Day 7
We woke up to temperatures of about 25 degrees. Our coldest night so
far. The plan for today was to leave the Lamar Valley and head down to
southern Yellowstone and see Old Faithful. To get to Old Faithful we had
to drive over a mountain pass. It was the first snow of the year that
night and just after we got through the pass, they closed the road. We got
some great photos of a heard of elk in the snow.
On the way to Old Faithful we stopped at a geyser field on the shores of
Yellowstone Lake. These were really spectacular. The photos don't
really show how beautiful the colors of the waters were. Finally we saw
Old Faithful.
Our campsite that night was nothing special...in fact if was the first time
we weren't camping by either a lake or a stream. This, however, was our
LAST night of camping!
(click an image to enlarge)
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We spotted a fox on the way to Old Faithful |
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Elk seen after Yellowstone's first snow of the season |
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The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. The colors here were really fantastic. |
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This is Lower Falls...308 ft (or something like that) |
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Yellowstone Lake on a cold, cloudy day |
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Starting the tour of the geyser field |
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Next several shots are of the spectacular colors in these geysers |
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Geyser right on the shoreline of the lake |
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The Old Faithful Inn...the largest log building in the world. It really was impressive. |
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These transports were just reintroduced to Yellowstone this year. |
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Elk and buffalo with geysers in the background |
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