Today's path took us down the east side of Yellowstone. Again, the highlights:
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (River) from Artist Point - there are seemingly too many viewing points of the lower falls and the canyon itself. We must admit, however, that it is impressive that a waterfall twice the height of Niagara Falls looks small between the massive canyon walls. Now we know why the river and park are called Yellowstone! This photo is from about as far from the falls as you can be and affords the best view.
Sulphur Caldron - this was Jen's favorite spot today. The acidity of this spring is close to that of car battery acid or stomach fluid. If you fell in, you would die a painful death. It was incredibly stinky to watch the bubbling and gurgling of this huge acidic spring. Nobody fell in, as far as we can tell...
Churning Caldron - across the road from Sulphur Caldron is Andrew's favorite spot of the day. This pool is frothing almost constantly! The sight and sound of it are amazing. The water is always in motion, sometimes it throws water upwards of 5 ft into the air. There was another formation in the area, Dragon's Mouth Spring, that really sounded like a dragon huffing and puffing, but we left out the picture as it just doesn't carry the same weight without audio (and we haven't figured out how to add our own videos to the blog yet).
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (River) from Artist Point - there are seemingly too many viewing points of the lower falls and the canyon itself. We must admit, however, that it is impressive that a waterfall twice the height of Niagara Falls looks small between the massive canyon walls. Now we know why the river and park are called Yellowstone! This photo is from about as far from the falls as you can be and affords the best view.
Sulphur Caldron - this was Jen's favorite spot today. The acidity of this spring is close to that of car battery acid or stomach fluid. If you fell in, you would die a painful death. It was incredibly stinky to watch the bubbling and gurgling of this huge acidic spring. Nobody fell in, as far as we can tell...
Churning Caldron - across the road from Sulphur Caldron is Andrew's favorite spot of the day. This pool is frothing almost constantly! The sight and sound of it are amazing. The water is always in motion, sometimes it throws water upwards of 5 ft into the air. There was another formation in the area, Dragon's Mouth Spring, that really sounded like a dragon huffing and puffing, but we left out the picture as it just doesn't carry the same weight without audio (and we haven't figured out how to add our own videos to the blog yet).
WOW!! You guys are having fun... and I have to go to work tomorrow morning! Que horror! Hope to see you when you are in Chicago...
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