This is a blue heron that was at a campground near Yellowstone. It was the first one that I'd ever seen. Imagine how silly I felt went a couple of months later, I was visiting Lake Evergreen, about 15 miles north of my house and saw scads of them. Where had they been all of my life?
Petrified Tree Trunk at Yellowstone
This groundhog at Yellowstone was so tame. I thought he was going to follow me home.
Mystic Falls at Yellowstone.
Looking down the mountain at Yellowstone. Some of the trees were burned from lightning strikes. Weather reports include the number of lightning strikes per day and I was astounded how many there are.
Sunset at Yellowstone. And it surprised me that it wasn't until 10:15 p.m. in July.
View from a trail at Yellowstone.
Named for Hiram Martin Chittenden, writer of the first history of the park, engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers responsible for building many of the roads in Yellowstone, and responsible for many projects throughout the country. These falls are man made.
Artists Paint Pots at Yellowstone, a group of over 50 springs, geysers, vents and especially mud pots. These exhibit varying shades of blue, grey and brown, and have a range of different textures, with the behavior changing during the year depending on the amount of subterranean water. I'm thinking that it smelled of sulphur there.
A squirrel at Yellowstone let me get closer than I thought. By the way, I did not try to get this close to any bears.
The Roosevelt Gate at the North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park located at Gardiner, Montana and is the only entrance that is opened year round. The Roosevelt Gate placard says: FOR THE BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF THE PEOPLE. And yes, to those who wonder, that is our blue truck getting ready to enter this wonderland of nature.
So I've decided to start posting old vacation pictures just so that there in something on facebook other than mudslinging about the election. I'm familiar with the Chincoteague Pony Swim for charity at Chincoteague Island in Virginia. So, I bet this bison decided to start a similar event. Not too many takers though. The idea must not have caught on yet at Yellowstone.
I can't believe all the people who have told me that they went to Yellowstone and NEVER saw anything other than bison and deer. We saw many different kinds of animals including this elk. I guess that we were lucky.
I C U - Ollie Ollie oxen free! This one thought he was flying beneath the radar at Yellowstone. Hate to tell him, but he is screwed in the covert surveillance department.
