While it still hasn't snowed (sigh), we decided to take advantage of the warmer temperatures and blue skies this afternoon before work. We dragged our snowshoes out from under the bed and set off for Geyser Hill and Observation point.
The snow is so packed down right now that we didn't need our snowshoes, we just hiked up the hill in our boots. Steve was kind enough to strap both pairs of shoes to his backpack.
From the top of the hill we could see the whole Old Faithful area spread out before us, including the building where we live. And we also spotted a small herd of bison grazing near the Firehole River
These are the first bison we've seen in Old Faithful proper--guests have seen them on the boardwalks and right in front of the lodge, but for some reason we've always been somewhere else when they're walking about in the basin.
Steve pointed out this squirrel and we watched him eat for a few minutes before he grew tired of us watching him and scurried away.
We continued on to Solitary Geyser, and you'd never know from this picture that it's the middle of January
Someone reported a wolf at Solitary two days ago, but with all the melting snow I couldn't find any tracks.
The trail dumped us out back on the boardwalk at geyser hill,
and that's when we glimpsed Old Faithful #2, our resident coyote, across the boardwalk.
Wolves were spotted again this morning at Biscuit Basin, so we're off to bed so we can get up early and try our luck tomorrow morning.
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