First off, I have to say "I'm in heaven!" I've just had a shower and it was wonderful!! (It is the little things in life.) Next, I've just realized that none of the pictures I've dutifully been adding to this blog (otherwise it's like a picture book without the pictures) have actually shown up on the blog. It shows that an IPad is definitely NOT a computer. So, sorry. When we get home I'll see what can be done about it.

Although to tell the truth, yesterday there wasn't much to photograph. We left Mammoth Tuesday morning and found a camp spot in the Tower Fall camp area. We then went off to do the Mt Washburn peak, which is suppose to have the best views of Yellowstone. Have I mentioned that there are 6 fires presently going on in Yellowstone and there are fires in all the surrounding states? It's important to remember that. We hiked up and up 3 miles on a dirt road to get to the lookout on the peak. Surprise, surprise the view was minimal due to all the smoke in the air. Here's the one picture we got up there.

We did then go to see Tower Fall, right across from our camp area and it was lovely:

And the Yellowstone River was nice:

But that was about it for Tuesday. We did have a wonderful spaghetti dinner with artichoke hearts and fresh rosemary. Today was a different matter. We moved to the Granite Village area and the drive down was amazing. We stopped to see the Lower Falls

And then in the meadows saw a herd of buffalo off to the side of the road. Talk about cars stopping. But it was very cool to see them up close

After getting our camp spot Grant Village we headed over to Riddle Lake, about a 6 mile total wonderful, flat hike. It was a beautiful hike with meadows, old trees, new trees and a lake at the end. 

We did see a bear paw print by the far side of the lake. It's kind of wild to think that in the past day or so we were walking where a bear had also been

After the hike we went over to the West Thumb Geyser Basin and saw the thermal stuff one should see in Yellowstone.

Now we're sitting at camp, enjoying a cocktail after a wonderful shower. Tomorrow we're off to see Old Faithful.