Our current home, the quite adequate Westwood Motel.

And our personal shangre-la "number 12".

Once again we enter the quite amazing Yellowstone State park, for road trip day 2.

Rapid cooling of lava, during many volcanic eruptions, starting 50 million years ago, resulted in these cliff faces resembling uneven picket fences.

Tower falls, the soft rock eroded by wind and water makes fantastic shapes.

The Yellowstone River.

The steep climb (by car) to the top of Mt Washburn rewarded us with some panoramic, if not hazy vistas.

This area known as the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, vaties in width from 800-1200feet and is around 24 miles long, the lava rock gives it its lovely colours.

Taking a breather on the breezy bridge.

Ians solo mission to Lower Brink falls.

The Stunning rainbows created by the spray and sunlight.

A 600 foot drop, in just about 3/8 ths of a mile.

The various animals we encountered include, Peka's (little rodents) Mule Deer but no bears.

We did however encounter HUNDREDS of Bison, we took a ticket only trip to Lamar Valley, where the Bison hang out.

A 40 minute traffic jam occured as we left the park, these mighty beasts are not to be hurried.

We understand the importance of the standby ambulance we passed, as 2 visitors have been seriously injured by Bison in the last few days. The Bison are currently calving, they are unusually protective at this time.

One cheeky Bison ignoring the "stay on the path" request.
The mud volcano area, boasting bubbling cauldrons of muddy water.

The Dragons Mouth billows steam from the cave entrance, accompanied by rumbles and belches from the cavern below.

A final stop at West Thumb Geyser Basin, on the edge of Yellowstone lake, could almost be the setting for an alien movie.

Bubbling pea green swamps.

Including King Geyser!

Dinner was another disappointing meal, this time at West Yosemites China town Restaurant.

Time for bed dear reader and we'd like to take a moment to give our appreciation to all commenters and contributors, we do look forward to your input. On that note, an update on yesterdays Thermopiles, that are in fact Thermophiles. Oops ( Thank you for the giggle! ) rest assured spelling has been corrected.

Goodnight xxx