Wednesday and Thursday Catch-up

Wednesday...September 28, 2016...We moved from Jackson to Yellowstone and Madison Campground. The other main campgrounds in Yellowstone are closed for the season. The drive was sunny and warm. A very nice day for the 130 mile drive. At 8pm, we went to the amphitheater at the campground for a very interesting fireside presentation on buffalo that lasted about an hour. Before we went to bed last night we were treated by listening to elk bugling in the distance. Later on we also heard coyotes howling. What a treat to hear all these sounds from our camper.

View along our drive yesterday

 Lewis Falls

Thursday...September 29, 2016... Today started out at 35 degrees but got up to about 63. We took off for the northern part of the park. The closest route there has the road closed for maintenance so we had to go the long way which goes over Dunraven Pass. That drive took up so much time we decided not to go all the way to Mammoth Hot Springs. Instead, drove up Lamar Valley where the ranger doing the presentation last night said there were about 2,000 plus buffalo in Lamar Valley. It ended up being a good animal viewing day as you can see by the photos below. We saw some elk but did not try to photograph them. I figured we would get a better opportunity later. 

Gibbons Falls

Tower Falls