As we were driving, Melodee noticed that our clutch was not doing very well. Melodee was loosing power in her gears, so we took our truck to the super expensive mechanic and he told us our clutch was shot. So, we decided that we should probably get that fixed... but we really wanted to play in Yellowstone, so we (Melodee) drove with practically no clutch all day and we went all the way around Yellowstone! Sometimes, we are not the brightest people, but you have to understand that we are in the middle of nowhere and the nearest town was 100 miles away and we had to pass all kinds of amazing sights on the way in any case... so off we chug-a-lugged. 
Self
explanatory.
I really, really wanted to see Old Faithful, so off we went. As you may have guessed, you cannot command a geyser to explode at a certain date and time so we took a chance that we may get to see it. It goes off anywhere between 90-100 minute intervals. We walked up to it and this is what we saw... we were not totally impressed, but I saw Old Faithful, so we took a picture and turned around to leave. 
As I turned away from it, I heard a swoooshing sound and the geyser shot 100 feet into the air! I whirled around, camera in hand and started shooting! I was so excited- we saw Old Faithful!!!
These are "thermal" areas where the geysers and pools begin.
I am
fascinated by these orange/yellow minerals. At first, I thought it was the color of the water, but it is not. It is the color of the rock underneath the clear water.
Deep,
Sapphire pools of sulphur.
I think it looks like someone spilled the rejects from the Sherwin Williams paint store- isn't it a crazy color?!?
Bubbling rocks.
Geyser.
I practically had to hold Melodee back from jumping in - it does look inviting, though.
More crazy colors.
Hot tub, anyone?
As we were approaching the East exit of the park, we saw people lined up on both sides of the road, pointing at a hill, taking pictures and talking to each other. The people driving past were all pointing out the windows and Melodee and I looked at each other . . . there was nothing there. We looked really hard, but we saw nothing. There was a ranger directing traffic and we asked him what was going on. He said they had seen a bear and her cub over the hill and they may come back, but they weren't there just then. We kept moving, but felt better because we couldn't understand what all the fuss was about!
Then, traffic was stopped for a very obvious reason- bison crossing! There was a herd of bison that were taking their sweet time crossing the road. Of course, we stopped and waited until they were all across and then kept moving, but I felt like we were back in India!
We camped on the East side of Yellowstone that evening so we could head out early and get to Cody, Wyoming where we could get our clutch fixed.
Self explanatory.
I really, really wanted to see Old Faithful, so off we went. As you may have guessed, you cannot command a geyser to explode at a certain date and time so we took a chance that we may get to see it. It goes off anywhere between 90-100 minute intervals. We walked up to it and this is what we saw... we were not totally impressed, but I saw Old Faithful, so we took a picture and turned around to leave. 
As I turned away from it, I heard a swoooshing sound and the geyser shot 100 feet into the air! I whirled around, camera in hand and started shooting! I was so excited- we saw Old Faithful!!!
These are "thermal" areas where the geysers and pools begin.
I am fascinated by these orange/yellow minerals. At first, I thought it was the color of the water, but it is not. It is the color of the rock underneath the clear water.
Deep, Sapphire pools of sulphur.
I think it looks like someone spilled the rejects from the Sherwin Williams paint store- isn't it a crazy color?!?
Bubbling rocks.
Geyser.
I practically had to hold Melodee back from jumping in - it does look inviting, though.
More crazy colors.
Hot tub, anyone?
As we were approaching the East exit of the park, we saw people lined up on both sides of the road, pointing at a hill, taking pictures and talking to each other. The people driving past were all pointing out the windows and Melodee and I looked at each other . . . there was nothing there. We looked really hard, but we saw nothing. There was a ranger directing traffic and we asked him what was going on. He said they had seen a bear and her cub over the hill and they may come back, but they weren't there just then. We kept moving, but felt better because we couldn't understand what all the fuss was about!
Then, traffic was stopped for a very obvious reason- bison crossing! There was a herd of bison that were taking their sweet time crossing the road. Of course, we stopped and waited until they were all across and then kept moving, but I felt like we were back in India!
We camped on the East side of Yellowstone that evening so we could head out early and get to Cody, Wyoming where we could get our clutch fixed.
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