Old faithful

As a postscript to yesterday, we went out after dinner and right down the road, we saw a group of three elk. So, they do exist!

We got up a little earlier today and went to the old faithful / geyser basin area. We stopped along the road to send email out.

Once we got there, Rach went to the visitors center and got the times for the geysers that are predictable. I was following slowly because my knee was killing me. I think I pushed too hard on sunday and screwed it up.


The greatest sign EVER! We loved seeing this everywhere.

Old Faithful was starting in 10 minutes so we went straight there. As soon as we walked up, it started! Talk about timing....


Old Faithful

From there, riverside was to start in 30 minutes. So we hustled there (limping) and made it there for a great view. It was really cool.


Riverside Geyser

The next was daisy and it erupted right on schedule. Along the way they have so many other formations.


Morning Glory pool

We ate lunch and sat down at giant geyser to wait. It will shoot water over 200 feet in the air. Worth the wait! While we were waiting, saw a little creature called a marmot hanging out by the geyser. Grand truly lived up to its name! It was spectacular and better yet, 1.5 hours early!


A small picture of a marmot - the little head in the middle of the picture

Grand Geyser - it was HUGE

We left the old faithful area and went to another geyser area that they listed would be erupting at 3:15. We got there right at that time. However, the sign at the geyser said 3:15 am. We decided not to wait!

Our last stop was the fountain paint pots. It started raining on us so we are going to call it a day and head back


Kepler Cascades - a great stop that I forgot to blog about!

We may go out at night and see if there are more animals at dusk.

Another great day!

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