May 28, 2012 Upper Yellowstone

St Joseph Scenic drive

Up around Cooke City, Montana

St. Joseph Scenic drive

St. Joseph Scenic drive

Cooke City visitor center burrr!

Yellowstone river

Black Bear (a little small but I did not want to get too close)

Mammoth Hot Springs

Mammoth Hot Springs

Mammoth Hot Springs

Mammoth Hot Springs (water is about 160 degrees)

Mammoth Hot Springs

Through west end of Yellowstone

Buffalo in road stopping traffic

Buffalo

Buffalo

Yellowstone Lake

Yesterday we traveled 275 miles around the upper rim of Yellowstone National Park. We traveled from Cody, Wyoming via St Joseph scenic route to Cooke City, Montana, through Tower Junction to Mammoth Hot springs. We then went down through Norris to Fishing Bridge and out the East Gate back home to Cody. The East gate was closed yesterday morning due to snow. Lucky for us it opened when we needed to go back to Cody. It snowed, it rained, and we also got some 50 degree weather with sunshine. For us Floridians it was a cold day. Yellowstone is vast and has varied terrain. Yellowstone Lake is huge...like the ocean. We saw more buffalo, a black bear and an elk. Wow. Amazing landscape.