Ah, Yellowstone...a blend of grand exclamations and disappointment. This beautiful moose posed for us next to the crowded road. Cars stopped in the middleof the road while their drivers left their cars to get 'the piscture' causing traffic back ups until such time as the moose chose to move on.
Yellowstone had a practice of allowing the forst to do as it will. Downed trees remain down. Fire charred trees remain standing until blown down. Unlike the folks in South Dakota's Custer Park, Yellowstone officials let the pine bark beetle attack trees unchallenged. The result is that huge sections of Yellowstone are testimony to acres (as in 20,000+) of dead pine trees made barren either by fire or pine beetles. Notwithstanding these distractions, the wildlife and Old Faithful are grand exclamations.

This plume of white, white hot water is a major attraction and overcomes the other disappointments of Yellowstone. Old Faithful shows herself on average every 92 minutes.