Yellowstone Travelers
Waiting at the Jackson Hole airport to begin the trip home. View is out the waiting room window. Grand Teton peak is on the right.
Teton Peak in all it's glory. The Cunningham homestead is in the foreground.
I 'be never seen so much bison poop in my life. Bison are indiscriminate poopers. These two bison were at Mammoth Springs in north Yellowstone.
We are sitting down to dinner and this is our view of the Tetons out the twenty-foot window at our table. We start our exploration of Grand Teton National Park.
This small geyser, located in the Norris Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, containes some of the most dramatic colors of all the pools, springs, and geysers. Norris Geyser Basin is the oldest and hottest themal area in all of Yellowstone.Temperatures of the water flowing from the springs and geysers often exceed boiling. Thermophile bacteria still exist in these extreme conditions and give color to the pools and springs.
Karie has renamed this geyser Silver Purl …
Here we are at Gibbon Falls in Yellowstone National Park. We are heading up to the Norris Geyser Basin for a hike around the themal features.
Gibbon Falls is one of many falls found the in the park. A recent survey conducted by park staff found more than 300 falls that are 15-feet or higher.
We woke to a dusting of snow and a fabulous breakfast of eggs from the girls (Mildred, Red and Lucy). Packed the car and we were off around 10;30 am. Karie and I enjoyed an early morning stroll to the "General Store" for a hairdryer and John and Arie retrieved a cache. One of the first stops in the park was to capture photos of the bison across the Madison River. We strolled a couple of the boardwalk treks to view mud pots, pools and geyers. Despite the chilly weather Arie and Karie were happy as they snapped pictures right and left!
It's starting …
Here's a view of the Tetons you don't see often. This is taken near Tetonia, Idaho looking east toward Wyoming. Rocks that comprise the Tetons are about 2.7 billion years old. Over a span of 9 million years a block of these ancient rocks were uplifted along a 40-mile fault forming the Grand Tetons. Glaciation in the last 250,000 years has altered the Tetons into their present form.
We are heading to West Yellowstone from Jackson Hole, WY via the Mesa Scenic byway through Idaho. We'll be crossing the continental divide four times on the way north. Can't imagine doing this on foot like Jim Bridger did.
Salt Lake City to Jackson, WY
Long Beach Airport
This an image taken May 5th at the town square in Jackson, WY. Notice no snow on the ground ... That's a good thing. We'll be there in 2 days!
Hello fellow Yellowstone travelers:
We leave this Saturday for Jackson, WY and then 12 days of Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Park. Can't you feel the excitement building? Me? I'm cold. Last weekend's snow in Yellowstone makes me cold thinking about it. I've set up this web/blog for us to use to record our trip. Posting to this blog is simple: all you have to do is send an email to: yellowstone@posterous.com or post@yellowstone.posterous.com. You can post short blurbs, long missives, digital images directly from your smartphone, and you even post short digital movies.Saturday, May 14 through Saturday, May 28, 2011.