Sunday, January 31, 2010
Summer pictures, part 7: Yellowstone, day 1
(This was actually still the same day as the Mesa Falls/Big Spring pictures.)
Yellowstone of course is home to tons of hot springs, pools, and geysers. What I hadn't realized before going there is that it is also home to tons of waterfalls. Over 40 waterfalls in the park! And I love waterfalls! :-) Anyway, here's the first pool we came to:
Here's the first geyser we came to.
...and here's the first waterfall! :-) Sadly, I forget its name.
This is the river going away from that waterfall.
We decided to see Old Faithful on the first day.
That was the most crowded part of our trip. I guess everyone feels like they can miss out on some of the other stuff, but they can't go to Yellowstone without going to Old Faithful.
Just uphill from Old Faithful, there's several paths you can take, walking around geysers. Some of the geysers are apparently more impressive than O.F., but they go off at rare intervals. This one, however, goes off every 20 minutes or so. It's only a couple of feet high, though. Kinda cute. I think it was called the Anemone Geyser. Before:
After:
We decided this geyser must have been named after Leslie's church Young Women's class.
Even Pauline had a geyser named after her! ;-)
Looking down on O.F. from above:
A random pool:
Another pool:
Emily likes to take pictures, too.
This one was called the Doublet Pool:
This next picture was at a different spot, away from the O.F. area. I think it was called the "Dragon's Mouth". If I recall correctly, Leslie and I took a short hike from here, and passed a pool that was so acidic that is was crystal clear because nothing could grow in it. We didn't fall in, thankfully.
Yellowstone of course is home to tons of hot springs, pools, and geysers. What I hadn't realized before going there is that it is also home to tons of waterfalls. Over 40 waterfalls in the park! And I love waterfalls! :-) Anyway, here's the first pool we came to:
Here's the first geyser we came to.
...and here's the first waterfall! :-) Sadly, I forget its name.
This is the river going away from that waterfall.
We decided to see Old Faithful on the first day.
That was the most crowded part of our trip. I guess everyone feels like they can miss out on some of the other stuff, but they can't go to Yellowstone without going to Old Faithful.
Just uphill from Old Faithful, there's several paths you can take, walking around geysers. Some of the geysers are apparently more impressive than O.F., but they go off at rare intervals. This one, however, goes off every 20 minutes or so. It's only a couple of feet high, though. Kinda cute. I think it was called the Anemone Geyser. Before:
After:
We decided this geyser must have been named after Leslie's church Young Women's class.
Even Pauline had a geyser named after her! ;-)
Looking down on O.F. from above:
A random pool:
Another pool:
Emily likes to take pictures, too.
This one was called the Doublet Pool:
This next picture was at a different spot, away from the O.F. area. I think it was called the "Dragon's Mouth". If I recall correctly, Leslie and I took a short hike from here, and passed a pool that was so acidic that is was crystal clear because nothing could grow in it. We didn't fall in, thankfully.
# posted by John Colton @ 8:36 PM 
