Yellowstone has waterfalls, animals, and scenery… and dead trees! Which are fascinating. To me.
Yellowstone Scenery
Yellowstone has waterfalls, animals, and scenery. This post shows some scenery.
Water Falls
Water falls because gravity makes it fall. Yellowstone has numerous waterfalls. First a collection of smaller ones, then the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone with their 308-foot fall.
More Geysers
We saw a couple other geysers and many other thermal features. We took a road off the main loop as recommended by our guide (GyPSy Guide, that is). He informed us how to tell if the Great Fountain Geyser was due to erupt. It was.
Deer and Antelope Play
Home on the Range, again: where the deer and the antelope play.
And the elk, bears, big horn sheep, birds, and chipmunks play, too.
Oh Give Me a Home…
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam and the skies are not cloudy all day. This is from Home on the Range, an anthem of The West (and the state song of Kansas). Oops, the American buffalo is not a buffalo, but a bison (scientific name: bison bison). With ten pictures and two alleged humorous references.
Old Faithful
With over a thousand pictures over the four days in Yellowstone, where should I start. I decided to start with Yellowstone’s iconic Old Faithful with it’s predictable schedule of eruptions. And in our case: no crowds!
Le Trois Tetons
The Shoshone called then “Many Pinnacles.” The Americans called them “Pilot Knobs.” The French you know the French, called them “Le Trois Tetons,” “The Three Breasts.” You would think the French of all people would know they don’t come in threes. Plus baseball anecdote.
Crossroads of the West
The Crossroads of the West is Green River, Utah. They say so themselves. And at the crossroads is the John Wesley Powell River History Museum. It is a hidden gem worth stopping for; just jump off I70 and take Business 70 through town.
Arches
Yesterday we were in the park by 6:20am and took our time listening to GyPSy Guide narration, stopping to take pictures. So by the time we got far into the park, it was already crowded. And the road to Delicate Arch, the iconic arch of the park and the state of Utah, was washed out.
So we decided to enter the park even earlier today!