It's an early start as we enter Yellowstone at Madison around 8am.
Our aim is to cover the whole park today with the first stop being the Norris Geyser Basin.
This place is amazing & difficult to portray with a few pictures.
Next we travel North to Mammoth Hot Springs a very extensive area with some great formations.
The colours are fantastic caused by living organisms that can tolerate the hot water, when they die they add to the mineral deposits.
The barren landscape is easily accessible here & although the car parks are close we are doing a lot of walking in very hot conditions, this is a good way to get fit.
Apart from the geological features the park is full of wildlife, we see Bison, Grey Wolf, Deer, Elk as well as a number of smaller Gophers & Chipmunks.
At Yellowstone Grand Canyon there are 2 fantastic waterfalls, here is the view from the Lower Falls overlook.
John also contemplates diving in just to cool down!
We reach the West Thumb Geyser Basin just as the sun is going down, it's proved too much to complete the park in one day so we will have to return tomorrow, we get back to the tent around 10.30pm completly knackered after a 15 hour day in 90 degree heat.
After packing up we re-enter the park to complete our tour, 1st stop is the Upper Geyser Basin, this place just gets better & better!
Next it's Midway Geyser Basin our penultimate stop.
This area includes Grand Prismatic Spring, the name says it all.
Via Firehose Lake Drive we see the Grand Fountain Geyser erupt, unfortunately we had just moved on so only caught it from a distance, this is much better than Old Faithful & lasts a lot longer.
Fountain Paint Pot at the Lower Geyser Basin is the final stop, now it's off to Glacier National Park.
The picture of the sign waves us goodbye, anyone who has not visited Yellowstone needs to add it to their bucket list immediately, it may be a bit crowded but you have to come here!!!
Our aim is to cover the whole park today with the first stop being the Norris Geyser Basin.
This place is amazing & difficult to portray with a few pictures.
Next we travel North to Mammoth Hot Springs a very extensive area with some great formations.
The colours are fantastic caused by living organisms that can tolerate the hot water, when they die they add to the mineral deposits.
The barren landscape is easily accessible here & although the car parks are close we are doing a lot of walking in very hot conditions, this is a good way to get fit.
Apart from the geological features the park is full of wildlife, we see Bison, Grey Wolf, Deer, Elk as well as a number of smaller Gophers & Chipmunks.
At Yellowstone Grand Canyon there are 2 fantastic waterfalls, here is the view from the Lower Falls overlook.
John also contemplates diving in just to cool down!
We reach the West Thumb Geyser Basin just as the sun is going down, it's proved too much to complete the park in one day so we will have to return tomorrow, we get back to the tent around 10.30pm completly knackered after a 15 hour day in 90 degree heat.
After packing up we re-enter the park to complete our tour, 1st stop is the Upper Geyser Basin, this place just gets better & better!
Next it's Midway Geyser Basin our penultimate stop.
This area includes Grand Prismatic Spring, the name says it all.
Via Firehose Lake Drive we see the Grand Fountain Geyser erupt, unfortunately we had just moved on so only caught it from a distance, this is much better than Old Faithful & lasts a lot longer.
Fountain Paint Pot at the Lower Geyser Basin is the final stop, now it's off to Glacier National Park.
The picture of the sign waves us goodbye, anyone who has not visited Yellowstone needs to add it to their bucket list immediately, it may be a bit crowded but you have to come here!!!
Wow. I feel tired just from reading the blog post. You have fitted a lot into just a few days.
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Enjoy tomorrow. X
My bucket list has a new item. Shall I put it higher up than Angelina Jolie?
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