Wake up with the snow in the sky, I almost could not believe my eyes since it is “May”, Spring season!!!
We have to borrow the snow scrapper from the hotel to remove snow from the windshield.
Contrary to Grand Teton, here at Yellowstone, we see bison and elk so often that we just pass them without slow or stop our car for taking pictures anymore. Our main interest is at the Mammoth Hot Springs located in the northern part of the park.
“…the location of springs and the rate of flow changes daily, that "on-again-off-again" is the rule…” So the mammoth hot springs that we see today rarely has any water on. So we have to imagine that…..“…Travertine formations grow much more rapidly than sinter formations due to the softer nature of limestone. As hot water rises through limestone, large quantities of rock are dissolved by the hot water, and a white chalky mineral is deposited on the surface….”
We then drive to the northern part of the park, stop our car whenever we see a group of cars parking along the road. Most of them use the binocular to view wildlife. We see three of white foxes baking in the sun, a mom and a child grizzly bear playing together, a red fox and a group of pronghorns.
We then visit the Yellowstone canyon;
“…..Mineral stains mark the sites of hot springs and steam vents in the canyon walls. For thousands of years, upwardly percolating fluids have altered the chemistry of the rocks, turning them yellow, red white and pink….”
Fishing village that it is still cold that the surface of the lake frosts.
We have to borrow the snow scrapper from the hotel to remove snow from the windshield.
Contrary to Grand Teton, here at Yellowstone, we see bison and elk so often that we just pass them without slow or stop our car for taking pictures anymore. Our main interest is at the Mammoth Hot Springs located in the northern part of the park.
“…the location of springs and the rate of flow changes daily, that "on-again-off-again" is the rule…” So the mammoth hot springs that we see today rarely has any water on. So we have to imagine that…..“…Travertine formations grow much more rapidly than sinter formations due to the softer nature of limestone. As hot water rises through limestone, large quantities of rock are dissolved by the hot water, and a white chalky mineral is deposited on the surface….”
We then drive to the northern part of the park, stop our car whenever we see a group of cars parking along the road. Most of them use the binocular to view wildlife. We see three of white foxes baking in the sun, a mom and a child grizzly bear playing together, a red fox and a group of pronghorns.
We then visit the Yellowstone canyon;
“…..Mineral stains mark the sites of hot springs and steam vents in the canyon walls. For thousands of years, upwardly percolating fluids have altered the chemistry of the rocks, turning them yellow, red white and pink….”
Fishing village that it is still cold that the surface of the lake frosts.
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