A Day in Yellowstone

Today, Colin, Chelsea and I drove through Bozeman to Paradise Valley to the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park. As most of you know who are reading this, Yellowstone is one of our favorite places on this planet we call earth. No trip to Big Sky feels complete without a visit here. Unfortunately, Laurie couldn't make the trip as she had to work from the condo :(

It's a long drive to Yellowstone at this time of year since the west entrance is closed until sometime later in the spring. But, Lamar Valley really is a favorite place to visit anyway. It's remote, peaceful and wild.

Here are a few photographs from the day. We did not see any bears or wolves today but that's okay -- it was nice to see it all again.

Elk Lazing about Mammoth Hot Springs Area

A Curious Raven

Palette Spring at Mammoth Hot Springs

A Killdeer Warms His Feet

The Sign Doesn't Lie!

At the end of our day, we met our photographer friend, Tom Murphy, at the Stockman Restaurant in downtown Livingston. It's always great to catch up with Tom as he has some amazing stories of adventures from his journeys. (If you remember, Colin and I took a 5-day photography class with Tom a couple summers ago and Tom is also on the Advisory Council for the Yellowstone Park Foundation).

Most of the photographs at the soon-to-be-unveiled Old Faithful Visitor Education Center will be his. President Obama has been invited to the grand unveiling in August. Of course, First Lady Michelle may come instead or Vice President Joe Biden. Since this is a building that the Yellowstone Park Foundation raised funds for, it could be worth a special trip to see this Grand Opening, especially if Mr. Obama makes the trip!!