Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and Lake County, Montana.
  • We met the Westgates at Fritz and Penny Trask's home in Denver.
  • We stayed one night at Sunburst Lodge in Casper, Wyoming.
  • The Sunburst’s two-story common room is a fine venue for meeting other guests.
  • For our Yellowstone visit we stayed at the Gardiner Guest House in Gardiner, Montana, just outside the park’s North Gate.
  • The Gardiner Guest House’s innkeeper, Nancy Parks.
  • Ann and Michael pose in front of a Yellowstone mud volcano.
  • Joanne looks down at a travertine slope from a boardwalk.
  • The travertine looks like a pile of ice.
  • The travertine, which is deposited continuously, comes in many colors.
  • Wildflowers were just beginning to appear.
  • The outcroppings show up in unexpected places.
  • The colors come from algae. Different species, with different colors, thrive at different temperatures.