YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK...WOW, WOW, WOW!

We thought the Grand Canyon would be the highlight of our trip but for all three of us, it comes in second behind Yellowstone. The Grand Canyon itself is perhaps the single greatest WOW but the diversity and overall splendor of Yellowstone is out-of-sight awesome. The waterfalls, the canyons, the mountains, the sparkling and pristine rivers, the buffalo, elk and deer, the Yellowstone Lake, the myriad of geysers and the vastness of the park where all of this could be experienced in a couple of days just staggers one's imagination. The following photos provides a small taste.

       

       

       

      

      

      

          You really can hear this geyser roar.

      

     

     

         This is for you Grace. All over the big sky portion of America, horses play a major role. We saw towns named Crazy Horse, Wild Horse, and others. Of course these are Western horses and we saw thousands in ranches that were adjacent to the highways.

     

     

In 1988 there were numerous fires started by dry lightening. These fires decimated huge tracts of Yellowstone's forest. Trees were reseeded but the evidence of the magnitude of the destruction is still present. This evidence is shown above.

     

     

     

     

This is a fly fisherman's paradise. We saw hundreds of them casting away in the sparkling and fast running streams.

     

     

We went to the Old Faithful Inn for lunch and did see the Old Faithful geyser erupt. It was quite a show. After a delicious lunch, Nancy had a brownie which was served on a dinner plate along with ice cream and whipped cream.  Obviously Dwain and I had to help her eat it.   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

While passing the Yellowstone Lake, traffic was stopped for about a half hour due to road work and Dwain worked on his still masterpiece shown above.  

     

     

Next we are headed to the Wild West Country and towns of Cody and Sheridan, Wyoming.