Friday, July 19, 2013

YELLOWSTONE AND GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARKS

Here is our crew ready to see Yellowstone.


This is a geyser basin near the west entrance, there were several geysers and pools scattered over several acres.


We saw a few lone bison in various places in the park, this was the first one.


This is the upper falls of the Yellowstone River.


This is the lower falls of the Yellowstone River.


This is the Yellowstone River below the lower falls.


Further into the park we saw lots of bison in several different fields.


At Fishing Bridge we saw two bald eagles perched in the top of dead trees next to the Yellowstone River.  We also saw about a half dozen otters at this location and a couple of white pelicans.


After a few minutes, one of the eagles flew away.


Late in the afternoon we saw about a dozen elk grazing in a lightly wooded area next to the road.


About an hour later we saw this big bull elk outside of the Lake View restaurant.


Here are three generations of Mote men enjoying a view of the falls.


We saw two different eruptions of Old Faithful, the second seemed a bit better than the first.


After visiting Old Faithful we drove down into Grand Teton National Park.


Mt. Moran is on the right with the large glacier.


Grand Teton, the highest of the Tetons is just to the left of center in this photo.


Grand Teton framed with pines along the lake shore.