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Also, at the bottom of the page on the far right is a prompt for older post, did you see Mark in the kayak in Ohio?!
We arrived in Gardiner,Montana Saturday evening. Took a walk through town (a short walk for a short town!). Did come across a performance taking place outside the gate of Yellowstone. A guy, a guitar and a song (or 2). Sat and enjoyed a few tunes before retiring for the night.
Sunday am we entered Yellowstone National Park through the Roosevelt Arch. We made a stop at the Mammoth Hot Springs Visitor Center to pick up maps and general info. There were elk grazing on the lawn!
We headed toward the Tower Fall area. Thought we might see more wildlife off the beaten path, so we went down the Blacktail Plateau Drive. No wildlife,but lots of wildflowers. (and even more dust!)
Ready for a little walking we started up the Blacktail walking trail. Not 100 yards up the trail was a pronghorn antelope!
Farther down the road we entered what is called the"Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone". Certainly not as large as the Grand Canyon but beautiful in its own right. The "Canyon" is the home to the Upper and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. We had a little traffic problem on the way to the Upper Falls...Took a few minutes to get around Mr. Buffalo. Loved every minute of that traffic jam!
Because of heavier than normal snowfall this year and a late spring snowfall, the melt water in the Yellowstone River is of much higher volume making the waterfalls even more spectacular!
Our last stop of the day was the Norris Geyser Basin. Since is was a fairly warm day the geysers were not as showy as when the air temperature is lower.
2 comments:
Was that the Bison(burger) Traffic Jam? Andrew should have been there for that!
(4) This looks like the entrance gate to Castle Dracula "Abandon hope all ye who enter here!"
(6) Oops! I told that guy not to land that helicopter here.
(8&9) I've seen a traffic jam caused by an ass but never a buffalo.
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