Day 3: Touring the North Loop Photo Gallery by Ed Greenberg at pbase.com

Day 3: Touring the North Loop

Our day-long private tour was chartered with See Yellowstone Tours. Laurie was our guide. Although he's clearly not a "morning person," we enjoyed his company and his informative commentary as the day wore on. Laurie was happy to take us where we wanted to go and stop when we wanted to stop for a look or a photo. And he suggested some fantastic parts of the route that we otherwise wouldn't have known about. The previous day we toured the area between West Yellowstone and Old Faithful. So, this day, we asked Laurie to take us around the "north loop" to include the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Tower Fall and the Mammoth Hot Springs area. He one-upped us by including a tour of the breathtaking Lamar Valley.

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Our tour van awaits us	Ready to ride on a tour of the park	A "snow coach" used for winter tours	"Watch for animals on the road"
Bison out for a stroll	A series of shots of a fledgling Bald Eagle	A 1930's vintage tour bus, still in use	Meg and Judy pose by Gibbon Falls
Gibbon Falls	The Gibbon River, downstream of the falls	Meg, Judy and Laurie, our tour guide	The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Lower Yellowstone Falls	The Yellowstone River carved this canyon	Yellowstone River	Raised-relief map of Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone is the site of past supereruptions	Sulphur Cauldron area	Sulphur-sniffing strollers	The Sulphur Cauldron
Dragon's Mouth Spring	The Lake Yellowstone Hotel	Lake Yellowstone Hotel panorama	Yellowstone Lake
Elegant dining room at the Lake Hotel	Decorative water fountain	Lake Yellowstone Hotel lobby	A good place to eat our box lunches
A scenic overlook	Follow and do not pass this bison	Roads like this...	...make me wish I was doing this
On the road between Canyon Village and Tower Fall	Closed in winter	Dunraven Pass	Judy and Meg at Tower Fall
Tourists	Tower Fall	Tower Creek	Bison and Cow Bird
Bison crossing	Pronghorns	Bison on the move	You can feel the quiet rhythm of this place
Lamar Valley	Lamar Valley panorama	Lamar River	A lone bull grazes in the Lamar Valley
Hanging out with the big bison	Home on the range	God's country	Bison have the right-of-way
Crossing guard	"Oodles of light what a beautiful sight" -- John Prine	Bison grazing in the valley	This Bison will shed its winter coat
A bear lounges under a tree	One of many scenic vistas	This may be Quadrant Mountain, but I won't swear to it	Undine Falls
Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces	Liberty Cap with Fort Yellowstone in the background	Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces panorama #1	Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces panorama #2
Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces from above	The Golden Gate	Rustic Falls at the Golden Gate	Stretch break at the Golden Gate
Serenity	A herd of elk grazes in the tall grass	Yellowstone's Rocky Mountain Elk weigh up to 700 pounds	About 30,000 elk summer in Yellowstone
Roaring Mountain	Chocolate Pot Geyser	Siesta time	Popcorn snack
The only moose we saw	Roving minstrels	Vintage Yellowstone comics at the Branch Restaurant	Double rainbow
The "whole enchilada"	The taco bus	Dessert stop	Ice cream!

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