Day 12
Leave Tetons and head into Yellowstone
States: Wyoming and Montana (briefly)
Total Miles: 3789
Time Zones: still in Mountain, 3 total
I left the Tetons this morning. Sad to see them go. I got a bunch more pictures of them, but I'll spare you. Not surprisingly, it was a rain day. Ok, maybe that is a surprise that it wasn't snowing. I drove up the southern entrance, then west towards my campground in Madison. I stopped at Old Faithful on the way and got really wet waiting for it to go off. I decided I'd head to my campground instead of walk the rest of the geyser basin and come back hopefully at a dryer time. After setting up my tent, I headed back towards the south and hit all the geyser basins. Wish I had kept track of my pictures, because I no longer have any idea which spring or geyser is which. So the pictures below will be in no particular order. I also headed out to West Yellowstone because it was so close to my campground and ended up watching the IMAX movie called "Yellowstone." Imagine that.
Heading into Yellowstone:
Elk:
Moose Falls:
Waiting for Old Faithful:
Old Faithful:
The bison herd followed me from South Dakota:
Why did the bison cross the river?:
So it could cross the road... duh:
My brief trek out to W. Yellowstone, but first a picture across the Madison
River of what I have to look forward to later:
The Firehole River (I think):
Firehole Falls:
Firehole cascade:
One of the geyser basins:
Random Geysers:
Random springs/pools (probably named Sapphire or Emerald or Turquoise):
Lovely mud pit:
Lovely bacteria:
Sun trying to pop out:
More Yellowstone tomorrow...