The weather forecast for our days off this week was ideal for tourism. Even though we work here, on our days off we consider ourselves tourists. Mary has decided that we should get up before dawn and get into the park to see the sunrise over the falls. Sunrise is at 5:30am, we need to get up and get dressed, and the ride to the falls is at least 30 minutes so the alarm was set for 4:30 am. A snooze or two and we were on the road by 5:20. Oh well, like I say our plans are written in jello.
After a couple of wrong turns we made it to Artist Point for the best views of the lower falls in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Dozens of pictures later we wandered over to the upper falls that feed the lower falls. Between the snow melt from a very snowy winter and the heavy rains of the past weeks the water flow was at a 14 year high. The water was, as Mary put it, very angry. It may have been angry looking but it was also very impressive and awesome.
We continued our tour of the park by heading down to
Fishing Bridge. While crossing the bridge we spotted three male elk swimming across the river. Pretty cool sight. Next stop the gift shop and while waiting for it to open I met the cutest park ranger ever.
A trinket or two latter we headed over to West Thumb Geyser Field to see some of the hot springs and look out over Lake Yellowstone. It is always an awe inspiring sight.
I am at work right now so I have to cut this short. I will continue this later from our home here in West Yellowstone because......
Home is where we park it,
Frank and Mary
Looks great you guys! Keep the pictures coming.
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