Just Two Nerds

After the hike at the Tetons, we went to the West Thumb and Norris Geyser areas. West Thumb is a thermal area near an inlet to Yellowstone Lake. This area is really neat to walk through, because there are a lot of thermal pools. There are even several geyser cones in the lake.

We then went to Biscuit Basin, near the Old Faithful geyser area. This is a smaller area, with several large thermal pools. We also saw some buffalo alongside the road near this area. They were just relaxing, happily wandering through the grass, and pointedly ignoring the cars which stopped to gawk and take pictures.

We also went to the Mud Volcano area, where we got to see a lot of bubbling mud. While none of the mud was really flying this time, the thermal feature was definitely active, with a lot of mud bubbling and boiling.

On our way up to Norris Geyser Basin, we stopped along the side of the road to see two large bull elk. Their racks were very impressive, and it was amusing that one was calmly sitting in the middle of some trees, while the other was happily eating grass by a stream and posing by turning his head from side to side.

Once we made our way up to Norris, we took a quick hike around the geyser area. We were fortunate to be there for sunset, and managed to get some nice pictures of the sun, trees, and thermal features.

Here are our albums from the post:

• Norris Geyser Basin (8/19/2007)
• Biscuit Basin (8/19/2007)
• West Thumb Geyser Area (8/19/2007)

Tags: elk, geysers, sunset