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Yellowstone National Park August 2009
Mary Lou and I spent the last four days of August 2009 at the Lake Yellowstone Hotel, pictured below, in Yellowstone NP. Construction on some of the roads limited our access to some of our favorite parts of the park and the weather didn't cooperate on at least one day, but we still enjoyed ourselves. (Left-click mouse on photos to enlarge them)
The Lake Yellowstone Hotel, viewed from the distance to get all of the sprawling four-story building into the picture.
The front entrance view of the hotel from the lake side
The hotel is on the National Historic Registry (NHR), despite the boxy appearance of the architecture. The building needs renovating and updating, but they are limited on what they can do by the NHR requirements to keep it historically accurate. Despite the worn interior in spots, it still was a lovely place to spend four days. Great ambiance and good food at the restaurant.
For the antique car lovers, a fully restored 1937 White touring bus (with a modern drive train and chassis.)
Note that because the hotel is in a national park, they don't do fancy, non-indigenous landscaping.
We had our share of thunderstorms that disrupted our sightseeing
I got one decent sunrise from the lakeside in front of the hotel.
A closeup of the sunrise.
We didn't see as many American bison, or buffalo, this year as in 2008 (see earlier post under "08," Custer State Park
I got a closeup view of this old timer plodding down the road.
Came across this coyote hunting for meal on our first day in the park.
Coyotes are a lot smaller than wolves (which we didn't see this year).
The coyote is checking out a burrow mound for a potential meal inside it.
We got a real close view of this bull elk alongside the road.
Perhaps I was getting a little too close, but he didn't look too happy with me so I backed off.
Got plenty of opportunity because of the weather to take photos of wildflowers. (Wild asters above.)
A golden eye.
Wild sticky geranium.
Dalmatian toad flax
Cinquefoil
The waterfalls on the Yellowstone River are impressive.
This is a closeup of the top of the falls from the previous photo. Note the people to the right give perspective to the size of the falls.
This river gorge is known as the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone."
The Lake Yellowstone Hotel, viewed from the distance to get all of the sprawling four-story building into the picture.
The front entrance view of the hotel from the lake side
The hotel is on the National Historic Registry (NHR), despite the boxy appearance of the architecture. The building needs renovating and updating, but they are limited on what they can do by the NHR requirements to keep it historically accurate. Despite the worn interior in spots, it still was a lovely place to spend four days. Great ambiance and good food at the restaurant.
For the antique car lovers, a fully restored 1937 White touring bus (with a modern drive train and chassis.)
Note that because the hotel is in a national park, they don't do fancy, non-indigenous landscaping.
We had our share of thunderstorms that disrupted our sightseeing
I got one decent sunrise from the lakeside in front of the hotel.
A closeup of the sunrise.
We didn't see as many American bison, or buffalo, this year as in 2008 (see earlier post under "08," Custer State Park
I got a closeup view of this old timer plodding down the road.
Came across this coyote hunting for meal on our first day in the park.
Coyotes are a lot smaller than wolves (which we didn't see this year).
The coyote is checking out a burrow mound for a potential meal inside it.
We got a real close view of this bull elk alongside the road.
Perhaps I was getting a little too close, but he didn't look too happy with me so I backed off.
Got plenty of opportunity because of the weather to take photos of wildflowers. (Wild asters above.)
A golden eye.
Wild sticky geranium.
Dalmatian toad flax
Cinquefoil
The waterfalls on the Yellowstone River are impressive.
This is a closeup of the top of the falls from the previous photo. Note the people to the right give perspective to the size of the falls.
This river gorge is known as the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone."
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