
Travel adventures and just plain boring stuff

Day 7 we headed out to see more otherworldy hydrothermal features. Heading out earliesh in the morning, we drove, as we had many times before, through Hayden Valley. Hayden Valley is a big open valley, and many people hang out there all day to watch animals in along the river below, or in the hills across the way. Seeing a big crowd gathered, we stopped to see what was up. I grabbed the binoculars...

Today the goal was to visit Mammoth Hot Springs. Being the fifth day in the park we have come to expect bison somewhere along the drive. We found them at the Mud Volcano near the hot springs. The bison don’t seem to care about the smell or the pools of acid. On the drive to the hot springs Nadya needed a bio-break so we stopped at Norris Geyser Basin. My notes for the day...