Clock in the lobby at Lake Yellowstone Lodge
Sightseers in The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
There were wildflowers everywhere
Hiking the mountain ridge above the Yellowstone River
On the Upper Terrace of Mammoth Hot Springs
The mouth of a different hot springs that flows down to meet the Boiling River. There must have been about 50 people wading and
sitting in the water where the two came together. It’s sauna
temperature water where the two meet, but if you go too close to where the hot water comes in, it's scalding hot. Hot enough to quite easily boil an egg.
The Boiling River
Out the MT entrance for some ice cream, which was very good (mine was caramel chunks in vanilla)
Back into the Park
A green Hayden Valley
The Natural
Bridge
Some of us hiked up to the lookout over the Old Faithful Geyser
Basin
Watching Old Faithful erupt
from across the Basin
And a smaller eruption just off the boardwalk
The Firehole
River
And hiking just beside the Yellowstone River
The Upper Falls of The Yellowstone
And the Lower Falls into the Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone
Lovely pictures, Heidi.
ReplyDeleteIt must have been quite an unforgettable trip.
Love your new Header by the way - is that picture also from Yellowstone?
Rose -- Oh, I'm so glad you commented here!!! This was probably one of my favorite parts of the trip. :-)
DeleteAnd thank you about the header! And yes, it is... It's a different angle on the Grand Canyon and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone--quite utterly breathtaking!
I can't wait for my kids to be a bit older so we can take a bit trip out west and see Yellowstone! I was there when I was like 3 and I really don't remember it at all. I want them to be old enough to remember it, at least. Gorgeous pictures! Especially those waterfalls.
ReplyDeleteHamlette,
DeleteOh, I do hope you can sometime!! It's all pretty utterly and entirely splendid. :-) And there's so much there (just on the main loops) that it's great if you can spend at least a couple days so you don't have to rush.
And thank you! I'm so glad you liked them! I I mentioned my WIP in my other comment on the Tetons, so I'll go ahead and drop a little hint here. :-) At least two pivotal/major scenes in my story happen in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. There's something about it that just gets into you--I can't imagine placing them anywhere else! ;-)
Ooooh! Very exciting :-) I love how locations can just grab a writer and insist to be used!
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