It has been 18 years since our last visit (two years after the terrible fire of 1988). The forest is coming back very thick which was once burned. The land is still scared but the beauty is returning.
We drove the entire circumference of the park (10 1/2 hrs) that included a lot of stops to see waterfalls, wildlife, and just to take in the beauty of the park. We were tuckered out after such a long day but it was worth it. We saw elk (much like fleas around this park), bear (2), coyote, osprey, bison, whooping cranes, American Black Pelicans, Canadian Geese, and the list goes on. Following are just some of the sights we took in. We are limited to the number of pictures; otherwise, we could have inundated you with them.
Beautiful bull elk. Mostly, we saw cow elk by the numbers but the bulls were a little harder to come by.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, all rivers are running high, so the waterfalls are spectacular viewing.There is still a lot of snow at the 8,300 foot elevation as well as the surrounding mountains as shown on the Tetons below.
We were lucky to have seen two black bear (one black and one brown) on the same day. One was across a small lake just doing his thing while this one was along side the road doing his thing. As you can guess, quite a traffic stop for everyone to take a peek/pictures.
As John and I are not big fans of the sulphur smell that the geyers put out, we were more than happy to view them from a distance. They are beautiful and it is amazing to drive around and see hot steam coming up from out of the grown all over the place.
So much beauty but boy are we tired. We were in and out of the truck so many times for this photo op and that photo op as well as hiking back to see some waterfalls. More of a challenge for me (broken toe) than for John but I wasn't going to miss out on any part of it.
We should sleep well tonight.
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