Yellowstone #7 - Yellowstone Lake

This is the last one! Phew! Thanks for your patience!

So, the evening after our hike we took a boat tour on Lake Washington. It was one of those tours where the tour guide tries to be funny but no one laughs, well, sometimes we laughed. Anyway

we learned some interesting things. Like there is a shipwreck on the lake. (Sorry about the reflection on the glass.) The boat was built by this guy who was actually pretty evil, and the boat was basically a floating "den of iniquity." He also captured the animals in the park and made a zoo and then didn't take good care of the animals. The rangers eventually ran him out and burned his boat.

You could also see one of the major forest fires, or at least the smoke from it.

Yellowstone actually has several forest fires every year. Most of the time, though, they are in the lesser inhabited areas of the park so you never hear about them.

Well, that's about it. The next morning we were up before the sun because I had to catch an afternoon flight out. We did get to see a beautiful sunrise, though.

I hope you enjoyed my Yellowstone pictures. Let me know what you think!

Next up, my last hike of the summer and then Cabo!