A photographer’s paradise!

That’s what Yellowstone National Park is.  The sun was shining this morning, so we headed out, once again, for the Old Faithful section of the park.  We ran into heavy fog along the way, but by the time we made it to our destination, the skies had cleared.  :)  I’ve tried to whittle down my pics as much as I could, but that’s hard to do under the circumstances.  :)



On my way out of Red Rock RV Park, I encountered “Harry”  the campground’s resident Swainson’s Hawk.  This fellow is often seen walking along the ground eating night crawlers.  I hope to get some better shots of him during my stay here.  He has a favorite post to sit on near the dog walk area.



We had to kill some time once we got through the fog to the Old Faithful site, but we got some great seats to view the eruption.
Then it was on to view all the geyser basins as we headed back to the Madison junction.
 




 
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The hike to the Grand Prismatic Spring afforded wonderful scenes of the springs and pools along the way.  Pam is standing in front of the Turquoise Pool.

This is the lead up to the Grand Prismatic Pool, as is my new header picture.  :)  What an interesting natural place this is!
This is along the Firehole Lake Drive.  From there, we drove to the Fountain Paint Pot Trail…
w..where I found a pair of tree swallows using an old woodpecker hole to build their nest in.  It was nice to see them using a natural cavity rather than a bird house. 

After we had our fill of geysers, we headed back for camp.  There was still about 30 miles to drive to exit the park, and we had our eyes open for wildlife along the way.
   
We saw a couple of elk resting along the Madison River. 







Because of the lighter traffic this afternoon, we were able to enjoy the ever present herds of buffalo along the way.



The females have recently dropped their calves, so lots of little ones are about.





I especially liked this little one sleeping beside his resting mom.


Sleep, eat, and play…that’s what young ones do.  :)
A little further along the road, a herd father took his time moving along.

It was a great day today.  What a marvelous park Yellowstone is!

Thanks for stopping by….talk to you later,  Judy