Wednesday, July 30
We were glad that we arrived here early enough in the day to find a parking spot.
I find these boiling, gurgling mud pots interesting and fascinating.
This was correctly named, as it gave a continuous deep rumbling sound from somewhere underground.
While listening to Dragons Mouth Spring, Cerwin noticed a bison coming over the hill.
For some reason he began attacking this small pine tree.
Within seconds he destroyed it.
Then he just walked away, as another one came over the hill.
Bison soon came from everywhere, and we were concerned for our cars. It is not unusual for them to ram into cars, but during our time there they left the cars alone.
This was an incredibly interesting place.
I kept thinking about the woman we met in Cody who said she did not enjoy Yellowstone. I don’t think they took time to see places like this.
As we left the area, we carefully avoided getting in the way of the herd of bison who were roaming the parking lot and roads.
More about our last day in the park tomorrow night.
those bison can get just a mite close for comfort sometimes, I remember ~ wow, it would quite unsettling to watch them ram into cars! Yikes!
There was usually a ranger in areas where bison frequented, but I don’t know what they could have done if the bison got aggressive. I think the rangers were there to keep the people from doing stupid things.
What a fascinating place — I’m always intrigued by geothermal sites! And how interesting that the bison would disturb cars in a parking lot — are they looking for food?
The geothermal sites were interesting! Bison are always roaming and looking for food, and the ranger said they liked this area because of the sandy mud. They like to roll in sandy areas because of the bugs that get on their body.
On one beach in Colombia (Arboletes), there is a mud volcano where people soak and get coated with mud. It’s warm, not too hot. Then afterwards, they clean up in the ocean.
That sounds like fun.