Wild animals roamed the park and seemed oblivious to our presence as we watched bison cross the terrain and the roads in front of us. Elk resting in the meadows with their full set of antlers, a joy to see looking so majestic amongst the spring flowers, alpine gentian, balsam-root, monkey flowers and lupins, which were all so pretty colours of purple and yellow amongst the tall, living and dead, pine and spruce trees. Trees are not removed from the park when they die as all is left to nature to manage as much as possible. In late 80s a fire devastated Yellowstone and left many dead stumps of trees within the park of which many still remain in situ, an eerie sight.

Wild animals roamed the park and seemed oblivious to our presence as we watched bison cross the terrain and the roads in front of us. Elk resting in the meadows with their full set of antlers, a joy to see looking so majestic amongst the spring flowers, alpine gentian, balsam-root, monkey flowers and lupins, which were all so pretty colours of purple and yellow amongst the tall, living and dead, pine and spruce trees. Trees are not removed from the park when they die as all is left to nature to manage as much as possible. In late 80s a fire devastated Yellowstone and left many dead stumps of trees within the park of which many still remain in situ, an eerie sight.