Thursday, June 30, 2011

June 27-30 2011 Yellowstone

We spent 3 days in Yellowstone. Parked at Grant Village campground, right on Yellowstone lake. There was still snow in the campground. I guess they just opened and the first people had to shovel out their spaces. It was beautiful. We were only able to see part of Yellowstone. We did not make it to Mammoth Hot spring, Lemar Valley or Roosevelt Lodge.  We did see the geyser basin, old Faithful, Yellowstone Lake and the mud volcanos.
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Yellowstone lake, the bus nestled in the trees at Grant Village

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sunset on Yellowstone  lake, hot spring at West Thumb geyser basin with yellow flowers
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John on the boardwalk at West Thumb geyser basin , run off from the hot springs into the lake
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geyser under the lake,  a hot spring

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another couple colorful springs

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beautiful blue spring, inside the lobby of the Old Faithful Inn
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old faithful going off from the balcony at Old Faithful Inn , elk grazing in the green grass of the roadOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA         OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
the lake house where we had dinner on Yellowstone Lake, the historic Lake Hotel
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John in the dining room having lunch at the Lake Hotel , and waves on the lake-the winds and waves were so high we decided not to take the scenic cruise on the lake
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wild flowers-shooting stars, phacelia,strawberries and glacier lilies,

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Suep with a rapid in the background, a large bull elk
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Lower Yellowstone falls, buffalo in the Hayden Valley
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Sue and John in front of Lower Yellowstone falls. Mothers favorite photo place, Lower Yellowstone falls  in the grand canyon of Yellowstone

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a rainbow  in the mist looking down from the brink of the Upper falls. Dragons Mouth hot spring
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mud volcano and more mud volcano's
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both ends of a rainbow over Yellowstone lake
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Sylvan lake , snow bank on Sylvan pass  on the way to Cody

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a waterfall onto the road just over the pass, the highway to Cody
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The Buffalo Bill Memorial Highway between Yellowstone and Cody

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