More Yellowstone

There are so many and varied thermal features in Yellowstone we got tired while looking at all of them but not bored. Here are a few that didn't erupt.

Yellowstone also has lots of wildlife--some easier to spot than others.

We saw elk a couple of times. These were near Yellowstone Lake.

Buffalo are more plentiful and often cause buffalo jams, either by slowly crossing the road or causing motorists to stop on the road for a better look.  Notice the calves in these two photos.

There are also wolves in Yellowstone, or so these people told us. Whenever you see people looking out from the road, especially if they have spotting scopes, you have to stop and see what they are looking at. They told us there was a pack of wolves in the valley below. We could hardly make out the black dots, much less tell what they were. We did believe them, however.

Thankfully, not every visitor to the park drives their own vehicle. The roads were crowded as it was. These neat old buses and tour buses take many visitors from place to place.

The Great Northern Railroad built at least one of the beautiful lodges in Yellowstone. This is the interior of the Old Faithful Lodge. If we didn't have an RV, it would be neat to stay there.

Steam's Rising

There is so much variety in Yellowstone National Park, it is difficult to decide how to share the experience. Probably the most iconic image of Yellowstone is the Old Faithful Geyser. We had a great view as it erupted. That is the Old Faithful Lodge in the background.

While we waited for that eruption, we saw another geyser blowing steam. Someone told us it was the Beehive Geyser but I couldn't find any name on the map.

We had seen a long line of people walking out into that area and we decided to follow them. From the first steam rising from the geyser to when it began tapering off was 10 minutes. If you click on the photo to enlarge it, you can see part of the large crowd.  As we left the area after these two eruptions, we saw another geyser, Great Geyser, erupt as well.

As we were driving into the park, we had indications of what we would be seeing. Because it was cold that day and the next, the steam or water vapor was more visible than it would be on a warm day.

Not all steam came from geysers. Here is the Dragon's Cauldron and Dragon's Mouth Spring.

There were other things to see, as well. I'll save them for another post or two.