardiner Park Entrance at Gardiner
Another view of the Park Entrance at Gardiner Park entrance at Gardiner	Tower Falls Tower Falls	45th Parallel	Mountain goats came down to drink Mountain goat	Mule deer mule deer
2 Elk we were able to get very close to 2 elk	Artist Point with Yellowstone River Artist Point with Yellowstone river	Lower Falls Lower Falls	Artist Point canyon Artist Point	Artist Point with dramatic cliffs Artist Point with dramatic cliffs
Lower Falls in the background Lower Falls in the background	Lower Falls canyon Lower Falls Canyon	Francisco and Bill with Lower Falls in background Francisco and Bill with Lower Falls in the background	Climbing Mt. Washburn Climbing Mt Washburn	View from Mt Washburn Along the Mt
Midway Geyser Basin map Midway Geyser Basin map	Midway Geyser Basin	Grand Prismatic Spring info Grand Prismatic Spring information	Huge geyser at West Thumb Basin Huge geyser at Midway Basin	Midway Geyser Basin IMG_3153
the steam gets you all damp, and it doesn't smell all that good, either Midway Geyser Basin1	Midway Geyser Basin2	IMG_3171	Midway Geyser Basin3	Grizzly bear on the side of the road grizzly bear on the roadside
Grizzly bear Grizzly bear	To avoid the crowd, he went into the water to avoid the crowd, he went into the river	Lamar Valley, a beautiful place Lamar Valley, a beautiful place	The Serengetti of North America The Serengetti of North America	herds of bison were everywhere herds of bison
Soda Butte in Lamar Valley information Soda Butte in Lamar Valley	Sulphur vents ran alongside the Butte in a stream Soda Butte	Soda Butte IMG_3072	Mule deer mule deer	one of many beautiful flowers IMG_3082
Park Entrance at Silvergate Park entrance at Silvergate	one of a few stores in Silvergate	black bear with cubs black bear with cubs	Another black bear who didn't mind us watching, at a safe distance another black bear	Francisco with Mule Deer behind him in Mammoth park Francisco
Mule deer in Mammoth Hot Springs park mule deer in Mammoth Hot Springs	Francisco and Bill in front of LIberty Cap in Mammoth Francisco and Bill in front of Liberty Cap in Mammoth	Mammoth Hot Springs Terrace Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces	It was a cold day when we visited Mammoth Hot Springs Terrace IMG_3323	Mammoth Hot Springs and Park HQ from the terrace IMG_3332
Part of the terrace IMG_3349	algae and bacteria coloring IMG_3357	IMG_3364	a hike we took in Lamar Valley a hike we took in Lamar Valley	we crossed the Lamar River We crossed the Lamar River
and we saw some bones on the trail scary	we ran into a small herd of Pronghorn deer; ths is the buck ran into a small herd of pronghorn deer	They were content to watch us and we watched them IMG_3415	Raven in top of dead tree raven	looking back on the trail we heard wolves howling looking back on the trail. we heard wolves howling
and we saw this black bear not too far from our trail, so we rushed along yes, a black bear not far from us	Norris Geyser Basin map Norris Geyser Basin trip	Norris Geyser basin geyser IMG_3444	Porcelain Springs info IMG_3446	Porcelin springs geyser IMG_3447
IMG_3459	IMG_0176	Cistern Spring info Cistern Springsign	Cistern Spring, beautiful color and deep and hot beautiful Cistern Spring

Yellowstone National Park, July, 2009Our vacation in Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park, July, 2009
Our vacation in Yellowstone