Showing posts with label mt washburn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mt washburn. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Look out Yellowstone....here comes Little Fox.


After a short exploration in Southern Idaho I supervised my roommate packing up the campsite and navigated the car to Yellowstone.  Through my keen observation skills I helped my roommate see many Bison.
I saw a bear from a far distance away but I could not get a picture of it.  However. This chap posed for a  picture for me and he seems happy and beary patriot.

 Yellowstone is a beary interesting place.  There are lots of bubbly thermal areas that are beary hot.  I wish I brought materials for smores.



Enough playing around time to do some adventuring. It’s apparently wildflower season in Yellowstone (that works for me).  Observation peak was the first peak I went hiking with my roommate.  It took us a while to get to the peak, lake and wildflowers.


It was worth it.  The flowers were amazing.  
 A little bit of everything here.  Now if I could only find a ranger to help me identify these flowers and bring me snack it would be perfect. 
You can barely see me on the log enjoying the flowers but I am there.

 Nice purple flowers.....They seem to contrast well with my fur. 

The view from the top was great.  Mountains and lakes all around me. 







After adventuring and eating a filling meal of chicken salad my roommate took me to Yellowstone Falls.  There is an upper and lower falls and my sekrebeary did not indicate which falls this is and I am not in this picture.  What's up with that? (ugh, this is going on his performance review).





Time for a nice rest, as you can see I am not staying in a 4 star resort but at least I have my own space.



A long way up to the viewpoint.
Rise and shine, day two.  Off to the Mt. Washburn fire tower.  I heard that I might see some goats along the way.  As you can see these goats are right in the middle of the trail and they were a little too aggressive for my style.  I had to wait them out before they let me across the trail.
Since the weather was hazy (apparently from the forest fires in Oregon, Washington and Idaho) I convinced my roommate to help me explore some fancy hotels. I did the exploring, he sat in the lobby and rested. 


Manmouth Hot Springs
Yellowstone Lake Lodge

 My last lunch at Yellowstone.  I enjoyed my chicken salad while resting on the dashboard of the car looking out across Yellowston Lake.  Beary relaxing...