What's that smell?

We have a couple extra days so we went back to America's first national park, Yellowstone. 

But on the recommendation of our B&B hosts, we detoured on the way there to visit Mesa Falls, Idaho. These were unusual falls in that you are almost guaranteed to see a rainbow if the sun is shining.  We got the rainbow but did not find the pot of gold.  It will be back to lottery tickets for Karla.

The park services motto this year is "Find your park".  I believe most people interpret that to mean "Find Yellowstone". So we spent the first part of the day visiting a few less popular - but still amazing - sites to avoid the crowds. Small geysers, mud pots and waterfalls fit the bill.

By late afternoon we decided to brave the basin to view some of the marquee geysers. Great colors, super displays, strong sulfur smells, and excellent weather made for a great show - despite the tour buses. More pictures today than we normally blog but it is hard to edit Yellowstone.