Yellowstone National Park

On the way to the NADAC Championships we drove through Yellowstone for a day.

Right away we saw some wildlife! A whole bunch of Elk were milling around by the visitor buildings.

And there were babies too!

After looking as those guys we drove to our first viewpoint.

And then (because we were a little pressed for time) it was right back on the road for some more driving....

We did however slow the car for a quick sighting of these guys!
Dazzle really wasn't too impressed with hoofed mammals that are about half a mile away from us.

But I was! Mwhahahaha! Bison actually make okay pictures.

So do the little Pronghorns......

But Bison!

At least they come in big groups!

On we went to more view points.....





More Bison!

Yay!

Some orange and green goo in the water. Very pretty, and sort of creepy too.

Luckily you don't have to walk in it to get a picture of it though. Lots of little boardwalks are provided.

More Bison!

A break in the usual stuff as we drove through a wildfire - a pretty big one at that.

It was controlled though.

As you can see, these guys are working very hard.

More Bison!

Although I accidentally covered him up with the watermark. oops.

The sun started going down way too early. We had a lot more to see!

but setting sun does make for better pictures....

Eeeeew. More orange goo.

The water of course was very clear though! And very happy - it bounces all over the place.

Look at that water go!

Not all the water was happy though, some was a bit blue.

Other was very dirty and bubbling over with anger! Grrrr.

Poor tree. Victim of angry water.

*POP*

Mud bubbles were fun to watch.

We were almost done with our one day of a park you can't see in one day, but we couldn't go before stopping by to watch Old Faithful!

waiting. waiting. waiting.

*POOF*

A lot of people watched it poof.

After the poof we started heading out of the park. Taking a brief pause for the divide....

*sniff*

Goodbye sun.

We did take one more stop though. Some more exploding mud! Almost as good as Bison

Green holes in the ground are pretty fun too...
The real reason for our stop wasn't actually for exploding mud, it was to see the largest high-altitude lake.

But I am always happy to see a little more happy water!

That happy water was coming from in these little volcanoes.

Oooooo! Blue holes in the ground!

Blue holes are prettier than green holes.

And we actually did get to see some more hoofed critters. A little herd of Elk stopped by for a visit.

Dazzle was just happy that we were finally leaving this (to her) boring place!