Yellowstone 3 - Old Faithful

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Some of us woke up earlier than the rest, early enough to catch these critters right outside our cabin.

Some of us woke up a little later.

the gal's cabin


rest of the guys'



so we all gathered.. and crossed the road to access a picturesque little creek.


test automation team


les fleurs



almost lost my balance





Ok, then we finally decided to move our butts towards Yellowstone. We were entering via the Northeastern entrance and travelling southwest, trying to make it in time for Old Faithful's showtime eruption at about noon.


so down the road we went.


there it is! Yellowstone.


no worries about entry fees since we have optimum people in each car.



the point of this photo is, kevin hugging his Planters honey roasted peanuts behind me.

Soon after we drove into the park, we spotted these!!!




They were actually pretty far away.. thanks to the good cameras we managed to zoom in a lil.




that's why puji chose the hyundai.. cos it has a sunroof for our almighty cameraman.





Yellowstone Lake








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toy shop for our dosage of fridge magnets, bookmarks, playing cards and postcards with the national parks stamp



bambi




after taking the previous group shot, we made our way to the car, and saw this rock in the distance. Which was in the shape of a bison. Wait. IT WAS A BISON!!!!




the bison were aplenty in yellowstone


and!! We reached Old Faithful! There were already lots of people waiting for the show.


waiting with bated breath

before the show started, 3 bison sauntered out near the geyser.. and frolicked in the dust! I expect the powder on the floor to be pretty warm, and maybe they liked the warmth? I'm pretty surprised that these guys can know their way around and not get zapped by the geysers or something. Anyways, their appearance must be the cue for the show to start!

bison enjoying himself






awesome.



we then walked around the area.. where there were these mini-er geysers, most of which just bubbled over


bison leftovers







it's always amazing how such beautiful flowers can sprout in such harsh conditions


another violent eruption. This was really fantastic, it's like musical fountains, without the music and best of all it's totally natural



chipmunk


is he charging at us?


turned out that he had an itchy scalp problem and needed the aid of the sign post to scratch his head.. these bison are the cutest.


we had lunch in the Old Faithful Inn


bison meat



now i regret not getting a bison toy