Today (May 28, 2004) we drove from the Old Faithful Inn to West Thumb Geyser Basin and Lake Village. We stopped and photographed snow scenes, waterfalls, Yellowstone Lake and several small geysers. A herd of Elk showed up at Old Faithful about dark, 730 p.m. EMAIL


View of regrowth from the fires of 1988 taken from the Kepler Cascades.


Kepler Cascades Falls about 10 in the morning. Temperatures were in the upper 30s and to lower 40s. There was snow next to the highway.


Downstream from the Kepler Cascades Falls.


Snow at a pullover at Scaup Lake.


Sarah overlooking Scaup Lake.


Scaup Lake. We were hoping to see a bear or wolf.


DeLacy Creek pulloff. Notice how high the snow was on the side of the road stop and snow was evident in the forest.


Another scene at the DeLacy Creek stop.


Taken from the Shoshone Lake stop. No snow here.


We crossed the Continental Divide at elevation 8,391 feet. Snow was abundant here, as can be seen by the height of it at the stop behind the trash can. The roads were only wet, however, as it was above freezing. Also, some of this snow height was caused by the road graders.


Almost at West Thumb Geyser Basin you can still see the burnt-out trees next to Yellowstone Lake from the 1988 fires. The warning sign at West Thumb warned people not to step off the walkways as the ground was crusty and could  give way into hot geysers.


Hot geysers and Yellowstone Lake at West Thumb Geyser Basin about noon May 28, 2004. They had several walkways around the park.


Various geysers at West Thumb.


Steam from geysers vents at West Thumb Geyser Basin. Yellowstone Lake is in the background.


Yellowstone Lake. The lake is located in the top of a volcano.


View of geysers and a sign explaining the formation of Yellowstone Lake. Some people think this area is ripe for another explosion but the Park Service has continuous seismic monitors around Yellowstone National Park and nothing is out of the ordinary at this time.


Lakeshore Geyser and one of the walkways around the West Thumb Geyser Basin on Yellowstone Lake.


Fishing Cone Geyser.


Part of the walkway around West Thumb.


After leaving West Thumb, I stopped and got this photo of the steam coming out around Yellowstone Lake..






A herd of Elk casually walked across the field next to Old Faithful Geyser about 730 p.m. May 28. You could just walk up to them.


Time exposure of inside Old Faithful Inn, 100-years old in 2004.

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