It’s become somewhat of a tradition around our camp to celebrate the birthday of my lovely wife – The One Who Must Be Obeyed – by a ‘tourist day’ in Yellowstone. She is not subject to the whims of fisherfolk on this day – we traditionally start the day with a hearty breakfast at the Running Bear in West Yellowstone (ran into John Jurasek and his lovely wife Mary there) and then enjoy the drive along the Madison into the Park. Here are a few pics from yesterday’s run – starting with a couple of the little geysers at Firehole Lake….
As usual there were fish and bison in the upper Gibbon meadows at Norris….
Smiling construction signs in the Gibbon Canyon…
And sparkling water on the Madison in the afternoon…
We left West Yellowstone in bright sun and temps in the high 60s, and by the time we got back to Bozeman it was raining and in the low 50s.
Jake talked me into an ealry evening run to the lower Madison to finish the day – it was 50 and raining over there as well. Flows are up a bit given the rains – the biggest fish we saw was landed (and eaten) by a pelican. A bit of road time all in all yesterday – but Montana is wearing her emerald green coat this time of year and every mile is beautiful….
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Great pictures and boy I can’t wait to get back out that way! Always appreciate the reports~