At least once or twice a summer we find ourselves on the way through Yellowstone toward some other destination. There's nothing like a scenic drive. We're on our way to Glacier but are stopping here for a night or two. It's a spectacular day here at Old Faithful. I love big puffy clouds. It looks like Old Faithful is just starting to blow.
It's a beautiful sight as Old Faithful reaches for those clouds...
...and then goes back to sleep for another 90 minutes or so.
The terraces, formed as the hot springs cascade down the hillside at Mammouth, in the northwest corner of Yellowstone, are forever changing...
...like everything else in Yellowstone.
Pallete Spring gets its color from its many different "thermophiles", microorganisms that live in the hot springs. Some of the thermophiles live on sunlight, while others live on the noxious gases, such as hydrogen sulfide, at the source of the springs. What is good for one thermophile is deadly to another.
The hot springs give them the diversity of habitats to survive. Some live near the hottest areas of the spring while others can only survive in cool areas. Some live in calm pools while others like swirling water.
I was fascinated by the mother Kildeer and her chicks. Isn't that little chick cute?
They were walking...
...and pecking for food all over the hot springs.
There you see some happy folks. Phyllis and Noel had wanted to take us out to dinner for helping them short cut the learning curve on Rving. We thought it might be a good idea to wait to see how they really liked Rving so we decided we'd wait to have dinner until we got to the Paradise Grill on the Yellowstone River near Emigrant, MT. We had a great meal, just as we had last year with Steve and family. Thanks Phyllis and Noel!
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