Days 9-11--From Tuesday afternoon through Saturday morning, we explored the wildly diverse geological and hydrothermal features of Yellowstone National Park.
In this post, we will let a few of our photos speak for themselves.
We walked for miles, stopping to see some of Yellowstone's 200 geysers erupt...
Hot springs bubbled from the subterranean heat...
The mud pots gurgled...
We marveled at the colors created by the minerals and bacteria...
As we drove from site to site, we would often see elk or bison...
And what were the sounds of Yellowstone? The whooshing and splashing of geysers; the hiss of steam vents; the gurgling and splatting of paint pots; the roar of the waterfalls; the chatter of hundreds of people speaking in dozens of languages; the click, click of cameras and smartphones; and the dings of videos starting and stopping.
On Friday we walked both the north and the south rims of the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone," a 1000-foot canyon carved by the Yellowstone River. The canyon includes two powerful waterfalls.
On Friday night we experienced another serendipity. Bob and Carol Hamlin, our friends from Boise, texted us to say they were in Yellowstone too. After repeated attempts to text each other from the few places in the park that had any cell coverage, we met up for some hugs and an attempt at a four-person selfie in front of their Dutchmen camper.
Wonderful photos! Keep them coming.
ReplyDeleteJim and Sue