• Mike and Kimberly2026 Leepin’ Across AmericaTraveler
    The river we walked along
    More of the river we walked alongLonestarIt starts with a slow percolationThen bam this is the minor eruptionMinor eruptionMinor eruptionMinor eruptionMinor eruptionThe start of the major eruptionStart of the major eruptionMajor eruptionThis went on for 25 minutesUp close bison picture1Notice how close the bison is to the road

    Hike to Lonestar geyser

    June 15 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F

    Today we went on a short hike to Lonestar geyser. This geyser is kinda off by itself. It’s not in the geyser basin. It was a nice walk because it had a lot less people. The hike was more along a forest service road instead of an actual hiking trail, which was OK. We followed along the little river most of the way. It was 2 1/2 miles when we made it to the geyser.

    There is no actual prediction for this geyser, but from reports that we could find on the Internet, it interrupts about every three hours. There is a logbook where the National Park Service asks you to document the eruptions that you see, if you see them. We also saw lots of feedback on the eruptions in the AllTrails app.

    Since we weren’t sure exactly how long we would need to wait for this eruption, we decided to take our little collapsible stools with us so at least we could sit down if we were tired of standing around. That worked out well because we ended up sitting there for about an hour before the first minor eruption took place. That minor eruption only went off for about four minutes. Then about 45 minutes later a major eruption went off. That major eruption lasted for 25 minutes. It was pretty awesome to watch.

    We were both really glad we stuck around to see the second interruption. On the way back Mike and I were chitchatting and all of a sudden I looked over to the right and not even 10 feet away from us in the thick trees is a giant bison. Mike was standing between me and the bison and he didn’t even see it. I grabbed him and we moved to the other side of the road so we could put some distance between us. We took a few pictures and then we wanted to get out of there because that bison was giving us the side eye.    Read more