Our last day at Yellowstone was a fairly nice one. I visited most of the sites on the lower loop which we skipped the day before. I wanted to get pictures both in the digital camera (Canon A 720 IS) for the blog and to use up a roll of color print film in my Canon 35 mm SLR. Jo elected to stay in the motor home at Henrys Lake.
This is the view from our motor home parked at Henrys Lake on one of the clearer days we were there. The rainbow is barely visible.
Falls of the Gibbon River
The Norris Geyser Basin was nice, particularly the first two named features. One of their attractions is that they are the first two on a trail which has has lots of change in elevation beyond them. A ranger suggested that I visit just them to avoid a lot of huffing and puffing were I to see the rest. I followed her advice.
Above and below are shots of Emerald Pool.
Next was Steamboat Geyser.
Steamboat Geyser was co-operating with minor eruptions of 8 to 10 feet while I was watching it.
But it was difficult to get a picture showing the small eruptions.The accompanying steam somewhat masked the jets of water coming out of its two vents.
This is a dormant thermal area in the Norris Geyser Basin. Signs made it clear that it may be dormant forever, or it may pop back into life tomorrow or in a hundred years.
I had lunch in the café at Canyon Village.The wait persons did a great job at serving orders quickly. Many of the customers were oriental.
Virginia Cascade is not a falls but a stream falling a long way over rocks of increasing steepness.
Here is the Upper falls of the Yellowstone River with the the highway bridge in the background..
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Not a selfie – a fellow tourist took this one of me at Artists Point with the lower falls of the Yellowstone river in the background..
The lower falls and the canyon
This is the more traditional view of the lower falls.
Yellowstone Canyon looking downstream from Artist’s Point.
A bull elk had with him a herd of 12 cows and calves right across the Madison River from the highway. While we were watching he gently urged those resting to get up and head up the slope in back of the meadow.
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