Author: Phillip Doup

This morning the effects of the wildfire west of us, near the border of Yellowstone, were visible toward the end of the lake, but the view was incredible. This picture was taken at the shoreline directly below where our camper was parked. You can see the heavy clouds off in the distance. We thought those […]

Today was primarily a travel day, from our campsite in Parkside Campground in Custer National Forest in Montana to Buffalo Bill State Park just west of Cody, Wyoming. Although there were not many sites to see along the way, we did see this interesting old abandoned mining facility. Apparently this is where the worst mining […]

Today we started from our campground in Gardiner, MT with the plan to see whatever we could see between Mammoth Hot Springs and the northeast exit of Yellowstone and between Tower-Roosevelt and Canyon Village. There really aren’t a ton of attractions along that route, so we figured we would have more than enough time, turns […]

The title really indicates our planned agenda for the day, but there was an extraordinary surprise in store for us as we were traveling from Madison Campground up to the Bunsen Peak trail head. As we approached the Norris Geyser Basin area, we noticed an enormous plume of steam rising from the area, and we […]

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 […]