7/17/2005
Sometimes you don't have to be an early-bird to become lucky. We had our most exicting first day at Yellowstone, not with old faithful, but with bisons and elks. You'll see bellow that we first spot a family of bisons roamed on the other side of river and eventually swam across, toward us. Then, on a detour, we made a detour to a driveway that we spot a huge herd of bisons in the distance. It turned out while seeing bisons are common, seeing such a big herd within but a few feet distance is not everybody's luck. Other than bisons, elks are also extremely friend and quiet. Girls even had a family photo with them, of course, in the background.
Old faithful is overly developed and watched like a football match by thousands of people sitting on the bench. We didn't not pick the right spot to watch it erupts upon arrival. However, later we had some different shots of it from a mile's hike along the observation point trail which gave us much solitude.
other spots are easily accessible through board walk. Girls had their nap in the van while we explored the field of geysers and hot springs alone. Our anti-collectivism behavior set a timer for the later explosion of Xun -- the longer she waited for us the more noticeable the eruption. Though, she only splashed words, not physical punishment of any kind.
