Yellowstone National Park

We have had very interesting weather lately. It seems winter does not want to end here. Last Friday we started the day with cool rain showers, then we had a thunderstorm with hail and sleet which turned to snow with about 2 inches of accumulation. By the time we headed home from work, the sun was shining. Saturday and Sunday we had snow showers on and off.

We had some trouble with our truck after we arrived here a little over a month ago, so today we finally made it into Yellowstone for the first time this year. We took a short ride from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful and back.

Water rushing through a narrow area in the Firehole Canyon.

Looking down river at Firehole Canyon.

Fly fishermen on the Madison River.

Very tiny flower with dandelion for comparison.

Bison calves taking an afternoon rest in a field of wildflowers.

Blue heron, a different variety of fisherman.

A family of Canadian geese.

A bison bull making his way through fallen logs.

Bison crossing the Madison River.

Upper and Lower Mesa Falls, ID

On our way to Idaho Falls, Idaho last Monday to stock up on supplies, we took a side trip on the Mesa Falls Byway. The following are photos we took at the falls. There is a nice path that leads right up to the Upper Falls. The Lower Falls can only be seen at a distance. With all the winter snow melt, all the rivers are very full this year.

Water droplets clinging to the edge of leaves on the trail to the Upper Mesa Falls.

Rocks on both sides of the falls were covered in various kinds of moss.

Rainbow in the mist at the Upper Falls.

Water thundering over the Upper Falls.

The volume of water coming over the falls was amazing.

Interesting columns of rock on the shore of the river.

The Lower Mesa Falls from the overlook.

A close-up of the Lower Falls.

Spring 2008 in West Yellowstone

Here are a few shots we took this past week around town. As you can see, there's still plenty of snow left from the winter, and it snowed all day Friday. It sure is different from the first part of May last year.

Our spot in Hideaway RV Park

Zion National Park Part 5 of 5

Flowers we saw in Zion.

Zion National Park Part 4 of 5

We drove the Zion-Mount Camel road today which leads to the east entrance of the park.The rock formations are very different on the west side of the tunnel.

This rock looks like rippled sand.

The following photos are from the Canyon Overlook trail. It starts at the east side of the tunnel and the view at the top is of the west side entrance.

A cave we walked through on our trail. You can see the small walkway to the right of the opening.

The inside of the cave. It was very cool and damp in there.

Canyon Overlook. The road on west side leading to tunnel.

View from road in last picture looking up to the overlook at the middle flat area.