Bison and boiling stuff

If you enter Yellowstone from the west entrance prepare for disappointment as this is probably the least scenic part of the park, that is not to say that there is not great scenery in Yellowstone.

Bison poo

The Lamar valley, north east corner of the park

Petrified tree, I think this happened because Ralph was too close to it

living the american dream, eating smores - a graham cracker, herseys chocolate and marshmallow

A fine specimen indeed - Walking above the canyon on the Specimen trail

X rated, a cricket with its ovipositor out on show

Slough creek campground is great for wildlife, our Austrailian neighbours were not as keen on them as us, probably because they lived on the bison highway. 

The bison made breakfast interesting

Artists paint pots-you'd need a pretty big brush

One of the paint pots

Norris geyser basin

Steam boat geyser

Dragon's mouth

The Mt Washburn trail gives you a 360 view of the whole of Yellowstone......

except for the day we went!  The view from the top wasn't much cop.  There was a snow storm just as we arrived at the shelter at the top, good timing.

Our next door neighbours at Slough Creek campsite, Dan and Natasha

mammoth hot springs

more of mammoth hotsprings

We couldn't leave Yellowstone without visiting Old Faithful. When we got there at half eight there was already a few people hanging around. Ignoring the foot high sign in the visitor centre that Fiona had located which said 9:30 next eruption, Ralph instead asked a chinese tourist who said it would definitely go in ten minutes. Needless to say we wasted half an hour standing around.....

Old Faithful

Punch Bowl

Blacksands pool, every few minutes (10-20) this pool made a an intermittent thumping, you could feel the ground shake under your feet

This snoozing bison was right next to the path on our way to view Prismatic, the multi coloured pool

Prismatic

A vid of old faithful