Today we toured Yellowstone National Park. Despite the rain, I enjoyed myself immensely for the most part and I think I can say the same for the rest of us. We started by visiting Old Faithful, of course. Although the actual geyser was really cool, I had a sever misfortune. Since Old Faithful ran 15 minutes late, my memory card ran out just as it began to erupt for real! So much for videotaping every minute of it. I fact, I had only 6 seconds of video when it started. I was, however, able to hurriedly delete the bummer video and take some still shots of the water falling back to earth, well after the peak.
After that we went to a cool spot with some small geysers and colorful pools. I think that this might have been my favorite part, but I can’t decide. Unfortunately, the rain that started while we were watching Old Faithful increased in intensity, and we began to get rather wet, despite our rain jackets.
After that and a few other stops like it, it rained so hard that we decided to just drive around the park instead of getting out and accumulating moisture. While we were doing this, I photographed this huge geyser base from the car window.
To complete our Yellowstone experience, we visited some mud pots, including the Painter’s Pots, which were really cool. Although I did take some movies, which were much more impressive, I don’t think I’ll be able to upload them with hotel internet, so you’ll have to make do with these photographs I took of this small, but especially vigorous mud pot.
At lookout point, we also saw an Osprey nest, and I snapped a few pics through my scope. Although it is hard to see, there are chicks in there (trust me, I could see them moving).
While I’m on the topic of animals, we also got a fantastic look at a male Elk and a much less fantastic look at a Bull Moose.
Over-all, this was a great day, especially since the rain cleared up later in the day. The wildlife here is pretty cool, and there are neat animals all over the place. I didn’t see any new birds today, but since we’re hiking tomorrow, I hope to have some links for you tomorrow. Yet again, our hotel doesn’t have internet, so my apologies for the late posting. Hopefully I won’t have as much backup as I did for our two nights at the Grand Canyon. I also hope that our next hotel will have internet, because it is outside of Yellowstone.
P.S. I think I forgot to mention yesterday that I saw a Gray Jay for the first time at Grand Teton National Park.
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