Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The last day of our snowmobile tour took us from the north gate of Yellowstone back to the south gate, where we started:
Our first encounter upon entering the park was this buffalo, standing down a small slope and only about thirty feet off the road:
It was amusing to note that he was even smart enough to cross the freezing creek on a bridge:
Later on, we passed what our guide described as the hottest point in the park, a field of steam vents over a place where three fault lines meet. Apparently, the next time the Yellowstone caldera blows, it's predicted to happen at this point:
At one rest stop, we lined up the sleds for group photos...
...before moving on to the mud volcano and neighboring Dragon's Mouth Spring:
I actually took several photos of the Dragon's Mouth, but it's mostly giant clouds of steam coming out of a somewhat mouth-shaped hole in the rock, and the pictures showed nothing but white. So we've got a real pretty sign:
Just before lunch, we stopped on the shore of Yellowstone Lake (or was it Lake Yellowstone?):
After lunch we rode hard for the south entrance, wrapping up the tour with a stop at Moose Falls on Crawfish Creek:
Back at the starting point, Lori snapped this pic of yours truly chillin' after the ride:
That's it for the snowmobile tour, but the best is yet to come...
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