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old faithful ready to erupt.  This was our last stop for the day.  Thought I had taken a video of the full eruption but apparently I haven't figured that one out yet.  By then we were in our rain suits with the umbrella being used to keep the wind off us.  It had dropped to less than 60 degrees before the strong wind.  Nice thing to see though.  Rain suits, umbrella, and sandals.
We started out the day about 11:30 this morning from the campground and headed off to do a figure eight on the roads inside Yellowstone Park.  We finished about 8:30 back at the camper.   Old Faithful went off about 7:20 p.m.
Our first sighting of wildlife was the elk in the grassy field.  I got to shoot one as he decided to cross the creek to join the rest of the herd.  Wow!  The camera makes it look like I am very close...NOT.  I believe them when they say this is not the season to get close to them.
We then went from Madison to Norris on a road that is being widened, repaired, or something.  We had about a 15 minute wait before they let our side of traffic proceeded up the 6% grade and back down again.  From Norris we drove East for 12 miles and then at Canyon Village we turned North!  And OH MY!  The eco systems we drove through were amazing.  I believe the canyons we saw is what they call the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.  It was way down there.  We walked a little walk to the overlook and had great views....so long as you didn't think about hanging off the side of that canyon and all the rock that was so loose looking all around you. 
We felt like we were in a plane more than once looking down at the ground from the roads we were on.  Many of the roads turned so much you could see the road winding on down below you and you felt as if you could just drive off into space if you didn't make some of the turns.  Speed limits were no higher than 45 and many times @ 25.  And Jerry did a great job even with nervous me in the passenger seat.
We saw more elk grazing in the yard of the North entrance yards. 
We saw Geyser Basins all around with steam escaping and whitened rock around them. 
We saw the Bison here and there.  Some single and some in herds. 
We saw lots of trees! And did I saw we saw lots of trees?  :)
We had lunch at the general store on Yellowstone Lake.
The lake is 20 miles long and 14 miles wide.  Looks like an ocean view and the wind was giving it a light chop and little white caps as were drove through on the way to Old Faithful.
We crossed two Continental Divides Today.  We passed these two and another one yesterday on our way South to the Tetons.
We saw desert, marsh, canyons, lakes, sky and more sky!
WOW!  What a way to spend the day.
May God Bless All of You.  He is surely blessing us in allowing us to see His beauty in this land!