On Wednesday we took a tour bus for a 10 hour trip to see Yellowstone falls and sights along the way. Yellowstone is a huge place of nearly 2 million acres. The majority of the park is a Caldera (center of a volcano larger than a mile across). The Yellowstone Caldera is roughly a circle which is 30 miles in diameter.
The drive took us past a wide variety of scenery in the park. Here a herd of Buffalo... really called Bison rest in a large meadow. We counted about 150 in all. There are so many in the park that they stop traffic from time to time by walking on the road. Sharleen has wanted to see Buffalo for some time and now she has had her fill.
This is typical Yellowstone. Bison with the geyser springs in the background. Pretty amazing stuff
We traveled to the lower falls on the Yellowstone river. The view was spectacular! The river is only running at about 20 percent of it's maximum. I'll bet it is really something to see at high water time.
On the way home we stopped at West Thumb geyser basin. This is ledge spring with Yellowstone lake in the background.
On Thursday we took the 100 mile drive to the Grand Tetons. More from there.
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