Jul 06, 2014

 

 

Close to the last shot of Yellowstone, Mammoth Springs to be exact.... a look over the sulphur tiers, well a small, part actually. The volcanic activity here is nowhere near as offensive on the nose as we have experienced in New Zealand, perhaps because it seems to be water and steam here where there is lots of mud involved in NZ.

Yellowstone National Park, it would be easy to spend weeks here, a seemingly never ending series of mountains, canyons, galloping waterways, lush grasslands, towering pine forrests,prolific meadows and hillsides of summer wildflowers and awesome wildlife with a bit of volcanic activity thrown in for good measure. Next stop the Grand Tetons National Park and this is yet another different experience of high plains meadows intersected with waterways which are aptly named 'Gros Ventre Wilderness' which translated I think is 'Great Open Wilderness' and encircled by what looks like a crown of mountains which are the Grand Tetons.

 

Last one in Yellowstone, Lewis Falls.

A view across Jackson Lake to the first of the mountains in the Grand Teton National Park.

 

A shot as we were nearing Moose Creek where we lunched at a Chuck Wagon of sorts.

Here is a street shot of the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson Hole which a friend had told us about and it is all kinds of quirky.

 

And this is one of the reasons why it is so quirky, yep the bar stools are all saddles, and the quirkiness continued in all ways Cowboy.

Bits and Bobs:

 

Okay, so I know the servo is in Mammoth Springs, but the irony of the sign and size of the total number of pumps was too good to pass up.

 

After Norm saw me laying down in the stones to get a shot of the Grand Tetons with some wildflowers in the foreground, he figured there had to be an easier way to get a shot, and this is how he did it.... wasn't too bad either.

Last 2 nights accommodation:

Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, 1 Grand Loop Road, Mammoth Hot Springs, WY

An ancient and historic building. Massive hallways. Large public spaces and helpful staff. Reasonable sized rooms given the age. No A/C so glad we were on the ground floor. Needed our window open and fan on to sleep. Had our own bathroom and glad we did. Room only, no wifi but available next door when the dining room is open (charges apply). Been a bit of a refurb but old stained chair and many stains on the room carpet. Bit sad really.