Yellowstone July 2010 - Day 3 Part 1 - Mud Volcano

We stayed at Fishing Bridge with our trailer, which was a great place to stay since it was in a very central location in the park and had a lot of the hook ups we needed for the trailer. They even said next year they will have electricity hookups, which would have been nice.
When we first got up that morning and were driving just a little ways down the road, we saw our first bison. They were off in the distance, but we were excited. Little did we know that by the end of the trip we would have seen so many that unless there was one about to run you over, we didn't bother taking a picture.


Here we are on the boardwalk at the mud volcano.
And here was our first up close animal encounter -- you could practically reach out and pet him.


I told my Dad I would label this picture "The Hairy Beasts". I don't think he appreciated it.



The Mud Volcano:
One of the coolest things we saw that day was the Dragon's Mouth Spring. It really did look like a dragon's cave with the steam billowing out.





The Mud Caldron:


Then as we continued down the road, we passed by a meadow area that had a whole herd of bison. We had to stop to take a look.

It was such a beautiful day, and the temperature was just about perfect. In fact the only rain we saw was during the night on our first day. Beyond that, everything was perfect.