Adventures Out West

As we are wont to do every 5 years, we tend to have a bigger celebration for our anniversary. September will mark our 20th, so we wanted to do something kinda big. I've never been to Yellowstone, and Ri hadn't been much west, so we decided to "do the west," although another trip will be required for southwest for Grand Canyon, Zion, etc. I may recount aspects of our adventure in future blogs, but for now, I think it will suffice to post some pictures--most are from Yellowstone. Some will make lovely desktop pictures. Be my guest.


Badlands


Wall Drug


Ri blocking the recent Obama addition ;)


Needles at dusk


Devil's Tower


Beautiful flowers at 10,000 ft. in Bighorn Mt. range


Yellowstone Lake


Colorful (& HOT!) thermal pools in Yellowstone


Old Faithful (of course)


Lillypad stream on one of the surprisingly many continental divides in Yellowstone


Forest fire that lasted 3 days in Yellowstone while we were there


One particularly dangerous-feeling area of Yellowstone--taken from a walkway that ran right next to the spurting, steaming pool


Another dangerous-feeling area: our campsite. A grizzly had been spotted in this campground just 3 days prior!


Buffalo traffic jam--sheesh, we went out west to avoid this sorta thing!


One of the more impressive falls and canyon in Yellowstone


Snow at 12,000 ft. near Estes Park


Note the lake


Note the color of the water on the snow

Hope you enjoyed the fast, sequential tour. So many pictures to choose from and videos too, it was hard to pick. More may pop up later. :) Missed everyone while we were away!