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The Old Faithful erupts as onlookers cheer and clap at this predictable geyser. Thankfully, it is one of those geysers that doesn’t stink like a rotten egg :).
We hiked alone in the woods for quite a while and reached to see the mystic falls from afar. Another short but steep hike for the lookout, read the sign. Breathing heavily, we chugged up to get a nice view of the this amazing falls
Early in the morning, we were driving up to see sunrise from Lake Butte in midst the woods. Unexpectedly, the woods ended and landscape just opened up, with scores of deers sprinkled across. All the heads turned towards us as we stopped. Then they went about their business, i.e., eating.
The Girl, the Falls and the Rainbow
We hiked a steep ~1 mile to checkout the lower falls. As soon as we turned around to leave, the sun shined at an angle to cast a beautiful rainbow.
In middle of the night, when we are supposed to be sleeping, is when new worlds show themselves up. In the pitch darkness, it tookour eyes a few minutes adjust. Suddenly, thousands of stars just come into view. Following the band of stars, we realized it was the milky way that we were starring at, giving us the creek in the neck. We kept starring into the sky, as we saw shooting stars whizzing by, wondering what worlds lay beyond.
After waiting for about an hour in the hot sun, with the geyser teasing us every so often, the Grand Geyser, the tallest predictable in the park, put on quite a show. Along with the kids, we were “Oooh”-ing and “aaah”-ing. The geyser stopped a few minutes later, it waited for a minute and erupted again as if saying “Hey I am not done yet!”.
Selfie of us? Something different? Possibly unique? You got it!
Early in the morning, we were driving up to see sunrise from Lake Butte in midst the woods. Unexpectedly, the woods ended and landscape just opened up, with scores of deers sprinkled across. All the heads turned towards us as we stopped. Then they went about their business, i.e., eating.
These fancy-horned beasts were grazing along the hill. I was surprised to see their huge horns intact, considering they shed them around April.
On a nice sunny afternoon, the morning glory shined in yellow, orange and green. Apparently, it wasn't always green, it was turquoise blue and people throwing coins (for luck?) into the pools turned it green.
One of the most popular hot springs, is the colorful and totally active Grand Prismatic Spring. The only way to really see this spring in all its color, glory and fury is if you get a birds eye view, which we weren’t unable to do. But we got a nice steam bath.
The pelican valley, vast and beautiful, boasting various wildlife was a sight to see early in the morning.
After 384 (steep) steps later, there it was, the Lower falls with a rainbow hanging around it. Going down the 384 steps, that’s easy. Coming back up, now, that’s a different story!
The microbes living in these absurd conditions help give these landscape terrific colors, while the hot water that flow, curve around and carve this amazing landscape.
The Geysers, springs and pools that are overly active, spiff out so much steam (thankfully not stinky), it feels like a steam bath from a spa!
A buffalo, thankfully in a good mood, was grazing along the road, without any care for the world. It stopped the entire traffic, everyone clicking non-stop making this buffalo a celebrity.
The calf pronghorn running to get milk from his mom, mom pushing him away while grazing on the field, the jolly good calf hopping around then mom, it was fun watching these two out in the wild for hours. Before heading back into the woods, the two decided to first check out the view.