23. Fascinating...

July 11, 2023 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 57 °F

Long day.
In Short:
* Main goal - Prismatic Pool. Absolutely beautiful. Steam rising off pool picks up colours of the pool. Just hope my camera can capture. I overlooked turning on 4 k. Ooh well! ( As Connie said: 'There is nothing stopping us from coming back to Yellowstone'.
THE BIG discovery was when ventured North of the Upper Geyser Basic, eventually landing up on the far North border of the park, very near the Wyoming/Montana Border.
Absolutely phenomenal beauty - mountain and otherwise. We leave this camp earlier-ish tomorrow. Return via the North Rim of Yellowstone route. Marvelous scenery to sketch along Yellowstone River, too beautiful.
So, wildlife sightings
today:
* Moose swimming ( not truly seen)
* Canada Geese
* Mallard or duck.
Swallows
* Black bear - very close
* Then five elk cows crazing in the distance.
* Then more crowds in pull-out, as a massive mama brown bear showed her two cubs how to find berries... way up the slope.
* THE Shot of THE DAY! - Stopped along roadside... "Must be lion kill... ooh wait, probably not in Wyoming..." BUT, there was an elk bull/ buck, anyway, male, antlers covered in 'velvet', grazing right at the side of the road. Got out and took numerous mono, sepia and colour images.
Then he raised his head... LUMIX went 'CLICK' I got the shot of the trip! - well so far. It was on my LUMIX not the phone, so without internet access I can not upload to Find Penguins.
Ooh, then we stopped at Tower Falls. All of today's images recorded in Shot Journal. Sort-of learnt from last year.
In Short, Prismatic Pool and Elk were the two major highlights among soo many.
For the third time, bumped into family from Tucson to-day. She is a realtor, he runs a woodwork store, their son, far taller than parents - or myself. She did not have cards with her.
To-morrow comes real soon - more awaits... but I'm on image overload, more?
Tired Jack + VERY TIRED Connie.Read more