Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

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The first National Park anywhere in the world.  Knows for its geysers and wildlife.  It’s home to the the largest public bison herd in the U.S., the 3700 member Yellowstone Park Bison Herd.  It was designated a National Park in 1872, and named after the river that runs through it.  Most of it is within the state of Wyoming, while small parts are in Montana and Idaho.  The park itself sits on a plateau, resting 8,000 feet above sea level.  If you have Netflix, dial up “Yellowstone:  Battle for Life”.  It takes you through what goes on during the different seasons, from the busy summer to the extended, frigid winter.

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W Y O M I N G

I was up before sunrise, as I only had a few hours to do what I wanted.  The is the sun rising over the Yellowstone River.

Old Faithful about to erupt.  It erupts on average every 91 minutes.

There is a good trail that goes around a lot of geysers and other features around Old Faithful.  I can’t remember what all their names are, so I apologize.  Just look at the pictures.  A couple of them erupted while I was there.

This one erupts right next to the river.  It was blowing off steam when I was there, but that was it.

This is the same one in the previous 2 shots before this one.  It erupts very infrequently, but decided to while I was walking through.

The Beehive Geyser.  It sputtered for a bit.  I was about to take off and some old guy said to step back about 45 feet and wait 15 minutes.  So I did...

It erupts every 11 to 14 hours.

I guess it took me 91 minutes to do the trail, because Old Faithful was doing her thing when I got back.

Lower Yosemite Falls.  It is a lot more picturesque than the Upper.

The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, where the Lower Fall ends up.

I stopped and took this picture because I thought it might be my only chance to see a buffalo.

This one was close to the Upper Falls viewpoint.  People were awfully close to him.  This is a cropped photo...I was nowhere close.

Needless to say, it was slow going from this point on.

Following the main road, you can go straight from Yellowstone to the Grand Tetons.  Once I got to the Tetons, there was a bear traffic jam.  He’s in the trees back there.  Can’t ya tell?

The Tetons.

Not sure what he was doing.  Cleaning?  Angry?  Proving a point?