Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park May 13, 2011

Friday, May 13, 2011
Yellowstone National Park

Today was the first day the South entrance to Yellowstone National Park was open. This is the only road to Yellowstone from Grand Teton National Park so we were fortunate that it opened today as we are leaving for Montana tomorrow.

Here's Bill in his familiar pose!

More good luck, and on Friday the 13th no less. Old Faithful was to erupt just 10 minutes after we got to the visitor's center. It erupts about every hour and 20 minutes.

Following a tour of the visitor's center where we viewed a film about Yellowstone we were able to witness another eruption of this most famous geyser in the world. A couple named Barb and Bill from Idaho took this picture for us!

We then took a walk on the "boardwalk" that wanders through numerous geysers and mud pots. It is a very strange feeling to be walking over a volcano! Click on this (or any photo) for a closer view of the pool and mineral deposit on the hillside.

It didn't seem to bother this herd of buffalo that wandered through the area, walking close to many small geysers. They even walked over the boardwalk.

There was one cow with a very small calf in the herd.











This was called Anemone Geyser and it really does resemble a sea anemone. It is about 10 feet in diameter. There are so many unusual geysers and pools here.

On the way back Bill took this picture of me to show how high the snow was along the roadway. That's the Snake River which flows into and out of Jackson Lake as it makes it way through Idaho to the Columbia River in Oregon.

What a view of the Tetons and Jackson Lake! It was like driving through a snow tunnel.

Our stay is almost over here in Wyoming. Tomorrow we will drive through Idaho and on to Hamilton, Montana where I will visit a high

school friend.

Did you see Stanley??