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. […]
Old Faithful – Upper Geyser Basin
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 […]
Mount Washburn and West Thumb Geyser Basin
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 […]
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
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. […]
Cascade Canyon to Lake Solitude
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 […]
Phelps Lake, Hidden Falls & Inspiration Point
Today we got up at 5 a.m. to go to the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve in Grand Teton National Park. (There is limited parking so we wanted to make sure to get in before the lot filled up.) We hiked through forest and meadow around Phelps Lake. This is a very peaceful and pretty place, […]
Bradley and Taggart Lakes and Menor’s Ferry
Today was our first day in Grand Teton National Park, as seen here: But, before we headed into the park, we stopped off in Jackson, Wyoming to acquire some refreshments: We started off our visit to this magnificent park by hiking up to Bradley Lake (the featured image of this post), which was one of […]
Craters of the Moon National Monument
We left Sunny Gulch Campground and said goodbye to the Sawtooth Mountains, heading south to the Craters of the Moon National Monument en route to Grand Teton National Park. This place is SO cool! We were able to spend several hours here (in between driving, grocery shopping, getting gas, going to church, etc.), and it […]
Sawtooth Mountains
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 […]
Museums & Big Hole National Battlefield
We managed to cram a lot of museum sightseeing into the day, starting with the Old Montana Prison and Montana Auto Museum in Deer Lodge, MT. The Old Montana Prison was interesting but probably what you would expect from a prison museum – definitely a good reminder to follow the law, be a decent human […]