9/19/14

After work on Monday, we drove to the Old Faithful area and walked the Daisy Geyser trail. About halfway down the trail a pair of bison decided they were going to rest on the trail, so the walk was over. We turned around and went home, not knowing how long the bison were going to stay there. A pair of bicyclists were coming from the other end of the trail and also had to turn around.

 

Tuesday we walked the Little Gibbon Falls trail. It's an easy mile and a half trail, four miles west of Norris Geyser Basin. The falls are not on any map and the trail goes on to Wolf Lake, but we didn't have time to go that far. It's a pretty little water fall.

 

The trail passes through meadows and forests burned by the 1988 fires and the fall colors were showing themselves.

Wednesday we walked the Two Ribbons trail near the west entrance. There was an osprey cruising the Madison River looking for a fish to catch.

 

We haven't had any real snow yet, but it has started raining more often. There's still plenty of sunshine though, with highs in the 70's. The nice thing about the rain is, we haven't had any wildfires in the park so far this year. Last night we could hear elk bugling around the campground.