we went to yellowstone this summer...except, in my quest to take the boys to as many of the 50 states as possible, we went the long route...we stopped in saratoga, wy...(see the post from 11/03/2008 detailing those adventures)...we also stopped in salt lake city, ut to see the great salt lake...but the drought was so severe, that the lake had receded at least 75 feet from its banks...so we couldn't get a very good look at it...that afternoon, we went to timpanogos cave...which seemed like a good idea...and while i realized that there was a 1 1/2 mile hike when i purchased the advance tickets...i somehow missed the fact that it was pretty much STRAIGHT UP A MOUNTAIN...i don't do well at high altitudes, but with a lot of encouragement from the boys, i managed to make it to the cave...
80% of the climb is complete...can you see the shelter area a little to the right of the center of the picture?
using every photo op as a chance to rest...these are sedimentary layers...the tops of these mountains used to be the bottom of the ocean...it's been pushed up & folded by tectonic activity...
looking at a neighboring mountain...we are around 6700 ft above sea level...
using another photo op to catch my breath...
rare cave formations...the curly shapes are called helictites...
a large portion of yellowstone burned in 1988...the forest still hasn't recovered...
there were so many geysers & steam vents that the boys became blase about them...
although they were always fascinated by the streams...
and by the incredible power of the rivers...
ultimately, the boys decided that it's wrong to eat bison...
and that they should be free forever...
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