Yellowstone/Tetons blog3

Basically a mix of days 3,4,and 5 down to the Tetons.   We stayed in a lovely condo in Teton Village, which was a great place to explore the Tetons. 

Last morning in Yellowstone, beautiful day.

First sighting of a big bull Elk, with his harem.

A tiny part of the Bison population. 

Mud Volcano area, early AM.

Just enjoying a morning buffet on the side of the road.

The famous Old Faithful Inn, one of the largest and oldest all wood buildings in America

The Lobby

And the construction!!

We sat on the deck of the hotel, I had a $6. latte, and we watched her "geyse".

This is the Midway Geyser Basin

The edge of the famous Prismatic Spring

A pano taken with my 1 phone (Prismatic Spring)

And so, down the John D. Rockefeller parkway to the Tetons and Teton Village.

The white building in the middle is our condo building

The living area,  Susan relaxing.

Up at 5 AM to visit the Schwabacher Landing site, famous for photographing the Tetons at first light,  but not

today because of clouds.   Nice beaver dam,  however.

And even in the gloom, beautiful

Yellowstone/Tetons Blog 2

Days 2 and 3, mostly.  with again my getting up early, coming back for breakfast with Susan, and  off on adventures.

The advantage of early rising.  The Yellowstone River, Lamar Valley.

Arriving at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone , 6:30 AM 

Probably the most photographed falls in America.  And justifiably so.

I had the view all to my self. About 40 degrees. cold.

This photograph made the entire trip worth while.  And we haven't even

gotten to the Tetons yet!

A couple at breakfast advised me to travel beyond the Canyon North toward the Tower Falls,

and that I would have the best chance to see a bear.  And hear he (or she) was.

And the next day, same spot, but cubs, eating pine cones.

Black Bears can climb trees, Grizzlies cannot.  I carried a can of Bear repellant on every hike.

A reminder of nature as violent, a Grizzly eating the carcass of a Elk. 

Grey Jay

Our Cabin, spacious, very convenient to everything we wanted to see.

And back to the Lower Falls with Susan to see it in full sunlight down the canyon, at "Artist's Point"

Bighorn Sheep, a great sight.

And on to Mammoth Hot Springs.  There is great one-way drive through here.

Remarkable formations, always active.

Susan having a moment of serenity watching the Yellowstone River.

Young Harlequin Ducks, a rarity in Yellowstone

The Yellowstone Lake Hotel

Dinner at the Inn.  Susan had Trout, and I had the special,

a "Tommyhawk" Steak, 28 ounces (Oh God, it was good).

Yellowstone, Blog 1

Back from Yellowstone and the Tetons, a true "bucket list" trip, more than we could have ever imagined.  I would love to post every picture, but I'll try to stick to the real highlights, and there were many.

Jackson Airport is inside the Tetons, north of Jackson,  To step out of the plane and see THIS

is to give you s taste of the wonders you are about to see.

You drive north on Rt. 89, and to your left, for miles, is the overwhelming grandeur of the

Tetons.  You drive north until you go into Yellowstone Park

Susan enjoying lunch with the  ultimate view.

Lake Lodge

Susan, our rental Ford, and cabin G8

Roomy, comfortable,  convenient to the whole park.

Our routine was the same through out the trip.  I would be up at 5 or 6, and drive to see what I could see.

I would stay out until 9 or 10, and come back for breakfast with Susan.  A photographer's light always waited for me.

My first wildlife, a Mule Deer

Trumpeter Swan

The Mud Volcano area. 

Back to breakfast with Susan, Lake Lodge

Red-tailed Hawk, on the way to West Thumb Geyser area.

Bison seem to love the yellow line. 

About 500 Bison Burgers.  There is a very scary video on youtube of a Bison tossing

a tourist up in the air about 40 feet.

West Thumb Geyser Basin, fascinating, dangerous ( a young man stepped off the boardwalk recently,

and died from his burns).

Yellowstone is a caldera of a erupted volcano, that is also about so many thousand years overdue

to erupt again! The magma chamber underground evidently would fill the Grand Canyon

15 times.

Beautiful and still dangerous

Fascinating  landscape.