July 2020 - Yellowstone
We took advantage of a large number of COVID-induced camping openings at Yellowstone to book a trip without requiring a one year lead time. It was pretty grand! We spent four days in Yellowstone,a nd then headed down to Grand Tetons and Jackson. This first gallery is the pictures from Yellowstone Canyon, Hayden Valley, Mud Volcano, Grizzly Lake, Gibbon Falls, and the Porcelain basin. The Yellowstone Canyon was really beautiful. On first viewing one immediately understands the name of the park. And the Porcelain basin was the most beautiful of all the geyser basins in the park, especially with the dramatic lighting of a storm moving in.
See here for the next gallery of pictures from Yellowstone.
We took advantage of a large number of COVID-induced camping openings at Yellowstone to book a trip without requiring a one year lead time. It was pretty grand! We spent four days in Yellowstone,a nd then headed down to Grand Tetons and Jackson. This first gallery is the pictures from Yellowstone Canyon, Hayden Valley, Mud Volcano, Grizzly Lake, Gibbon Falls, and the Porcelain basin. The Yellowstone Canyon was really beautiful. On first viewing one immediately understands the name of the park. And the Porcelain basin was the most beautiful of all the geyser basins in the park, especially with the dramatic lighting of a storm moving in.
See here for the next gallery of pictures from Yellowstone.
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| The falls in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone | I immediately realized why it's called Yellowstone | Incredible colors in the canyon walls |
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| Slicing through the plateau | ||
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| A grand canyon! | ||
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| The upper fall, before the river cuts deep into the canyon | Us at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone | |
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| A geyser basin | Snowy mountains in the background | Interesting green residue |
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| One of the many sources of smoke in the basin | The porcelain basin - the most beautiful of the geyser basins that we saw in Yellowstone | A beautiful mix of color |
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| Stunning! | Unbelievable color in the spring | |
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| Signs of activity all over | Hiking near the canyon | |
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| We hiked past some lovely meadows | An extensive geyser basin | |
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| A whole mountainside steaming | The Mud Volcano area | A lot of thermal activity! |
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| Surrounded by beautiful green hills | Alot of heat! | Our first buffalo spotting! |
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| A dark cave billowing smoke. A bit creepy! | A great bubbling mudpit | Wildflowers growing in the thermal wetlands |
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| The wide open Hayden valley | The Yellowstone river snaking through the valley | Hiking out into the valley |
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| A small herd of buffalo off the road | ||
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| Some little calves! | Beautiful meadows on the hike out to Grizzly Lake | |
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| The view from the first hill, looking back to the road | Grizzly Lake! | |
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| Hiking back | A coyote not far from the road | |
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| The Gibbon Falls | The Gibbon river flowing through the valley below | |
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| A pretty inviting looking hot spring! It's hard to not want to hop right in. | A hot spring that looks straight out of hell | Hiking around the boardwalk |
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| Our campsite at the canyon campground | Our tent nestled back in the trees |