Yellowstone National Park, July 2010:
Yellowstone, a place so spectacular it generated the idea of a National Park. Yellowstone
is as impressive as its legend. The park is like a place time forgot; a land of geysers, hot
springs, wild animals, and unspoiled nature. Even with the (literally) thousands of people
driving around you can walk a few feet from the road and feel totally alone.

We drvoe from LA to the park over 2 days (~1000 miles), spent 4 days driving around the park
(~500 miles), and 2 more days driving back. Even with 4 days, we probably only saw 90% of the
labelled sights in the park that were just off the roads, never mind the thousands of miles of
trails. We saw grizzly bears, black bears, elk, deer, bison, a bald eagle, marmots, and otters.
Go, it's worth it.



We passed a museum of dinosaur footprints found on a farm in Utah. It was really awesome!


A small hill just inside the western entrance to the park.


The first in a huge variety of hot springs we saw in the park.


The color of the spring is a function of the temperature which controls which bacteria grow there.


Just beautiful.


Mammoth Hot Springs, a tower of calcite forming slowly over time as water trickles down the steps.


Mammoth is a huge formation that's been building up over thousands of years.


Lamar Valley. Each little black dot is a bison. There were at least 3 other herds this size in the valley.


The rivers of Yellowstone have sculpted the valleys, exposing the yellow rocks giving the park its name.


Again, just beautiful.


Some of the springs are deep, making for deep blue colors.


We ran into a mother river otter teaching her two pups to fish


Success (with help from mom)


The Prismatic Spring is the largest hot spring in the world, and displays a beautiful range of colors.


Grand Teton National Park is just south of Yellowstone and is very picturesque.
Apparently I'm not the first to notice this, judging by Ansel Adams' portfolio...


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