10/22/2017
West Yellowstone to Old Faithful and back with Shanna, Cheryl, Regina & Katrina.
The overcast dawn light really highlighted this knob of a mountain.
Firehole river falls 
Geese in the meadow 
Mossy tree
Rafe in the mist 
Winter is coming
But autumn lingers (heat killed trees) 
Midway geyser basin overflows into the Firehole river
Late autumn on the Firehole river 
Farther along the road and higher in elevation we come to the Old Faithful geyser area. Here the snow was thicker and I got to test my reflexes in a sliding car. We arrived just in time to watch Old Faithful.
Raven and his snowball
Ravens by my car 
Whoo Hoo! A small eruption of the elusive Grand Fountain Geyser. I keep trying to see this geyser erupt and I never do, till now.
Common merganser 01 
Common merganser 02
Common merganser 03 
Dipper 01
Dipper 02 
Head of the Firehole river falls
Elk in the long grass
We saw elk, bison, common mergansers, mallards, canada geese, dark eyed juncos and lots and lots of ravens.
— Jenny
