Good news/bad news

The good news is it wasn’t raining when we got up this morning, so we packed up the car and headed for Yellowstone National Park.  We drove to the Canyon area to see the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Getting anywhere in this huge park takes time.  It also takes us about 45 minutes just to get to the west entrance from Red Rock RV.  There is also massive construction going on between Madison Junction and Norris Junction.  So, it took us about an hour and a half to get to the area we were interested in. 

Our first stop was the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River.  That falls is well over 300’ tall.  On the right is the trail down to the falls.  I may try to do this hike at a later date.  It is pretty strenuous (coming back up), and we were not prepared for that today.  Between the altitude, thin air, and “old age,” I can’t just do a hike like that on a whim.  :)






At one of the pull-offs along the North Rim Drive,
I spotted an Osprey nest atop one of the immensely tall rock spires in the canyon.  If you look closely at the top of the picture, you can make out the large, circular nest with the female Osprey incubating the eggs.
 

This 24 mile long canyon was carved out, over time, by the Yellowstone River.  The views along the river are awesome!

After finishing all the stops along the North Rim Drive, we stopped for a less than memorable lunch at Canyon Junction. 

My mind automatically starts counting when I encounter steps, and one of the stops had 57 steps down and 57 steps up.  We sure got our cardio workout today.  :)




Then we headed back down the road to see the Upper Falls.
This is a much shorter falls, but the hike to get close to it is a little shorter… only 58 steps down and up.  :(

Perhaps you have noticed that the watermark on all of the photos is PJJ.  The watermark that I use is JB.  That means that I did not take these pictures; my sister, Pam, did.  They are great pictures.  The reason I used her pictures is that my camera failed to work; that’s the bad news (for me).  We all thought it was because my battery needed to be charged, so that’s the first thing I did when we got back to the rigs.  After recharging, I tried to take a photo around the campground but the camera still didn’t work.  It won’t turn on.  :(  I’m devastated!  I’m not sure what to do next.  Do you have any suggestions?  It’s a Canon Digital Rebel XT.  I’ll try troubleshooting it tonight with the owner’s manual.  Maybe the book will have some suggestions.  Ugh!  :-(  Can you imagine being in this area without a working camera?  Boo hoo…..

We have all decided that if you can't get a good picture of an American Bison in Yellowstone, you had better just give up!  :)

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