Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Yellowstone pictures!!!

The family watching Old faithful from observation point.

Grandpa Ogzewalla teaching the children about where the deep scars in the trees came from.

My little nephew, super cute! I just loved the orange color of the bacteria.

Justin and the kids. This was the smelliest spot we went to in the park.


This Geyser was right off the trail. It was super cool and a little scary to be able to get so close to some of the thermal features.



This elk came by almost every day while we were there. It was kind of fun to open the cabin and he would be right out side munching on grass.


This is how Justin and Collin spent most of the trip.


The petrified tree!


The kids looking at the friendly chipmunk in the bushes.




Our Bison friend. He also came by almost every day.


This spring was huge! Oh and sooo blue. It was almost worth the detour to see it.



Morning Glory. Oh the color was magnificent. It really is too bad that people would throw things in it. Seriously who would do that and why?


This Geyser was super cool when it went off. I forgot the name of it! There were 3 going at the same time and it lasted long enough that I took I think 7 pictures and a video!

We had a blast! This was one of the bears we saw. He was walking just along side the of the road. We also saw a grizzly bear that day. And we saw a lot of other things too: baby bison, coyote, Swans, tree martin, deer, mule deer, chipmunks, ground squirrels, Osprey, Stork, and a variety of smaller birds.


Skipping Stones on Yellowstone Lake. Although, E. was picking up As many stones as he could carry and throwing them in the lake. I think he may have been trying to fill it in...

Paint pot! This was super cool! Sadly it had been a very wet year and this was the only blurpy paint pot I saw.


Mammoth was HOT and very dry. a complete 180 from every where else we had been in the park.



Behind Justin is a HUGE pit. A Geyser exploded and left this GIANT crater. Super cool!


This is Grand Prismatic. It is huge! This picture does not do it justice. Look it up online and see an aerial view. Soooo cool!


I hope you enjoyed the images from our trip as much as we enjoyed going on it!!!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The geyser is called Grand Geyser.