West Yellowstone

White Dome Geyser

Midway Basin

Fountain Paint Pot

Fountain Paint Pots

Fountain Paint pot

Excelsion Basin

We arrived in West Yellowstone Wednesday afternoon.  The park we are staying at is in the best location, we can walk to all the shops and restaurants and are a 5 minute drive to the entrance of Yellowstone.  Yesterday we hit all the shops.  2 minute walk and we're at a movie theater that sells huckleberry soft ice cream for .50 might be making this a nightly stop!!  I can just see the pounds adding up between that and hitting the bakeries. We sat out last night and could hear  some wild turkeys, and you would not believe how huge the black ravens are!!


Today (Friday) we visited Yellowstone's basins and geysers in the area between Madison and Old Faithful. It's so unbelievable to see all the different colors in the basins each one is so different and amazing.  We even got sprayed a couple of times.  Our timing was perfect at the White Dome Geyser, we met people who had been waiting for over a half hour for it to erupt an we were there just 10 minutes! The drive was beautiful, we did get to see bison and elk but only at a distance, I'm sure we'll see more since we have about 5 more trips into the park scheduled. I got a sunburn on my neck forgot to but lotion!!  ok that's it for now we're off to you know where YUP ice cream!!!  :)

Firehole Falls