RHH's photos with the keyword: old faithful

Old Faithful geyser is, of course, the best-known feature of Yellowstone National Park, though it is neither the tallest nor the most regular of the geysers in the park. Nonetheless, because it erupts nearly every hour and because it is near the main lodge there is always a crowd there. The rest of the geyser basin is usually less busy and has many features that are as interesting as Old Faithful and it is worth spending time there, if one can find parking during the busy season.

We do not always go to see Old Faithful geyser when we are in Yellowstone National Park even if we go to the rest of the geyser basin. It is so busy there in the summer months that it is difficult to find parking or even a spot to watch the geyser erupt. Nor is it the most impressive geyser in the park.

Geysers and hot springs are not the only things worth seeing in Yellowstone National Park. This Osprey (Fish Eagle) was photographed over the Firehole River in the Front Basin, the same basin in which Old Faithful is found.

When in Yellowstone last May parts of the park were still closed by snow and there was a lot of snow still on the ground in the parts of the park that were open. Near the turnoff for Old Faithful and as we were leaving the area we saw this Grizzly sow and cub playing in the snow and watched them for quite a while. We had seen them foraging earlier on our way into the Old Faithful geyser basin but they were in the trees and we did not get good photos.

This Grizzly sow and cub playing in the snow were photographed near the Old Faithful geyser basin in Yellowstone National Park.

These are Grizzlies, a sow and an older cub, playing in the snow near the Old Faithful Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.

Photographed along the main road near the Old Faithful geyser basin, this Grizzly sow and cub were playing in the snow.