Wyoming - August 10-17

Next up was Wyoming and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.   Yellowstone is a beautiful park, but visiting at the height of vacation season was probably not our best idea.  It was really crowded!   Grand Teton was also beautiful and, while busy, had significantly less people than Yellowstone.  We enjoyed both parks very much.

Yellowstone National Park

Fisherman along West Yellowstone Road

Old Faithful

Old Faithful Geyser Basin

Old Faithful through the window of the Old Faithful Lodge

Bison encounter at Mud Volcano

This is the same bison seen on the ridge above.
We backed off behind a fence when he started heading down toward us,
but he still got closer than I would have preferred.

Bison at Mud Volcano
They get much closer to the thermal features than I would want to be.

Bison Jam!

I am glad we were in a large vehicle.
As you can see, they are as big as a small car.

I took this out of the side window of the truck while we were stuck in
the bison jam.  They really were that close to us!

Iron Spring Creek in Black Sand Basin

Cliff Geyser in Black Sand Basin

Porcelain Basin within Norris Geyser Basin

Porcelain Springs
Norris Geyser Basin

Vixen Geyser in Back Basin
Norris Geyser Basin

Cistern Spring in Norris Geyser Basin

Bunny in Norris Geyser Basin

Bull Elk

Young elk photobomb

Yellowstone Falls

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Mammoth Hot Springs

Minerva Terrace
Mammoth Hot Springs

Mound & Jupiter Terrace
Mammoth Hot Springs

Mound & Jupiter Terrace
Mammoth Hot Springs

Bison along roadway in Hayden Valley

Hayden Valley

Grand Teton National Park

Teton Range from Cathedral Group Turnout

View from South Jenny Lake

Leeks Marina

Mormon Row

PLF (Pretty Little Flower)
That's the scientific name for a flower you don't know the name of!

More PLFs

View from Schwabacher Trail.
This was my favorite view in Grand Teton NP.
It looks a lot like a poster I had in my office for many years at Fannie Mae.

Another view from Schwabacher Trail

Our camper and the Tetons lost in the clouds

Watching a storm move through the mountains

Thistle along the trail

View of Teton Range from Cunningham Creek Historic Site

Other Wyoming Pictures

Pronged Horn Antelope

Views along the road in Wind River Indian Reservation

Our camper in Wind River Indian Reservation

Wind River Indian Reservation