Up
at 5:15 again. This morning there was an
egg creation with the left over elk bolognaise. The moon was a crescent holding up a ball of ice cream....
We headed up to elk flats. The pre-sunrise
looked like what we imagine the smoky mountains must look like; shades of grey
with clouds lifting off the valleys and onto the peaks. The sun lit the very tips of the clouds
making it look like God was about to make an appearance, but it was just angels
in the end. A sight to behold
never-the-less.
The
elk bugled in the sunrise and kept at it.
We met a couple of guys from Ontario with a 600 mm and an 800mm lens
each; lens envy! We finally left them
and headed up to Swan Lake toward Norris on the road that was closed 7 miles
from there. The forecast was calling for
clear skies, even though there was considerable cloud cover. We wanted to check out the location for
potential Milky Way shoots.
We
then came back and headed to Lamar Valley via Tower. On the way a cloud was in the valley below us
making for wonderful photo ops. It had
rained seriously the night before and the road to 6 blacktails plateau was
closed.
We
got lucky and saw a bluebird close enough to snag a shot or two. Of course the bison were everywhere! We’ve gotten picky now – only shooting them
if they were in the sun, doing something interesting, or had unique
backdrop.
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| Bluebird |
Each
day the autumn colors were getting more vibrant.
This
day we decided to see all the parts of the park we had already been in and to
add a new part – Norris. After all,
Yellowstone is known for its geysers and we hadn’t seen any. That was by design as they stink!! But, we were here so what the hey?!
So
we drove to Norris Basin Geyser and walked around to see the color pools and
watch people eat their lunches next to the smelly geysers (yuck!). The pools are pretty, but after about 30
minutes we had had enough and were headed back to the wildlife and Hayden
Valley.
On
the way back we did the Virginia Cascades loop.
There wasn’t much to see, but there was a small river near the end with
a fly fisherman. Cheri had always wanted
to shoot one – she got her shot!
The
weather started to really cloud up and look threatening so after one last look
at Le Hardy Rapids, we headed back out of the park for dinner at the Iron
Horse. Cheri had the Bison meatloaf and
John ordered a Bison steak but ended up with a rib eye that was very tasty!
Enjoy!
Cheri
& John
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