Yellowstone Part Two

Double double, toil and trouble...fire burning...

(Dragon's) cauldron bubble!

Although some of the stuff in Yellowstone is so unbelievable, it's all true. Above you can see Mark posing in front of some misty-looking stuff...those are sulphuric wellsprings that smelled to high heaven! The one he's posing in front of is called "Dragon's Cauldron", to give you an idea 'bout how odoriferous they were...

After that, we headed out on a hike.

Just a short, lovely hike down to Angel Falls- we could've hiked for days and days in there and not even scratched the surface but at least we got to see a bit of it; unfortunately, these shots don't really give you a sense of how magnificent it was in person!

And to round out a beautiful day, we went over to Old Faithful, a cone geyser in the park. Spitting out up to 8000 gallons (32000 liters) of water in each 4-minute long eruption, it was a sight to behold. Usually Old Faithful erupts every 60-90 minutes; we got lucky and only had to wait about 15 minutes, being regaled with stories by a ranger who's worked in Yellowstone for 20+ years. He was telling us how a couple years ago a herd of bison got spooked and charged through the waiting area we were in, stampeding and miraculously only leaving mild injuries to the spectators in their wake...

Even if injuries were minor, still happy they didn't make a return appearance!

After all that, here was the headliner I was waiting for!

What a day!

-Judy

p.s. Less than a week after we left Yellowstone, I got a very urgent phonecall from my mother worried sick because two convicts had escaped and were (are?) hiding out in there. Thanks Ma- always lookin' out for me! And p.p.s.- just heard someone got eaten by a grizzly- Just as well we didn't camp out there! Never know your luck in the wild, wild West--