Yellowstone National Park

We made it to Yellowstone in the early afternoon with a full agenda.  However, things change during the day.  Roads are closed.  Traffic is heavy.  We visited some thermal features and then went to the top of the Old Faithful Inn to take down the flags.  Jan made the reservation months ago.  The Bell Captain is in charge of the event and he turned it into a tour of the upper floors of the Inn.  It was thoroughly enjoyable.  Plus the view is special.  You can see the entire Geyser Basin.  While we were up there three of the geysers erupted including Grand Geyser which is an all day wait.  We capped it off by watching Old Faithful.

 The Great Chromatic Pool at the Midway Geyser Basin.  So large I wish I had a drone to hover over it for the shot!

 A view seldom seen by visitors to the Old Faithful Inn, this is the look down from the Crows Nest on the way up to the flags.

 Just before the flags were lowered, Charlie, the Bell Captain for the evening, took our picture.  Old Faithful is in the background, not erupting.

 Jan set it up so Jan lowered the American Flag.  There is video of the event you will get to see in the future.

I took video of most of the eruption of Old Faithful.  Towards the end I snapped this picture.