Yellowstone_2005 Photo Gallery by Mohan Family at pbase.com

Yellowstone_2005

These are all the pictures from our recent trip to Jackson and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. In the interest of making these available quickly, I uploaded everything, even the not-so-good shots. I'll eventually go through them, adding some captions and deleting the "clinkers".

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Katie with one of Nell's puppies	The 4 puppies were approx 7 weeks old		It's a miracle we didn't end up bringing one home!	Penny's converted "barn"
The "epicenter" of our visit!	For some reason, I never got around to taking pictures upstairs...	Nell and pups
	Penny's pond, right next to the house	A cool (40F) morning romp with the puppies
Jackson and the Snake River Valley from Rendezvous Mtn	Intrepid hiker	Intrepid hiker, resting	Intrepid hiking family	You have no idea how steep this mountainside is! It's a ski slope!
Playing in the Snake River at Wilson Beach		Tim "butt-surfing" in the rapids
Western for "STOP"	Hiking on the levee	Shades of pink	Lisa's parents, Ann & Rusty	The 4mohans
	Irresistable puppies!
Finally, in Yellowstone	Thermal features at Artist Paintpots	Artist Paintpots	Artist Paintpots	Looks like used bath water, and smells about as bad.
	A great reason to stay on the boardwalks...		Microbes of different colors thrive at different temperatures.	It's so arid, things decompose very slowly.
	SWMBO	Dried up thermal pool, a mudpot	Scenery from the road to Mammoth Hot Springs	On the road to Mammoth
On the road to Mammoth	Our humble abode at Mammoth Hot Springs	Elk resting in the morning chill on the inactive-but-still-warm thermal springs	We saw so many elk...	...we started calling them "schmelk"
Tourists at the Hot Springs	Mercedes-Benz RV!	German tourists	extinct geyser	Mammoth Hot Springs
Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs
Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs
Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs	Mammoth Hot Springs	Damage from earthquake the previous week
Newly-formed deposits from earthquake damage.	Mammoth Hot Springs	One the Yellowstone Lake boat cruise		Shipwreck remains
I know you can't see it, but there's a bald eagle in the center tree.	Hayden Valley rainbow at dusk
	The other end of the same rainbow			Hayden Valley at dusk
	happy travelers	Hellroaring Valley, northern YNP	Hellroaring	Hellroaring
Hellroaring	The Petrified Tree, near Tower Jct	so well preserved, you can see the rings from the original tree	Calcite Cliffs, the lower Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone	Calcite Cliffs
don't step back	it's a long way down!	Calcite Cliffs		geologic strata visible in the canyon walls
believe it or not, there's an osprey nest on one of those pinnacles	osprey nest	the view south, looking up the lower Grand Canyon		Tower Falls
		close encounter with Bambi	near Tower Falls
Yellowstone River from Tower Falls trail		Lisa on the trail to the base of Tower Falls	Lamar Valley	Northeast Entrance Road through Lamar Valley
Wildflowers still in bloom	Opposite the Pebble Creek trailhead	Pebble Creek trail, a favorite hike	Pebble Creek trail	Pebble Creek trail
Wildflowers on the Pebble Creek trail
Pebble Creek trail				Our first bear sighting!
on the road from Tower Jct to Mammoth	he's only about 12 feet away!	fortunately, he's only interested in grubs and roots	jus' chillin' at the cabin	ground squirrel and burrow
local nickname for ground squirrel is the "whistle-pig"	practically underfoot	Nana	Tim	Upper Terraces at Mammoth
Upper Terrace feature		Viaduct in the morning fog
	Wolf crossing!	trotting beside the car	Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River	Upper Falls
Upper Falls	Lower Falls (note size of people at overlook)	Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in the a.m. light	Grand Canyon	Lower Falls
Lower Falls	Lower Falls	Grand Canyon	Grand Canyon	Grand Canyon
using humor to overcompensate for my fear of heights	Lower Falls from Artists Point	Lower Falls from Artists Point	Lower Falls from Artists Point	Lower Falls from Artists Point
Lower Falls from Artists Point	Lower Falls, complete with rainbow	Grand Canyon	animal trail across Canyon wall...	...a long way up
Grand Canyon	Grand Canyon	Bison taking a dust bath...
			Taking a morning snooze...	...on the banks of Alum Creek in Hayden Valley
Part of the herd coming down for a drink...		Stuck in traffic at a "bison jam"
big bull male	cow and calf	cute!	LeHardy Rapids, Yellowstone River	LeHardy Rapids
	LeHardy Rapids	LeHardy Rapids	West Thumb Geyser Basin, right on the shore of Yellowstone Lake	The hotter the water, the clearer (almost boiling here)
runoff to the Lake, color from microbes that thrive at this particular temperature
crossing the Continental Divide in YNP	lily pads		P1010225.JPG	P1010226.JPG
Black Sand Geyser Basin	Black Sand Geyser Basin	Black Sand Geyser Basin	"Quoth the raven..."
Black Sand Geyser Basin	Really deep pool	trying to time the shot to catch the eruption	better...	got it!
Firehole River cascades	Firehole River cascades	Swimming hole	Taking the old covered wagon trail to Gardiner, MT
cactus!	Gardiner in the distance	Roosevelt Arch at the North Entrance	Roosevelt Arch	Tim made friends wherever he went!
Our plush accommodations...	...NOT!	cabins at Mammoth	our rented minivan	Wraith Falls
on the trail down from Wraith Falls	trying to get two teens to sit still for a decent picture...	...nope...	...almost...	...that's it!
	self-guided nature trail in the northern park		ground squirrel stripping seeds off grass stalk, cheeks full	and eating a contraband cheese-it
Chuckwagon dinner parking lot	on the trail back to Roosevelt Lodge after dinner	Tim and Grandad	bull elk with very nice rack	YNP's newest Junior Ranger!
Firehole Canyon	Firehole Canyon	Firehole Canyon	Firehole River cascades	Firehole River cascades
	The Tetons, across Jackson Lake	3 shot panorama, part 1	part 2	part 3
Mt. Moran	Mt. Moran	Teton range	"The Grand"	Grand Teton
glacial valley	Tetons	Tetons	Tetons	wind turbines beside I-80 in eastern WY
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