Way North & Way East & finally to the Southwest

Today we traveled to the Northeast corner of Yellowstone.  This is the least used entrance to the park and the road goes over the highest pass in the park at 8,859 feet.  It was a great road to view the mountains in that corner of the park.

So the big question is.....was my lense on the camera really that dirty?  Yes.  I cleaned it tonight.

The next day we were off to the "Paint Pot" area.  Colors to die for.  Hundreds of picture were shot, I'll only make you look at a few.

What's under all that steam?

Turquoise pools.

Sometimes boiling water.

Sometimes calm

Some you could look down into the depths.

And at some point it flows to the river.

And the fly fisherman are there hoping for that big one.

And where there is a river, there is a waterfall.

And in calmer parts of the river may be Trumpeter Swans.

After you've preened and cleaned you go for a swim. 

And the last photo for the day is not a dead tree but a bull Elk with a rack as big as a tree.

We are off to the Tetons in the morning.  We'll have to come back to see the other million acres that we missed in our 11 days here.  We saw 80 degree days, rain and sleet, awoke to a couple inches of snow. 

We saw Grizzly and Black bears, Mountain goats, Pronghorns, Swans, Bald and Golden eagles, Osprey and Pelicans.  We saw Bison by the hundreds, Elk alone and in groups, a Moose in the river. I've watch 4 wolves eat their pray,  we've seen where the Antelope play.

I didn't see Big Horn Sheep so I'll have to come back and look harder.

It has been a very good 11 days.