By now, we have encountered four major geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park. They are Geyser, hot springs, mud pots and fumaroles.
Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest, oldest and most dynamic thermal area in the park. It is also the location of the world’s tallest active geyser. Continue reading “Yellowstone National Park – Norris Geyser Basin”
Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468.4 square miles (8,983 km2). To make the most of it in four and half days seems ambitious. It is nonetheless doable with the help of a knowledgeable National Park ranger. Continue reading “Yellowstone National Park – Artist Paint Pots”
The area was strewn with pungent rotten egg smell.
“It’s good for your health” – my friend remarked as we were getting out of the car.
Oh good. Inhale…exhale. Continue reading “Yellowstone National Park – Mud Volcano”
Yellowstone Lake is the largest high elevation lake in North America.
Continue reading “Yellowstone National Park – West Thumb Geyser Basin”
The Grand Prismatic Spring would have been more prismatic, if not for the wind and the cloudy sky that morning.
Continue reading “Yellowstone National Park – Grand Prismatic Spring”
One of the benefits of visiting Yellowstone National Park in the spring is the possibility of seeing red dogs.
Continue reading “Yellowstone National Park – Fountain Paint Pot”
The sky – Overcast with intermittent drizzle
The place – Old Faithful and Upper Geyser Basin
The event – A large group of tourists gathered on a boardwalk in front of the historic Old Faithful Inn waiting for the geyser to erupt
A bison moved into scene. His massive head drooped to the ground – busy grazing.
The next morning, our quest for wildlife continued. Continue reading “National Museum of Wildlife Art – A Must See!”
It was 1900 hour when we met again by the car. We were out on a mission to see a moose in Grand Teton National Park.
Earlier in the day, we drove into the park.
“Let the people walk.” – wrote Edward Abbey, in his 1968 autobiography Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness.
Continue reading “Canyonlands National Park – Island in the Sky”
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