 Colors |
 For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People - Yellowstone National Park |
 Heaven on Earth |
 Light and Shadow |
 Outdoor Amphitheater |
 Yellowstone Visitor Center - Mammoth Hot Springs |
 Petrified Tree |
 Closer View |
 Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel |
 Old Glory in the Old Faithful Inn |
 Fort Yellowstone on Memorial Day |
 Yellowstone River |
 Old Faithful - Between Eruptions |
 Yellowstone Lake |
 Firehole River |
 View after View |
 Ancient Landforms |
 Peaceful River |
 Yellowstone Canyon |
 The Lower Falls in Yellowstone Canyon |
 Hayden Valley |
 Regrowth after the fire of 1988 |
 Across the Continental Divide |
 Cantilevered Roadway - Pretty Scary |
 Mountain Pass |
 Into Montana in the north of the park |
 Montana Mountain |
 The Devil's Slide - Gardiner, Montana |
 Bison Graze |
 Eroding Rock |
 Phantom Lake in Yellowstone |
 Sylvan Scene |
 On the way out of the park |
 Gardiner, Montana |
 Lamar Valley |
 Lamar Reflections |
 Lamar Valley in Early Morning Light |
 Lamar Valley |
 Greening After the Rain |
 Elk Graze Below Mammoth Hot Springs |
 Deep Canyon |
 Fort Yellowstone from Mammoth Hot Spring Terraces |
 River Valley |
 Snow Field |
 Alpines |
 This old guy is still ticking |
 Tower Roosevelt - Yellowstone National Park |
 From the air |
 Falling Rock Zone |
 Our trusty Prius (rented) |
 Norris Geyser Basin |
 Yellowstone contains HALF of the Earth's Geothermal Features |
 Residue as Art |
 Minerals as Art |
 Fishing Cone in Yellowstone Lake - Fishermen would pop their catch here to cook it instantly |
 This is not morning mist - it is steam from the center of the earth !! |
 Sapphire Pond |
 Bubbling Earth |
 In the Geyser Field near Old Faithful |
 Geyser Field |
 Geothermal Activity Along the Firehole River - Aptly Named |
 Old Faithful Erupts |
 Small Geyser Erupts Unexpectedly |
 Cute Tourist Blows Her Top |
 Gentle Ponds full of superheated water |
 Lovely Lakes - full of boiling water |
 Ominious - Unnamed Geyser |
 Colors like nowhere else on earth |
 Castle Geyser |
 Alien World |
 Everything has a connection to the depths of the earth |
 Beauty |
 Steamboat Geyser - One of the tallest eruptions of any geyser in the world, but only erupts occasionally - last one was in 2005 |
 Old Faithful - again |
 Old Faithful from the viewing porch of the Old Faithful Inn - last geyser picture, I promise |
 Where else would you find one of these ?? |
 Grizzly Bear - Fearsome Beasts |
 Grizzly - Closer Look |
 Baby Bison |
 Momma Bison |
 Elk Grazing |
 Bison Herd |
 Osprey on the Nest |
 White Pelican Soaring |
 Mule Deer |
 Yellowstone Coyote |
 Mule Deer |
 White Crowned Sparrow |
 Canada Jay |
 Yellow Rumped Warbler |
 Oregon Junco |
 Nuthatch |
 Mule Deer - Joining Our Picnic |
 Acrobat |
 Big Horn Sheep - Female |
 Big Horn Sheep - Male |
 Great Horned Owlets in the Nest |
 Staring Down the Human |
 Momma Resting Nearby - this bird is 2 feet tall |
 Canada Goose Mom with Four Goslings |
 Big Horn Sheep - Several Females with at least one lamb |
 Wider View to Show Their Habitat - See them at center left |
 Lonesome Bison |
 Yellowheaded Blackbird |
 Red-Napped Sapsucker |
 Young Moose - Seen at Moose Junction in Grand Teton National Park |
 Mountain Bluebird |
 Mountain Blue Bird -- From the Other Side |
 American Robin |
 Moose Pals - Resting |
 Brewer's Blackbird |
 Beaver |
 Busy Little Guy |
 Evensong |
 Stuffed, but still fearsome |
 Bison Rule the Road |
 Yellowstone Coyote |
 Majestic |
 Alert |
 Osprey |
 Elk - This female trotted down the road and hopped right up within 10 feet of where I was standing |
 Mammoth Hot Springs Visitor Center - No, these are not statues |
 Male Elk with antlers in the velvet |
 Snorting in a painting |
 Yellow Bellied Marmot |
 Alpines |
 Family Vacation, 5 grand; texting my friends 24/7, 300 bucks; turning my back to the most glorious scenes in nature, PRICELESS |
 Chipmunk |
 Fresh Bear Tracks - Yikes |
 The Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone |
 Lobby of the Old Faithful Inn |
 Common Area - Old Faithful Inn |
 From a bygone day - when people wrote letters |
 One of the entrances to the Lake Yellowstone Hotel |
 Inside the Lake Yellowstone Hotel |
 View of Yellowstone Lake from hotel |
 Lunch counter from 1950 is alive and well in Yellowstone |
 Yellowstone Basin Inn - Gardiner Montana |
 Coffee Culture takes West Yellowstone Montana by storm |
 Teddy's Elixir |
 Montana Precious |
 On the 45 Parallel |
 It even has its own ZIP code |
 Lots of snow left in late May |
 Beaver Lodge |
 Beaver Dam in Grand Teton National Park |
 Another Part of the Beaver Dam |
 South to Jackson Hole Wyoming - The Grand Tetons Arise |
 Teton Scene |
 Grand Teton |
 Mountain Woman |
 Hiking in the Grand Tetons |
 Mountain Stream during snowmelt season |
 Majestic Mountains |
 Weather Changes Quickly |
 Tetons seen across Jackson Lake |
 Dam on the Snake River, creating Jackson Lake |
 Ironic Placement of Fire Hydrant at the Dam |
 Antler Arch in Jackson |
 Stage Coach West |
 Ski right into town |
 Trendy Microbrewery |
 Western Version of "No Shirt, No Service" |
 We Head South to Salt Lake City |
 Salt Lake Temple |
 The Angel Moroni Calls |
 Utah State Capitol |
 Mormon Conference Center - Includes a 21,000 seat indoor auditorium |
 Organ Recital in the Mormon Tabernacle |
 Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Weekly Open Rehearsal |
 Assembly Hall in Temple Square |
 The Mormon Tabernacle |
 Best looking bouquet in the USA - Salt Lake City |
 Unto All Nations |