Author: Phillip Doup

The eruption of Great Fountain Geyser last night was so awesome, even though it was really dark, that we decided to see it again this morning. The eruptions are on a nearly 12-hour schedule, and since it erupted last night at 9 PM, we figured it would be possible to see it erupt again in […]

Our initial plan for the day was to go see the Grand Prismatic Pool before the crowds got heavy, since we had trouble getting through this area yesterday and figured it was going to be tough. It turned out that was a bad plan, because the fog was so terrible you really couldn’t see anything. […]

Today we packed up the camper and headed to the Old Faithful area known as the Upper Geyser Basin. We got there just in time to see a whole series of geyser eruptions, starting with the namesake, shown above. After the Old Faithful Eruption, we saw the Daisy Geyser, but we only managed to capture […]

This day started early with a focus on hiking to the summit of Mount Washburn. There are two trails that lead up, both being roads, only one of which is still used as a road. We took the trail up from Dunraven Pass, which we learned from some random guy on the way down used […]

Today’s main activity was to explore the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park. Being that this was our first day, we enjoyed some of the sights along the way. We were nearly immediately graced with a herd of bison, which luckily stayed out of the road and didn’t cause any traffic delays. […]

In looking over our last day in Grand Teton National Park, we ended up making some changes to the itinerary. What was originally going to be a light hike followed by travel ended up being a 14+ miles round trip hike, up 2,400+ feet in elevation gain, through Cascade Canyon to Lake Solitude. Boy was […]

Today we spent nearly the entire day hiking in the sawtooth mountains, enjoying the views of Sawtooth Lake (above) and Alpine lake. We first headed directly up to Sawtooth Lake as it was the highest and we wanted to see it first. There were many vistas along the route, but this one below is my […]

We started our day by heading to the Garnet Ghost Town, a remarkably intact ghost town that is supposedly the best remaining ghost town in Montana. On our way there, we had to dodge a herd of cattle that were apparently quite surprised to see us as they bolted up the hill. These store fronts […]

Today started off with the mundane duties of washing clothes and fighting with WiFi to get pictures uploaded. Around noon, we headed south from the campground to the St. Ignatius mission. There was some beautiful artwork in this church, apparently painted by the cook. Here’s a sample: They had some seismic activity cause some structural […]