Yellowstone II

Every morning Diane and I took our walks around the Upper Basin.  This time Castle Geyser erupted for us.

End of an eruption of Riverside Geyser

Storm was coming in.  Made the Geyserite of Grotto Geyser almost glow.

Buffalo everywhere.

Fishing on Lake Yellowstone. We did get rained on.

Impressive Bull Elk.

The Boardwalk at West Thumb Geyser Basin.

At the end of the West Thumb walk we got pounded by a storm.  This is the back edge of the storm shining in the alpine light at sunset.  When we got back to the Old Faithful Inn, the power was out.  Luckily they got it back in a couple hours.

The Next day we headed to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.  This is Gibbons Falls.

Buffalo calves are so cute.

The 4 of us at lookout point.  Lower fall in background

I liked the patch of snow to the left of the lower falls.

I like the way her purples contrast with the bleached rock of the canyon.

View downstream from brink or the Lower Falls viewpoint

Looking in the other other direction you can see a bit of the Upper Falls

View downstream from inspiration point

Diane at Artist Point with Lower Falls behind her.

Other side of the Canyon fro Artists Point

I love these patches of color on the far wall.

Lots of colors along the Canyon.

Looking down at the Upper Falls from Uncle Tom's Trail.

At the brink of the Upper Falls viewpoint we got a rainbow.

The Rainbow was quite spectacular.

Then we headed for Norris Basin

Hiking at Porcelain Basin at Norris.

Porcelain Springs

Whirigig Geyser

Crackling Lake

Steamboat Geyser.  Biggest in the world.  But only erupts rarely.

Red thermophile bacteria growing in the acidic water of Echinus Geyser

Vixen Geyser erupting.

And then it was gone.  Followed by a deep sucking sound.  It was very cool.

Bart and Diane at the Emerald Pool.

The vie from the hike to Artists Paint Pots.

Bubbling hot mud.  I got hit by a chunk.  It was pretty hot.

End of another great day at Yellowstone.  The trip is starting to wind down.

We got to see a Yellowstone moose one evening.  Rare sighting in the Park.  My camera and telephoto lens did a great job getting a nice shot.