Tag: Yellowstone

Reunion time! We explored a new (to us) part of Yellowstone National Park this time: Yellowstone Lake. We stayed in cabins near the Lake Lodge. It was 4th of July weekend, but we didn’t notice the crowds until we stopped at Old Faithful on the way out.

An amazing hike in the area is Storm Point Trail. I felt like I was in Ireland with grassy hills and steep cliffs along the water. And we saw a yellow-bellied marmot yawning on a rock.

Storm Point Trail hike

Yellow-bellied marmot

Storm Point Trail hike

Storm Point Trail hike

Storm Point Trail hike

Yellow-bellied marmot

Storm Point Trail hike

Storm Point Trail hike

Storm Point Trail hike

Storm Point Trail hike

Storm Point Trail hike

Storm Point Trail hike

Yellow-bellied marmot yawn

Elisabeth

Storm Point Trail hike

Storm Point Trail hike

Storm Point Trail hike

Over the years I’ve seen a few bears in the distance, but never up close. This time we had front-row seats to a female grizzly foraging and crossing the road in front of us.

Grizzly bear near Steamboat Point, Yellowstone

Grizzly bear near Steamboat Point, Yellowstone

Grizzly bear near Steamboat Point, Yellowstone

Grizzly bear near Steamboat Point, Yellowstone

Grizzly bear near Steamboat Point, Yellowstone

Here’s the video slide show –

And more photos –

Mud pot bubble burst

Yellowstone Lake

Bison

At Yellowstone Falls

Yellowstone Falls

Yellowstone

Yellowstone

At Yellowstone Falls

Yellowstone bike ride

Tourists approaching bison

Morning Glory

Real funny, Son.

Bison in front of Lake Lodge

Bison

Yellowstone Falls

Bison out the front door

Yellowstone Falls

Cameron and Adeline

Bison at Lake Yellowstone

Viewing the yellow stone

Yellowstone Falls hike

Bison

Yellowstone Canyon

Did you know there was a guy who jumped into a 200° F hot pot at Yellowstone to rescue his dog? When they pulled him out his last words were, “That was stupid. How bad am I? That was a stupid thing I did.” When they pulled off one of his shoes, the skin of his foot came off with it. That’s one of many things I learned in the perfect coffee-table book Death in Yellowstone, a gift from my brother-in-law.

My mom’s parents, Owen and Verona Slaugh, spent time in Yellowstone on their honeymoon in 1940 –

Here’s (one side of) a couple of Owen’s 3-D photos from the 40s:

My dad’s family were also frequent visitors:

I was in high school during the fires of 1988:

Fires of 1988

Bison in the smoke – fires of 1988

Welcome to West Yellowstone Barbee Que – referring to Bob Barbee, the superintendent of Yellowstone during the fires of 1988

Burnt trees after the 1988 fires

Fifty-seven years after my grandparents, Wendy and I honeymooned in Yellowstone as well –

Wendy and Justin in Yellowstone – 1997

Justin and Wendy in Yellowstone – 2014

We’ve had a few family reunions there over the past few years. I try to make a video each time:

I never take my dog. But if I did, I wouldn’t jump in after him. That would be stupid.

Cool formations

Colorful hot pot

Grizzly bear across the Madison River

Old Faithful at sunset

Bison in mid-poop

Molt season

Playing in the Firehole River – Yellowstone