Wednesday, July 1, 2009
We took off for Canyon lakes first and saw some beautiful falls.
The scenery was breathtaking and the colors were heart stopping. I couldn’t believe all the nuances of color that were in every bit of the scene. We hiked up and looked at the Upper Falls from across the river and then we went around and were able to get RIGHT OVER the Upper Falls. We were so close that it seemed like we could touch them.
We realized as we drove through the area that we could spend several days just in this section alone.
We had to tear ourselves away from the Fall area and went on to Mammoth Springs.
We basically bypassed Tower Junction - but it was beautiful scenery too.
Mammoth Springs was geothermal structures created from minerals in the water and sculpted by Mother Nature herself. It looked like another world. it was what you would imagine an alien planet would look like.
There were so many sites...
On the way back to the hotel we kept a sharp eye out for bears and other wildlife - at one point we saw what we were sure was a grizzly bear - but realized after checking it out with the binoculars that it was more likely a buffalo.
I had put on a crock pot of Beef Stroganoff for dinner. We were trying to economize so that we wouldn’t have to eat out every night, and it worked out deliciously.
We walked around town for a little bit and bought some souvenirs. We had ice cream and were attacked by some bloodthirsty little mosquitos who wanted their dessert as well. We tried to go star gazing in Idaho because we knew that the skies should be free of ambient city lights. There was a great deal of cloud cover and lots of lightening - but sadly, no stars.
Labels: bald Eagle, Canyon Lakes, Mammoth Springs, Yellowstone














