Our Yellowstone Adventure
Aug. 18 - 23, 2004
The Wolf & Bear Discovery Center
I definitely recommend visiting the discovery center. They have a museum, informational movies and even live bears & wolves to help the visitor understand the history of Yellowstone.
This wolf was just waking up and it was neat to watch him yawn, stretch & go find something to eat.
The bears had just been fed and were having a good time!
Of course, we had to have a little silly fun, too!
Then we entered Yellowstone at the West Entance to the park and very quickly saw that
the graceful elk were in abundance throughout the park.
Since we didn't get started into the park until after 5pm, we passed by the geyser sights
along the way to Old Faithful, thinking we could make the next spouting. Unfortunately, we just missed it ,
but we went on to see some more sights before dark settled in.
This is one of our first views of the Yellowstone River.....little did we know how often our paths would cross.
Thursday 8/19/04 Day 2
We
saw a crowd beginning to gather on the side of the road so we stopped.
How exciting!
Our first glimpse of a black bear foraging for food along the banks of
the Yellowstone.
Wwe passed
by this cave which as you can see actually had bones in the entrance.
The white water
flowing swiftly
below the cave from the falls upstream.
We drove along
to West Thumb Geyser Basin. We were constantly amazed at the awesome sights.
The story behind
this cone is that "Way back... the fisherman discovered they could
fish along this
shore of Yellowstone Lake,
drop it still on the line into this boiling cone until cooked and eat
it right on the spot!"
Hence the name "Fishing Cone".
While checking
out Lake Village Campground, we happened upon this huge bison just taking
a nap in one of the campsites! Then Glenda spotted this coyote hopping
in the tall grass after his next meal.
By now it was close to dark so we headed back to the motorhome.
Friday
August 20, 2004 Day 3
The
pools were so beautiful.
This
is the blue pool you see in the left picture.
Lots
of gorgeous waterfalls and in the middle "Steamboat Geyser".
Sights
along the Lower Terrace. The right being a close up of the left side of
the cone.
I
love to stop and admire the beauty of the flowers!
August
21, 2004 Day 4
Tower
Falls
Heading
towards the north entrance and Gardiner, MT, we pulled over to enjoy this
large herd of bison.
One male held up traffic as he meandered across the road and then back
again.
You
can see what this guy had on his mind!
As
we continued on, Dan said "Now, if we couldjust see a moose, it'd
make my day!"
15 minutes later......look what we found nibbling on the side of the road.
What a thrill as she passed in front of us to the other side of the road!
We visiting
in Gardiner for a few minutes then headed back. It was fun to pull over
and have dinner in the car...
a wonderful Chinese grilled chicken salad I had prepared before leaving
the motorhome.
August 22, 2004
Day 5
We took a day off from the park. Dan worked
with his clients in San Diego on the computer
so Glenda & I enjoyed lunch out and a day of shopping.
August
23, 2004 Day 6
Here (on the right) is a boiling hole which
runs in a stream (middle) right down into the Yellowstone River (left).
Another colorful hot spring which I compared in color &
shape to
the buffalo dung (growing mushrooms) found so plentifuly throughout the
park.
Here's Old Faithful !
We went to see the legendary "Old Faithful Inn" where I met
an interesting lady with lots of Yellowstone tales.
Dan took a catnap, and Glenda found a chair, relaxed and watched all the
people come & go.
On the way
out, we caught sight of Old Faithful spouting again!
We didn't have
much time before dark to see the Grand Tetons, but they were indeed very
impressive.
And the sunset was incredible in the sky opposite the mountains.
Thank you Yellowstone for such an awesome experience!
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