We headed toward Old Faithful once the camp was set up and immediately got sidetracked by a "Groceries" sign where we actually found some fresh vegetables for stir fry that evening.
As we progressed down into the Yellowstone caldera we found waterfalls, vistas of wildlife, steam vents, sulphur pits, geysers and photo opportunities galore.
The mix of subterranean minerals created a myriad of colors once they reached the surface - here are some photos that represent a small number of occasions when our breath was taken away!
(Kepler Cascades)
(Old Faithful - may take a while to load)
(Black Sand Basin with candy-striped mineral runoff into the local stream)
(Black Sand Basin - crystal clear waters with mineral shelves as a border)
(Tortured roots exposed after fire-fighting several years ago)
(Great Fountain Geyser - another example of the clarity and colors in the park)
(Great Fountain Geyser with three spouts)
(Great Fountain Geyser - yet another example of deposits and mineral combinations)
(Beauty and the Beast - with Upper Falls in the background.
No, not water pouring out of Doug's head.)
(Local Yellowstone Police directing traffic)
(Mammoth Falls - a hillside of white calcium runoff - spectacular!)
(Mammoth Falls - detail of a crystal pool created by the continuous runoff of minerals.)
(And unnamed, geyser, simply spouting and making iron-rich deposits by the stream)
(Steamboat Geyser - with renewed eruption started three days earlier -
we were lucky as this is twice as large as Old Faithful and
continuously blows steam out of several holes in the ground.)
(Steamboat Geyser basin - a collection of pools, mud pots and geysers)
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