Yellowstone National Park
 

The Griffsters have just returned from Yellowstone, Teton, and some other places out West. I've realized that many of our overseas dwellars may not be familiar with this jewel.

Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park. Located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, it is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk. Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of the world's most extraordinary geysers and hot springs, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

We have a ton of photos to upload but I'll post some in this thread. We saw 5 grizzly bears, countless elk and bison in the Lamar Valley, some big horn sheep on Mt. Washburn, 3 river otters on the Snake, a few bald eagles, some marmots, a pika, and zero moose.:(

This is a grizzly sleeping just above the trail to Phelps lake. We were warned that he was along there by a hiker who saw the distinctive shoulder hump. Lil' Pete took two quick pics as we walked by him,:eek: so forgive the quality of the shot.

furry dolphin

land shark

Holy crap! :eek:

Lonestar was our best geyser experience. We hiked out to it early one morning and had it all to ourselves. We have some sideways video of it that Pete can explain.:headshake

Wow, to the bear and the geyser.

Ahhh, I have the old American dream...get a decent camper and travel around the US and see beautiful places such as Yellowstone.

Yellowstone is hot. Literally. It is, I believe, sitting on top of the largest volcanic caldera on earth. Numerous tv shows have predicted the eventual blowing of this caldera, obliterating most of the western half of the US.

Shawnee, I traveled around the US on a bus by myself when I was 17. Only place on the itinerary I stopped without a friend was Yellowstone. Saw Old Faithful and all the geysers.

One of my Discover Sunrise videos has the Yellowstone bubbling pots--extremely cool, and I wish you could all see it!

Mud pot?

What a neat thing, Cloud, to travel like that. Did you just decide to go? I really admire that!

our family vacation to Jackson Hole in 87/88(?) took us through the Yellowstone area when it was on fire. The animals were just sitting in fields next to the interstate.

er . . . kind of a long story. A way for my parents to get me off their hands for the summer. Here, honey, have a 3-month bus ticket . . . C ya!

We saw a lot of the contrast between old burn and the follow up growth. Pete and I honeymooned there in 91 so it was cool to see the trees come back. Some of the old burned trees still stand.

Here is a link to our stuff on the Kodak site.. it ain't Bullit worthy but there are some nice pics.

Dang we didn't see any bears at all, and just two moose neither of which were bulls.
Wasn't Grand Prismatic just awesome?
How'd you like the staircase bolted to the cliff wall (my Dad sure didn't haha)

Prismatic was so cool! I loved the interaction with the river.

My knees still ache from that staircase. There was a bear warning posted by the entrance to that as well. Did you go the Grizzly/Wolf discovery center? That's where we got the not scared pics from.

I guess we'll have to try again on the meeses. Where did you see the moose?