Yellowstone; First visit

Here it is, our shot of the most famous destination in the park! The plan for today was to stick to the main road attractions. We'll spend other days "off the beaten path", exploring the interior of the park.


Here is Laura on the "boardwalk" with Spasm geyser in the background.























One of the many Geothermal pools that create these magnificent colors in both the water and ground around the pools. Our camera just doesn't capture the brilliance of these colors!









The painted pots were pretty spectacular. The bubbling molten minerals had many different colors. Again, our little digital just can't capture the colors. Boy, we just gotta look into a better camera ;)








One of the best things about Yellowstone is the wildlife. On this visit we watched a herd of mule deer cross the river. We also caught a couple of single Bison in various spots around the park.


















Almost more amazing then the closeup animal experience was the human experience. After the mule deer crossed the river they came up the bank to cross the road. Another part of the herd was already across the road and calling the rest of pack (really weird howling noises). As they tried to pass, in between parked cars, people would actually block their path to get their pictures. Hello, people, do not realize this animal could freak out because you are blocking its path to it's group and could knock you down and crush your skull?!?

As we shot our picture of the Bison, about 20 yards from the road, we watched a college kid hop of his car run across the road towards the bison to get his picture. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, run up BEHIND a big male bison while its feeding!

So, we're not sure if it's more fun watching the human element or the animal element in the park. I always live by the, respect mother nature, motto. If you don't, she'll eventually bite you in the ass :)