Two days of non-stop driving and we arrived in Yellowstone. I believe this has to be the most beautiful state (second to North Carolina, of course!) The landscape has it all: forests, rolling hills, snow capped mountains, grassy fields and meadows, hot springs, geysers... You name it, it's in Wyoming!
The wildlife is spectacular also! We were only in the park 5 minutes before we saw a herd of Bison and calves! There were mule deer, elk, and pronghorns everywhere! Our first excursion was to the fountain paint pot area. There was a storm rolling in and the sky was gray and heavy. It was just at dusk and freezing cold. There was a small cluster of geysers that were “unpredictable and infrequent” but we decided to wait and see if anything happened. We were rewarded by an experience that was almost otherworldly! All the geysers erupted at the same time, shooting boiling water high into the sky and creating walls of steam that rose up to meet the clouds. It was at the same time thrilling and eerie to witness this in the dark with bison in the distance as our only company.
The wildlife is spectacular also! We were only in the park 5 minutes before we saw a herd of Bison and calves! There were mule deer, elk, and pronghorns everywhere! Our first excursion was to the fountain paint pot area. There was a storm rolling in and the sky was gray and heavy. It was just at dusk and freezing cold. There was a small cluster of geysers that were “unpredictable and infrequent” but we decided to wait and see if anything happened. We were rewarded by an experience that was almost otherworldly! All the geysers erupted at the same time, shooting boiling water high into the sky and creating walls of steam that rose up to meet the clouds. It was at the same time thrilling and eerie to witness this in the dark with bison in the distance as our only company.
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