Park beauties mid-June

Flowers are in full bloom, Swallows are building mud nests, and trees are completely leafed out. An early summer storm has descended on the area.  Yellowstone Park may have several inches of snow.
     This is a Cliff Swallow on a wire near an old building.  The old wooden porch was home to a cluster of Cliff Swallow nests.





This is a flower called Elephant head.  Each blossom resembles a tiny elephant trunk.







 

 
My room-mate has a 4WD car. One day we ventured out on a gravel road to the east.  This is Spread Creek looking west back toward the mountains.

A week of a slowly moving cold front has brought cloudy skies and rain to the mountains.