Arriving in Yellowstone National Park

We awoke to rain and drove 1 hour to the northern entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Rain continued throughout the day but began to clear as we neared late afternoon.  Carl did the driving allowing me to be at the ready for any wildlife sightings. We began our visit to the hot springs area learning about the ancient caldera and the largest volcano in North America. The volcano is showing signs that it is due to erupt sometime over the next 100 years. When it does it will influence weather patterns over the entire globe for many years.  Maybe we should be moving on to the Lamar Valley to look for Bison.

 Click on this movie clip to hear the hot steam bubbling up from the molten lava underneath

 Lounging Elk welcome you to Gardner North Entrance

The Rut is on

 Coyote at Dusk

Bison of Yellowstone - decendants of the Bison at the Bronx Zoo in New York City that were reintroduced in the late 50's 

We close our post meeting the producer and head photographer from the Smithsonian Channel making a documentary on the Bison of Yellowstone and William T. Hornaday, director of the Bronx Zoo who in 1902 reintroduced the herd with 12 Bison from the Zoo.  - film to air next year.