I had been using the first Yellowstone National Park entry listed by my GPS to estimate time and distance. When I bedded down last night, I had about a two hour drive to reach the park. Since Old Faithful was the main thing I wanted to see and I had seen a suggested itinerary for a one day Yellowstone visit that started with Old Faithful, I decided that's where I should head first. I found Old Faithful listed on the GPS and set it as my destination. My ETA jumped by an hour. Yellowstone is a big place and, while two hours might get me to the entrance, it was quite a bit farther to the big geyser. My simplistic view of the park would affect things later in the day even more.

The photos were taken on the road between Upper Basin and Mammoth Hot Springs, the sample itinerary's end point. I turned onto the road leading to the Midway Geyser Basin but managed to extricate myself from the mass of cars hoping for a parking space before it became impossible. I didn't even try any of the others. I've included the picture of the backs of two people I don't know because of what they are looking at. The white arrow in the full size picture is aimed at a brown bear. I chose not to get into the tangle of cars pulling over but do kind of wish I had held up traffic long enough to get a decent photograph. My fuzzy enlargement of the fuzzy bear isn't much help but here it is.