Mommoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park — Image by kenne
The Wall That Breathes
— kenne
Driving Through Downtown Jackson Hole, Wyoming, has Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park
right in its backyard. I would love to go back and spend more time there. It’s the perfect place for outdoor enthusiasts.
We are driving through Jackson Hole nine hours after leaving Butte Montana this morning, which is three-four hours
longer than it should normally take to drive the same distance, even including driving through two national parks.
In hindsight, we should have made plans to stay in Jackson Hole.
Jackson Hole has plenty of friendly brown bears.
After finally getting through Jackson Hole we headed up through the Teton Pass.
Next stop, Pocatello, Idaho, three hours away.
Old Faithful Visitor Education Center
Slowly Building Up
Old Faithful (June 6, 2023)
Old Faithful
as Scorpio’s underground secret springs
burst from rock as Sagittarius:
publicly to proclaim truth and joy.
— saiom
Roadwork In the Park
As we drove through Yellowstone, at times, the traffic barely moved because of a lot of road and bridge work.
The slow-moving traffic due to roadwork gave me opportunities to ‘capture the moment.’
The most common animal observed in Yellowstone National Park is bison.
However, we didn’t see any elk, which are the most common animal in the park.
Bison, lying in the dirt near the river, begins to scratch his chin.
Bison Chin Scratching
A bison moving quickly, but . . .
. . . causally by people fishing in the river
We drove through Yellowstone National Park (more postings on that in later postings), and I spotted this tourist
in the face of a bison. With my telephoto lens, I took this photo titled “Stupid People Do Stupid Things.”
Once entering the northern entrance to Yellowstone National Park, we followed vehicles on a twisting two-lane road (closed December-April).
We first stopped to video waterfalls just to the road’s left. After a bit of research,
I was able to identify the falls as Rustic Falls on Glen Creek.
Hot Springs
Devils Thumb
Mammoth Hot Springs with travertine terraces, which are formed from limestone.
Thermal water rises through the limestone, carrying high amounts of dissolved limestone (calcium carbonate).
At the surface, carbon dioxide is released, and calcium carbonate is deposited, forming travertine,
the chalky white mineral forming the rock of travertine terraces. The formations resemble a cave
turned inside out. Colorful stripes are formed by thermophiles or heat-loving organisms.
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Bison in a meadow below several hot springs.
Bison below several hot springs.
Hot Springs Near A Creek
About Two Hours from Gardiner, Montana
