My Summer Trip to Yellowstone

[357 S&W]

Friends,
I have been planning this trip for the summer with my kids for a long time. Since they did not want to go to Disneyland( been there n number of times) they said they wanted to have some adventure in the woods and thought what could be better than Yellowstone National Park. It was my dream to visit the park every since I was back in India and wondered how it would be. The first national park in the world and which has inspired all the people around the globe to have national parks in their countries to preserve the nature as they found it gifted to them from their forefathers and preserve it for the future generations to enjoy just as they have enjoyed it.
Well, with a lot of planning and phone calls and disappointments about the reservations inside the park, I found a cabin just outside the northeast entrance of the park. They were at an elevation of 7,600 ft and a perfect place to stay as they are surrounded by the majestic mountain ranges 360 degrees which are at about 11,000 ft high. We were there for 5 days and it was the best time of our lives; without wasting any more of your precious time, here are the pictures. I took more than 500 pictures but here I am sharing some of them with you all.

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-- Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:28 pm --

Some more pics to follow depending on the response

[timmy]

Great pictures, 357! The Beartooth is a most beautiful drive, isn't it? One thing about buffalo: what can they do? Pretty much whatever they want to. A car is not much of a match for them. The "antelope" are interesting -- they can indeed go fast and continue to do so for a long time! Ranchers often refer to them as "goats" in Montana. They really aren't a goat, or even a true antelope, either, for that matter. They are more or less their own kind of critter and "pronghorn" is the right name (though I never use it, either). They actually do have horns, not antlers, like deer and their relatives. Yet, the horns have a bony core and are shed, as if they were antlers. A curious animal, without close taxonomic living relatives. I have heard that they have a windpipe 4 times larger than ours -- pretty sizable for this size of animal -- which gives them the oxygen needed to run like they do.

If you couldn't stay in the Park, you chose the most majestic entry with the Northeast one! I envy you, it is so beautiful and interesting there. Geology, biology, vulcanology -- whatever, you can find all kinds of wonders there.

More pictures, please!!!!

[prashantsingh]

Beautiful snaps.

[rraju2805]

Nice pics.
Great.

[xl_target]

.357 What great snaps.
It sure sounds like you had a great time. I'm sure your kids will remember that trip for the rest of their lives.
Those Buffalo sure are big and what a view!
Thanks for sharing.

[dr.jayakumar]

Thanks friend.
yellow stone seems very popular.also seems crowded for american standard.
is it the season to visit?

[Vikram]

Great pictures and a treat to look at.Thank you for sharing.

Timmy, I did not know those tidbits about the Pronghorns.


Best-
Vikram

[prashantsingh]

Timmy, I did not know those tidbits about the Pronghorns.
Best-
Vikram

Vikram we have an animal like that in the mountains (J&K and Ladakh) as well. It is called the Tibetan Antelope. Also known as the Cheeru.
The animal from which the king of wools .Shahtoosh is derived. Shah (king) Toosh(wool)
The horns are like an antelopes while it looks like a mountain goat/sheep.

[357 S&W]

Great pictures, 357! The Beartooth is a most beautiful drive, isn't it? One thing about buffalo: what can they do? Pretty much whatever they want to. A car is not much of a match for them. The "antelope" are interesting -- they can indeed go fast and continue to do so for a long time! Ranchers often refer to them as "goats" in Montana. They really aren't a goat, or even a true antelope, either, for that matter. They are more or less their own kind of critter and "pronghorn" is the right name (though I never use it, either). They actually do have horns, not antlers, like deer and their relatives. Yet, the horns have a bony core and are shed, as if they were antlers. A curious animal, without close taxonomic living relatives. I have heard that they have a windpipe 4 times larger than ours -- pretty sizable for this size of animal -- which gives them the oxygen needed to run like they do.

If you couldn't stay in the Park, you chose the most majestic entry with the Northeast one! I envy you, it is so beautiful and interesting there. Geology, biology, vulcanology -- whatever, you can find all kinds of wonders there.

More pictures, please!!!!

You bet.
Thanks, Timmy for all the knowledge you have shared with us, it is great to have friends like you. Sure, will add some more pictures.

Great pictures and a treat to look at.Thank you for sharing.

You are always welcome, Vikram.

Thanks friend.
yellow stone seems very popular.also seems crowded for american standard.
is it the season to visit?

Yes Dr. It is the season, mainly two months July and August. I have seen cars from all over the USA and Canada.

.357 What great snaps.
It sure sounds like you had a great time. I'm sure your kids will remember that trip for the rest of their lives.
Those Buffalo sure are big and what a view!
Thanks for sharing.

Me included with my kids.
You are always welcome, xl_target.

-- Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:38 pm --

Here are the next set of pictures, This is Mammoth hot springs area, the first time I saw this area, I asked my wife to pinch me so that I make sure I am not dreaming. Have a look and you will know why. I think it is a crime to go to Yellowstone with just a point and shoot camera, which I admit I am guilty of; the camera does not in any way do justice to the jaw dropping scenery there. I tried my best to get what I could promising myself I will be there again next year with a better camera.


-- Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:40 pm --

some more...

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[timmy]

357, more great pics! Thanks so much for sharing! Mammoth Hot Springs is certainly the kind of place one doesn't see everyday, isn't it?

[357 S&W]

357, more great pics! Thanks so much for sharing! Mammoth Hot Springs is certainly the kind of place one doesn't see everyday, isn't it?

You are so right, timmy.

[prashantsingh]

what an amazing place. Never seen anything like this before.

[shadowring]

Those are really big Bisons...Excellent shots.

[timmy]

There have to be more pictures than this, 357! Norris Geyser Basin? Hayden Valley? Upper and Lower Falls? Tower Falls? What about Cooke City?

[joydeepm]

357

kudos . You seem to have done very well with a point and shoot camera . Its a beautiful place indeed .

Best

J