today's subject: snow and ice

PICTURES OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

Yellowstone is not usually this snowy this late in the season.  Frequent visitors told us that by late May the snow is usually gone.  Not this year, however.  The snow pack had melted in the upper basin (Old Faithful & Geysers), but not here in the Canyon Village, where the elevation is near 9,000 ft.  We spent an entire day visiting this part of Yellowstone, cold weather and all.  The temperature was 34 degrees.



walkway to Yellowstone Falls was kept clear by park rangers

Visitor Center at Canyon Village

Yellowstone Falls in the background

these cabins are supposed to be rentable on June 1.

trailhead to nowhere  (at least for now)

Yellowstone Falls

the snow was nearly 6 ft deep here

Vacation pictures

Galatin River, near the headwaters of the Missouri River

Yellowstone Canyon

North entrance to Yellowstone National Park

most hiking trails were closed due to excessive snow

trees turn white from calcium deposits
Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone

Soaring high

the Red Beds formation at Devil's Tower, WY



Memorial Day at Little Bighorn



Feed me, Feed me!

On the banks of Plum Creek

Are you sure this trail is closed?

interior of Old Faithful Inn

one of the many springs at Yellowstone

May brings lots of spring flowers

Long-horned Sheep

yes, it's still winter at Yellowstone, elevation 8,600 ft.

I'm a busy beaver who lives at the headwaters of the Missouri River

Aren't the baby bison adorable?

at Badlands National Park

Target Field     (Minnesota Twins new ballpark)

in Wind Cave National Park

Look at the baby rams in the Badlands of S. Dakota

entrance to Old Faithful Inn

It's all about corn at Mitchell's Corn Palace.

Old Faithful

Salem Sue

George tells the GIs a story about SPAM!

Ride 'em cowgirl!
Wall Drug, S.D.

actual fireplace used on the set of Little House on the Praire

I can get carried away getting my perfect pic

No aliens here.

Ballpark #8
Only 22 more to go!

Yellowstone Falls

Can I go play?



that's a little more than knee deep



I see you, don't come any closer.

wild horses at Teddy Roosevelt National Park, N. Dakota

Can you name these guys?

Badlands National Park, S.D.

more wildflowers at Badlands National Park

Peek-a-boo, I see you!
(yellow bellied marmot at Pompey's Pillar, Montana)

a pronghorn in the Custer Grasslands

lots of rain, perfect day to be in a cave!

Julie looks so cute!