Where the buffalo roam...or rest o' the trip pt II

And then the next thing we saw was this...sca-ry!


Jackson Hole Home


Through the tent...


Oooo...aahhh.  The Grand Tetons...and a river in Yellowstone

Right before we saw the wolf, I took a picture of the above spare tire cover...an omen!

Old Faithful was not actually so faithful...we waited forever but it was glorious!
Check out the insides of the smoke and boiling water below!

The other hydrothermal features!!!



EEEEEWWWWW.

Bill and his hoard of bison friends

Bisons on the side of the road



Goodnight Wyoming, Goodnight Yellowstone.

the rest of the trip I

Estes Park, Colorado as seen from the library balcony at Ravencrest Chalet

Noel spent many a summer here as a camper with her youth group and then a summer as an intern leading caving, ropes course and other various and sundry activities.

Our Rocky Mountain National home with a view

Ravencrest Mascot!

 

Hike to Bierstadt Lake

 

Sights of Estes Park (the elk are real)

The Sleeping Indian (head on the right, toes to the left, beautiful Colorado sky to the up)

Hardcore rafters gettin' ready to kill the Rapids on La Poudre

The view on the morning we left. There's something about clouds gathering over the mountains that makes Noel's heart stop every time. It's so beautifully awesome.