Session 3 - The Grand Tetons & Yellowstone
Session 3 - The Grand Tetons & Yellowstone...lots of wildlife!
Our first hike in the Tetons was around Jenny Lake...we came across a Moose across the pond.
The water was so high from winter snow and spring rains that many of the bridges were washed out and being rebuilt. We saw Hidden Falls which you could hear long before you could see it.
An afternoon swim in Jackson Lake.
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It's hard to see but you can see the outline of a cinnamon colored Black Bear at the start of our hike to Surprise Lake. For safety reasons we kept the group together for our hike and adventures throughout the park.
Walking through a meadow of wild flowers.
For those who dared a swim in Surprise Lake...you can see the melting snow on the far side so quite cold as you can imagine.
The top part of the trail had snow along the path.
On to Yellowstone to West Thumb Geyser Basin to see beautiful thermal features along Yellowstone Lake.
Campers looking at Fishing Cone where fisherman tell tales of catching a fish and dropping their line fish and all into the geyser and instantly cooking their fish meal.
Castle Geyser and more blasting off in the Old Faithful Geyser Basin.
Which way does the water flow? Ask the campers...a photo opp. at the Continental Divide.
Our walk to Fairy Falls...and a short walk up a hill to get great photos of Grand Prismatic Pool (the most photographed geyser in all of Yellowstone but usually from a helicopter).
Group postcard photo...better than what's in the gift shop.
Fairy Falls
Many swam to the falls and stood on the ledge below the falls and for others a great place to cool off their feet..
Wildlife galore! Over 100 American Buffalo or Bison counted that day!
Mud Volcano and lots of "sulphur fumes".
A bear swimming across the river...he/she made it...before the falls! Big cheers from the campers.
A walk down 375 stairs on Uncle Tom's Trail (better than the early 1900's when he took people down with ropes) to see the Lower Falls.
A view from the bottom...now 375 stairs back up...we stopped on each landing to take pictures.
Artist's Point the inspiration for many artists and photographers.
Campers having fun...the background is real!
Elk taking an afternoon nap on the lawn by the North Entrance in Hot Springs.
Hot Springs Lower Terrace a different view of a thermal feature...some of the oldest in the park and every changing from day-to-day,, season-to-season and year-to-year.
The North Entrance...dedicated by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1903 the gateway into the 1st National Park - Yellowstone!
On our way to see the Petrified Tree (a giant redwood from when this area was marsh along the shores of the ancient oceans)...we saw a Coyote running along the hillside at dusk (one of the best times of day to view wildlife)!
Our first hike in the Tetons was around Jenny Lake...we came across a Moose across the pond.
The water was so high from winter snow and spring rains that many of the bridges were washed out and being rebuilt. We saw Hidden Falls which you could hear long before you could see it.
An afternoon swim in Jackson Lake.
It
It's hard to see but you can see the outline of a cinnamon colored Black Bear at the start of our hike to Surprise Lake. For safety reasons we kept the group together for our hike and adventures throughout the park.
Walking through a meadow of wild flowers.
For those who dared a swim in Surprise Lake...you can see the melting snow on the far side so quite cold as you can imagine.
The top part of the trail had snow along the path.
On to Yellowstone to West Thumb Geyser Basin to see beautiful thermal features along Yellowstone Lake.
Campers looking at Fishing Cone where fisherman tell tales of catching a fish and dropping their line fish and all into the geyser and instantly cooking their fish meal.
Castle Geyser and more blasting off in the Old Faithful Geyser Basin.
Which way does the water flow? Ask the campers...a photo opp. at the Continental Divide.
Our walk to Fairy Falls...and a short walk up a hill to get great photos of Grand Prismatic Pool (the most photographed geyser in all of Yellowstone but usually from a helicopter).
Group postcard photo...better than what's in the gift shop.
Fairy Falls
Many swam to the falls and stood on the ledge below the falls and for others a great place to cool off their feet..
Wildlife galore! Over 100 American Buffalo or Bison counted that day!
Mud Volcano and lots of "sulphur fumes".
A bear swimming across the river...he/she made it...before the falls! Big cheers from the campers.
A walk down 375 stairs on Uncle Tom's Trail (better than the early 1900's when he took people down with ropes) to see the Lower Falls.
A view from the bottom...now 375 stairs back up...we stopped on each landing to take pictures.
Artist's Point the inspiration for many artists and photographers.
Campers having fun...the background is real!
Elk taking an afternoon nap on the lawn by the North Entrance in Hot Springs.
Hot Springs Lower Terrace a different view of a thermal feature...some of the oldest in the park and every changing from day-to-day,, season-to-season and year-to-year.
The North Entrance...dedicated by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1903 the gateway into the 1st National Park - Yellowstone!
On our way to see the Petrified Tree (a giant redwood from when this area was marsh along the shores of the ancient oceans)...we saw a Coyote running along the hillside at dusk (one of the best times of day to view wildlife)!
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