June 4th and 5th 2017

Sorry we haven’t posted, we are just having to much fun and trying to get to bed earlier. We have be out and about by 5am most mornings. Sunday we went on a photography tour with MacNeil Lyons. It was wonderful. MacNeil was a former Park Ranger and had great stories and places to go. Today our tour guide was Nate. I have to say the tour was just as good. He wore us out, brought us home and then went running. Loads of energy.  I must say Leighton and I are loving being chauffeured around. It is beyond fabulous having everyone here. Leighton, Kate Chris and Cody did about 10 miles today and I managed a solid eight. Hope you enjoy the pics!

After a tough morning of grazing this bison needed to relax for a while.

Mule deer wondering what we were looking at.

The three bears.

Chipmunk having a snack in the sagebrush.

Lady coyote relieving herself and saying don’t look at me.

Fox slinking through the sagebrush looking for something to eat.

Some bighorns taking a break.

Our first sighting of a western tanager.

Mother moose providing nourishment for her calf while she continues to eat.

After eating, the calf was full of energy and had a grand time running back and forth.

We arrived home and found an elk in the yard that was drinking from a leaking sprinkler.  He was funny drinking and pawing the water.  He then went to the river for more.

Below is an example of the bacterial growth in and around thermal pools and geysers.  The bacteria is what provides the interesting colors.

One of the numerous and colorful thermal pools.

And on the other end of the color scale were the red/orange pools.