Yellowstone National Park

 

 Just a few 😁 photos from my trip to Yellowstone. Actually less than

5%, could have been more if I hadn't had TWO bouts of food poisoning.

These are pretty much in date order.  You won't see a lot of pools and geysers

but more of what interested me and that felt what you wouldn't see

everywhere else. Sorry no Old Faithful.

When I first got there after a 8 hour drive I decided I still had time to 

visit the park. I was lucky going in, a small group of cars were parked along

the same side of the road.

 Stopping I saw a small herd of

female elk, very soon this bull decided to join them.

Coming the other way toward the park exit there was a backup of about 3 miles.

Then the bull decide we were too close, happily everyone, including me, a quickly 

backed away. 

This bison just didn't seem to care much about anything, including the folks

on the boardwalk a few feet away. (black and white)

This one did seem to care and as soon as it turned it's head my way, I left. 
Keep in mind I was using a 400mm lens and this is cropped.

Even with quite a bit of traffic very few took the road following the Firehole River

to this set of falls.

The next morning I got up at 6am and headed out soon after hoping to

beat the crowds. Fortunately and  Unfortunately when you have cold 

mornings, 26°, you get mist on the rivers and thermal 

features completely covered in fog.

If you're looking for photos of Aspens go to my post for

Great Basin National Park, cuz Yellowstone had very few.

Some of the results of the hot springs and geysers

Much of the color you see isn't because of mineral but the algae that thrive

in the hostile environment of Yellowstone volcanic nature.

It seemed every geyser I went to I was just a bit too late and they wouldn't spout 

for quite a while yet. 

When I got to the parking lot of Norris Geyser Basin I was the only vehicle. Unfortunately

this was definitely a  case of too much water and cold weather as I couldn't really 

see many of the geysers on the first part of the trail.

Here's a small part of the geyser basin, the next photo is a panorama of this same area.

As I left the parking lot was full and cars where circling looking for a parking spot.

The Mammoth Springs area in North Yellowstone

was spectacular.

How about a rainbow to end this post.

Want to see more of Yellowstone, well just....

Go, See, Enjoy, Stay Safe and Photograph

Dave