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The story behind the photo: This image of the Upper Falls was taken near Uncle Tom's Trail with a automatic zoom lens camera. One can see the force of this falls that was historian Chittenden's favorite. The Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River, 109 feet high, spills into the beginnings of The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone soon to be followed by the much steeper drop of the Lower Falls. I took this photo and a couple others from the same spot zooming in and out. This shot zooms in on the falls itself and makes quite visible a platform of people standing at the overlook of the falls. Behind the falls is the Chittenden Memorial Bridge, which replaced a bridge originally built by the great roadbuilder and Yellowstone historian Hiram Chittenden, whose history is still the classical literature on the subject. Personally, my love is for the Lower Falls more than the upper, but only guiltily so. To the right of me when I took the picture is a barely noticed falls called Crystal Falls. So many people are absorbed witht the sight of this falls that they do not even notice the very pretty falls off to the right. But, that too is quite visible from this very spot. The Canyon area means so much to me for so many reasons, so many more reasons than for its sheer beauty. My life experiences there have been phenomenal to say the least, but something in this land inspires life to be life and seems to heighten the opportunity for special moments. Believe it or not, my fondest memories have been in the dark. It is hard to believe that in a place where the eyes have such a feast.
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