Yellowstone Day 4 (Continued)

Like I said.  This was a long day filled with all kinds of stuff.  We saw canyons, rivers, valleys, buffalo, caldrons, mud pots, etc...  We end it with West Thumb Geyser Basin.  This place is special.  Well, I guess all of them are really.  It sits right on Yellowstone Lake. 

This female Elk was hanging out right by our campsite.  Less than a mile.  In fact as dad was getting set up an elk running at full speed came through the campsite.  It's a good thing no-one was around.

This is probably the case most of the time.  However, on this day it was irrelevant.  Nothing but Elk here.  You'll see.

Wow!!  Man was this dude awesome!  Ohh man.  You just can't imagine these guys.  The rut is in full swing and he was not to be played with.  He chased several tourist down a boardwalk who came a little to close to his haram.  He even stared dad and I down a couple times.  You really have to respect the wildlife here.

The sun was starting the set as I snapped this.  You can see the steam coming up from some of the thermals in the distance and foreground.  Nothing can withstand the thermals.  Not even trees.

Snapped this as the sun was sinking into Yellowstone.  It's a great place to be at sunset.  I can't wait to take some more pictures at dusk.

This should give you an idea of the walkways.  Everywhere you go in Yellowstone there's usually good walkways that are well maintained.  They offer wonderful access to everything you'd want to see.  This one is no exception.  It gets you as close as you would want to get to a thermal.













There's more good stuff to come.  We're on the road headed through Old Faithful in route to Madison and there is some really good stuff here.  Not mention some more fishing hopefully.  Fare the well.