Yellowstone Trip - Days 11-14: Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone is known for it's animals and it's thermal activity.  It is on top of an active volcano.  What you see are breath-taking landscapes and some wildlife mixed in.  I have to admit that I expected wildlife to be everywhere like I've seen on TV and that's just not the case.  But, if you know where to look, there is plenty to be seen.

There are 5 entrances into Yellowstone that I'm aware of:  North, South, East, West, and North-East.  We used 3 of those entrances including South from the Tetons, East near Cody Wyoming, and West where we stayed in the city of West Yellowstone at Grizzly RV park.

Buffalo grazing in the valley.  They were at some distance, but pretty cool anyway.

The waterfalls and rivers that run through Yellowstone are gorgeous and there are several of them.

Some animals above include a wolf pack (at the Wolf and Bear exhibit in West Yellowtone) and a Red Deer within the park.  Wolves and bear are rare sightings these days due to cracking down on tourists feeding them (mostly bear as wolves are timid).

 Here is a shot of me at "The Terraces" in the northern part of the park.  Heated water pushes up through limestone and as it does, it carries heavy limestone deposits which cool over the ground to form the terraces.  Neat, must-see sight in Yellowstone.

Some doe elk and calves lounging near the Madison River.

This is a shot of Gina with Old Faithful in the background.  I recorded video of the entire eruption and Old Faithful gets MUCH higher.  As it was terminating, I turned off the video to snap a picture of my honey.  Old Faithful is, of course, the iconic main attraction of Yellowstone.

This last photo is another thermal attraction called the Excelsior Geyser Crater.  Yellowstone was fun.  We could have stayed here for two full weeks and take more time to see it.