Yellowstone Trail

This is a hike we did last year but didn't go as far as today. It contains a lot of switchbacks and is over 1,000' elevation change. Oh yeah!











Here are some bones we passed on the way. It appears to have been a baby bison. These are pretty fresh and probably from this past spring. Someone attempted to re-construct the frame.








The flowers and underbrush are so prolific this year with all the rain that we couldn't venture where we went last year. Here are some great pictures of flowers and 2 different types of bumble bees.











Here is the mill we crawled all around last year. We couldn't get near it this year. Soo, we walked on!

YS Trail 2013

We walked 2.5 miles down to a plateau and had lunch and then walked back.











Bob took some awesome pictures of Bear Creek,Yellowstone River and surrounding areas. This blog will contain a lot of great pictures in small size, so as I've noted before, click on one and they will come up full page so you can scroll through them.

Osprey Nest

To the right if you blow this picture up, you can see a huge Osprey Nest on the top of the rocks. Last year we saw a pair of Osprey circling overhead several times. They were absent this time.



And lastly, even though I do have a healthy fear of heights, as long as I have a solid path to walk on, I can navigate just fine. I tend to not look over edges as I walk, but I do look up and around. On the way back up the path, I noticed these rock formations. What is holding each one up is a real mystery! I walked faster past these areas :)

Solid wall of lava rock...above us!

Gravity hasn't kicked in here yet!

Miles hiked count: 35