Bison!
I'm pretty sure I've always caught this before pressing send.
So, bison!
They were everywhere at Yellowstone. On the day we drove in, traffic had slowed. I'll have to say that Yellowstone is the only place I've ever been where people get excited about slowed traffic. We were wondering what we'd see ahead, hoping for something good, and eventually inched past a bison walking down the road. Crazy. I glanced over and am pretty sure that he and I connected in our oh so brief moment of eye contact before I pulling my attention back to the steering wheel and the bumper of the car ahead.
Bison!
On another day, at the end of hike that included views of a storm over lake...
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| This is one of my favorite pictures of Anna from the trip--Sharpie henna on her left arm, AWP writing buttons on her backpack, headphones around her neck, stolen t-shirt (mine)... |
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| ...the sepia version... |
...and an awesome piece of driftwood...
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| I took several pictures of this. So groovy. |
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| It looks like a crab here, I think. |
...we were headed back to the cars and encountered two lounging bison.
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| Cars in view, tired children, insurmountable obstacle... |
One just about directly on the path, another to the right. We were pretty much up-to-date on the recent spate of bison gorings and tossing, so took the long way around to the cars, through the prairie grass, in the hoof prints and past the mud wallows.
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| Bison! |
On another day, visiting thermal features, we were told we would see something on the other side of the sulfury cloud.
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| Had to put the black and white version here because it is so very cool. I think anyone standing in front of billowing steam and sulphur looks all kinds of awesome. |
We approached...
and...you guessed it...bison!
I figure this is the bison version of a spa treatment.
I was going to go for a bison and me selfie, but as selfies are not my strong suit, my brother-in-law took the picture (thanks, Jeff!).
Signing off, full day of second week of writing residency ahead.
Bisons!
Michelle