Photos: Yellowstone Trip, Sea-Tac Airport

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While hugging Tigger the Tiger, Lydia is studying the activity on the tarmac. During each time that we go to the airport, Lydia enjoys gazing at the planes.

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Lydia is doing "the stretch" while gazing at the airplanes.

Note: Both of these pictures were taken on June 11, 2008 at Sea-Tac Airport in SeaTac, Washington.

Photos: Yellowstone Bison

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A sleeping bison

"Bison are related to domestic cattle, sheep, and goats. They stand 5 1/2 feet high at the shoulders, and adult males (bulls) weight 1,200 - 2,000 pounds while females (cows) weight 700 - 900 pounds." (Yellowstone National Park. Impact Photographics: 2007. page 21.)

June 12, 2008

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A bison calf is drinking milk from its mother.

"After a gestation of nine to ten months, a cow bison typically gives birth to a single calf weighing about forty pounds." (Fred Pflughoft. Yellowstone Impressions. Farcountry Press: 2002. page 46.)

June 13, 2008

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Lydia is looking out the window at the bison. Bison was a word that Lydia often repeated whenever she saw these animals at the park.

June 12, 2008

Photographer: SiowFong

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Lydia is sitting on Ma Wee's lap while holding Tigger the Tiger in her left hand after she finished gazing at the bison.

June 12, 2008

Photographer: SiowFong

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Procession of bison

This type of traffic jam is common in Yellowstone National Park.

June 13, 2008

Photographer: SiowFong

Note: All pictures were taken at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

Yellowstone National Park

June 13, 2008

Yellowstone National Park

When Ma Wee stays a few months with us, we take her on a few mini-vacations. Last year, she visited Vancouver, Victoria, and Whistler, all of which are in British Columbia, Canada. This year’s first mini-vacation for Ma Wee occurred in Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park (Yellowstone’s southern neighbor) from June 11 through June 16, and this year’s bonus was that MayLee joined us for this trip.

“On March 2, 1872 the Congress of the United States set aside Yellowstone as the first national park in the world. For visitors who pas beneath the Park’s stone archway at Gardiner, Montana, the motto of Yellowstone say it all: ‘For the enjoyment and benefit of the people.’

Old Faithful Geyser and the Lower Falls of Yellowstone may be the magnets that draw people here, but the remaining geysers, bubbling pools, and steam percolating from the hot earth below are fascinating in their own right.

Animal lovers from around the world visit the greater Yellowstone region each year for the opportunity to see North American wildlife. Here they find the largest free-roaming herds of bison and elk in the United States, and habitat that supports over 60 species of mammals and 260 species of birds.

Yellowstone Park’s land area is 2.2 million acres of forests, meadows, and water. The lowest and highest elevations range from 5,282 feet at Reese Creek to 11, 358 feet at Eagle Peak’s Summit. Although Yellowstone is claimed by Wyoming, small portions of the park also lie in Montana and Idaho.” (Source: Yellowstone National Park: The World’s First National Park. Impact Photographics: 2007. back cover.)

The next several postings on Lydia’s blog comprise part of our photo essay of our time in Yellowstone.