day 33 A day in Yellow Stone

We are staying at the Old faithful Snow Lodge. The newer lodge here but still is a log lodge. Everything squeaks and makes noises. Last night people above us were stomping on the floor, I am not sure what was going on. We could not sleep much and first thing in the morning we got our room changed to the second floor. We are hoping that tonight we can have a good night sleep. Moral of the story is: Get the room on the top floor so you are the one stomping on other’s head. Anyway, the day was beautiful. The sky was blue and air was warm. It was a big change from the snow and rain of the last few days.
We stated off seeing the much obligatory Old Faithful, which goes off every hour and a half (more or less). After the old faithful eruption we took a 3 to 4 mile hike around and above the Old Faithful and saw some beautiful views and many more geysers, each one with a different personality, attitude and age.



Old faithful from a view point above the hill.

After the fire, wild life in Yellow Stone was almost vanished but it has come back in abundance. Bisons are everywhere and so are the smaller animals like chipmunks, Prairie dogs, marmots, rabbits. Lots of Canadian Geese and other water fouls were roaming around the river. We saw very few Elks and no moose. It seems that the population of moose and elks has gone down a lot.

After lunch we drove towards the Madison Junction which is near west entrance. We saw more amazing geothermal activities with vivid colors due to different micro organisms. These bacterial colonies thrive in boiling hot water and sulphuric acids. Life thrives everywhere.

Reflections in the thermal pool near Madison Junction

Firehole Geyser area. There are many more unique and beautiful places.

You see vivid colors, boiling water and steam everywhere you look. All of this mixed with snow, mountains , rivers and lakes makes this place a unique place in the world.

We did end the day with a grand view of the old faithful with Sun setting in the background.

Good night