Mt Washburn: 10,243 Ft

I took this picture, with my tail-light in view, in order to give perspective to how high WE are at about 8800 ft.  The monstrous mountain masquerades as a hill in Yellowstone's vastness.  It stands as a spectator to the grizzlies lumbering on its slopes.

Below note an "erratic' that weighs 300 tons.  10,000 years ago a glacier dropped it here, a minimum of 15 miles from its nearest point of origin!  I was amazed that  this lone behemoth rested among a forest of pines.  I feel certain that it has witnessed numerous forest fires over the ten thousand ears it has rested here as a testament to the power of living water, the frozen river of ice.

The Yellowstone River, before the falls, "Lower Falls".