Downtown Gardiner/
Hello Yellowstone!/
The Roosevelt Arch/
Hmmm/
Mammoth Hot Spring Hotel/
First night's dinner with Rick and Randy/
The Hot Springs/
Nooooo! Don't touch the snow!/
Mammoth Hot Springs/
Poor little trees!/
More springs/
Mineral build-up from the springs/
Our first wolf prints/
Tour van on tank tires!/
Heading down to Norris Geyser Basin/
Frosty pines/
Funky algea/
Steamy hole/
Bacterial mat!/
Babu/
Everything steams/
Everything is covered with frost/
Pools at Norris Basin/
Empty trails/
Assana and Babu (© RickAndRandy.com)/
Kids not behaving/
Critter trails on an empty land/
Assana and her boys/
Frozen waterfall/
Upper Falls, or was it Lower Falls?/
Nothing but untouched snow/
Empty roads... and why we needed tank tires/
Dan practicing his action shots/
Trumpet swans/
Our first coyote! Hi Buddy!/
Who called?/
Where's that mouse?/
Moving on.../
Steamy landscape/
A hole full of boiling water... why not!/
Steam, snow and bison/
Old Faithful to ourselves!/
Yup... ALL to ourselves/
Boiling water /
Old Faithful Inn from afar/
The Chromatic Pool/
More bison/
A river of bacteria /
Not so much a geyser, but a simmering hole/
Lone bison/
It looks calm now.../
Bison and the snow/
Hi buddy!/
Bison crossing the trail/
Twin boiling holes/
DId I mention the bison?/
... or the boiling hole?/
The colors were magical /
Canadian geese warming up near a geyser /
Dan in the Painter's Paint Pot/
A hole of boiling mud/
Bloooop ploooob.../
The vastness of it all/
Road bisons.../
Hey! What's up?/
The foursome bachelors/
Coyote crossing the road.../
... then contemplating a bit.../
... and giving us a little howl! Good coyote! /
Ice Box Canyon/
Lunch in 15 degree weather... burrrr.../
Wolf, coyote, and Assana paws/
All that was left of the river/
Bison standoff... /
Coffee in Cooke City/
Assana's new friend, Sadie/
Catch it girl!/
Vooof/
Creepy innkeeper dude/
Our cabin... looks A LOT cuter on the outside/
Coyotes enjoying a nice lunch of elk/
... and a hug.../
... with the dog-sized raven watching!/
Hi!/
Smiling coyote (© RickAndRandy.com)/
Au revoir!/
Scampering coyote.../
...looking for his buddy.../
Hey, wanna hang out?/
Well hello you magnificent Canis lupus!/
The wolf calling... /
Mmmm... enjoying some elf leg/
The bison and the wolf (on the right bottom side)/
Same Big Horn Sheep as the day before/
What are you smiling at?/
Resting sheep.../
Wait a minute! Who's your buddy on the ridge?/
Bison sweater and the snow/
... and his tongue!/
Snow on the frozen waterfall/
Mammoth visitor cernter/
A cat-sized magpie /
Lichen on the rocks/
Boiling River/
The last night's snowfall/
And our last night's drinks.../
... with hand-drawn wolf art/