Daisy Geyser
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 45 °F
Right after Old Faithful, we hurried off to make the predicted Daisy Geyser at 10:28. It was a nice walk along the river with a few other features along the way.
And three bison! This was a littleLue lisää
Geyser trail
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 45 °F
After Daisy Geyser, we passed the bison again - quickly - and took the trail back along so many amazing features.
The earth is alive!
So many pools and springs and vents and geysers.
Turban Geyser
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 43 °F
Another smaller geyser that goes off every 20 minutes or so. A gimme geyser you know you are going to see.
Spasmodic geyaer
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 43 °F
Love the name of this one! And that beautiful blue.
More from the geyser trail
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 43 °F
More stunning images of all the different elements of the upper geyser field near Old Faithful.
Old Faithful Second Time
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 43 °F
After our walk through the geyser basin we made it back to see Old Faithful a second time from a different perspective.
Cascade Falls
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 43 °F
On our way along the grand loop toward West Thumb we had another waterfall to stop and see. They are all beautiful!
Continental Divide
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 41 °F
Ya have to stop, right?
West Thumb Geyser Basin
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 45 °F
After the amazing area around Norris Basin and Old Faithful, you think you’ve seen all of the cool geothermal stuff. But no. Yellowstone has more to give. This time it is a geothermally active areaLue lisää
Lakeshore Geyser
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 43 °F
Seeing this bubbling, boiling, churning pool right by the icy lake is eerie and impressive.
Black Pool
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 43 °F
Why is it called Black Pool when it is such a stunning blue? I don’t know. There was no info panel. But I do know it is stunning!
Frozen lake
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌬 43 °F
This is late May…and large portions of this west thumb of Lake Yellowstone are still frozen. Where the ice is broken you can see how thick it is! Brrrrrrr
Moose sighting
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 43 °F
There it is again…. You see cars on the side of the road - you stop!
A lovely moose having a chow down on the side of the lake. Hard to get a shot of him with his head up because he was diggingLue lisää
Bison and geothermal
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F
It started snowing a little more as we were coming up to the mud volcano. There were also some lovely bison nearby ….which is cool but also a little intimidating.
Also - when you see bison poop onLue lisää
Churning Cauldron
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F
Another roadside dazzler. Look at the active hot smelly water!
Grizzly fumarole
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Something about the gurgle mud and weird, moonscape formations is just amazing.
Mud volcano
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Bubbling, spurting, steaming mud. Very cool (ok- actually very hot!).
Dragon’s Mouth Spring
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F
Aptly named. Listen to the video for the roar and gurgle.
Sulphur Cauldron
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F
Right along the Yellowstone River is this Sulphur Cauldron. And yes it smells bad. Warm steam hits your face…and smells of rotten eggs. 🤮 but cool to see and experience.
There is this spot inLue lisää
Firehole Falls
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 45 °F
On one of our Visitor Center stops, we saw a map of all the water falls in the park. At that point we had only been to Gibbon Falls. So when Otis says to stop for a view of falls, we listen.
ThisLue lisää
Fountain Paint Pot Trail
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
Yet another boardwalk with amazing geothermal features. Love that mud volcano.
Red Spouter
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
Our earth is amazing. The Red Spouter lives up to her name.
Fountain Geyser
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F
Fountain Geyser was equally as beautiful as all the others we saw. Just seemed to keep going!
Grand prismatic spring
19. toukokuuta 2024, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F
Snow squall. Crazy cold and windy and no perspective on the GPS at all.
Huge herd
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After our freezing and wet misadventure at Grand Prismatic Spring, we just wanted to get to West Yellowstone, have a beer and get warm and dry.
Traffic slowed and we saw a few deer and a coupleLue lisää