With limited time to explore the park, several weeks ago we pre-booked a guided tour of the Park. A small mini-bus picked us up from our Accommodation at 8:00am and with the rest of the group (a total of 8, including us) we headed to Yellowstone. We had a constant narration from our guide who was incredibly knowledgable about the geology of the park as well as it's flora and fauna. We got so much more out of the day than if we had bumbled around on our own.
First the volcanic phenomena:
Hot springs everywhere we looked
The vivid colors are caused by organisms living in the boiling hot water
And of course - Old Faithful
Then, of course there were the wildlife sightings:
An Elk Doe
At this point we were glad we were on a bus!
We had an amazing time which flew by and eventually headed out of the park at about 6:00, which made for a long and very interesting day. At this point the sun was finally putting in an appearance:
We're not sure how we will top today's experience but tomorrow is another day!
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