We saw many, many geysers during our tour of Yellowstone Park. The geysers are a result of underground volcanoes. Some erupt, some do not, but all are beautiful and incredibly hot!
Family shot!
OLD FAITHFUL!
Hadley, while watching Old Faithful erupt
Brendan, while watching Old Faithful erupt
Daddy striking a pose
Brendan with a background of geysers
Cute!
HA! Fun picture, scary warning.
BEAUTIFUL. And also educational. It was about this time in the trip that Brendan asked me why there were so many different colors of geysers. I told him I was not sure, but that we would probably find some information about it soon. We sought out a landmark post that shared the science behind the colors. I read it to Brendan - ONCE. Later we saw a geyser that was brown right next to one that was blue. Brendan turned to his dad and said, "That one is blue because it is really, really hot. The one over there that looks brown is cooler. The temperature causes the different colors and different bacteria (yes, he said this word) live in different temperatures." He was three years old at the time. What will I do with this kid in high school?
GORGEOUS sunset
Even more gorgeous subject!
Family pic #2
Erupting geyser
The next several pictures are of the buffalo we were so excited to see! Just for the record, my camera does not have a far zoom, so I was very close to take this picture! I think they are used to the tourists.
That is a herd of buffalo behind the boys! They found Hadley's pacifier and battle fists intimidating so they kept their distance.
Here's a great elk shot!
Posing at the canyon. Check out the beautiful waterfall!
Little boys, big beauty
This is a very significant spot: Dragon's Cave. During this hike Daddy told Brendan that we would finish the hike at a place called Dragon's Cave. Brendan, a huge fan of dragons that appear in movies and books, grew increasingly apprehensive as the hike progressed. He soon turned to Daddy and said he did not want to go to Dragon's Cave because he was afraid to see a real dragon. The rest of the conversation went something like this:
Daddy: Oh, don't worry one bit! Did you know that I am a dragon trainer?
Brendan: REALLY? A real one? That trains real dragons?
Daddy: Oh yeah, I am one of the best. If I tell the dragon to stay in his cave, he will. There is no way he will come out.
Brendan turned from apprehensive to ecstatic. When they approached the cave, Daddy yelled (far in advance) and commanded the dragon stay in his cave. Sure enough, the dragon obeyed. They could hear the dragon's roar amist the erupting geyser, but true to Daddy's word, the dragon never came out.
Fast forward two months to Brendan's first week of school. I walk into his room to pick him up and can see that he has the entire class deeply engaged in a story that he is telling. The teacher looks up, sees me, and says, "Oh, Brendan was just telling all of us how his daddy is a dragon trainer!"
AWESOME.
Cool shot. We don't get these pics in GA.
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