Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Part II

On Wednesday, we hung out at the beach and then took a dinner cruise to Elk Island. We apparently didn't take many pictures on Wednesday.We had dinner on the island, outside, which was fun.

On Thursday, we left camp early with the Mandells and drove to Yellowstone. We started at Old Faithful basin of course. We planned to wait the 35 minutes for Old Faithful and wandered into the visitor's center to look around while waiting. However, not 5 minutes later they made an announcement that the Beehive geyser was going to erupt within 10 minutes, so we took off at a brisk walk to hike out to it. It was awesome.

Not much was happening when we got there...

 But it started building not long after we arrived...

 There it goes! We got a little wet standing as close as we did!

 Even a little rainbow action...very cool.

Right after this, we were able to watch Old Faithful from the back side at a little distance. 

After that, we started hiking around checking out all the features in this basin. We walked about 3.5 miles. Jack did pretty good until close to the end, when everyone was getting tired and hungry. 

 This one was very cool too. The Anemone geyser fills and empties completely every 7-10 minutes. It was like someone pulled the plug in the bathtub.

 I don't remember all the names, but interesting sights...

 This one I remember was called Morning Glory.

After this respectable hike, we had lunch, poked into some gift shops quickly. Had to get a group photo on the way out too.

We then headed north to the Grand Prismatic geyser and Mid-Basin features and hiked some more! I can't remember what the steamy one was called.

 But the grand prismatic was fascinating.

 Too big to see all at once. It needs an ariel view.

After this, we decided we'd better head south. We stopped briefly to see Keppler Cascades and another photo opp. 

It was starting to get late, but we weren't ready to give up just yet. We went to the West Thumb basin next and hiked around some more...I remember the names of few of these features.

  I do remember this one was Lakeshore geyser.

 All in all, we hiked for over 7.5 miles this day! Even Jack! Everyone was tired by the time we finally made it back to Coulter Bay and got some dinner at Leek's Pizza around 7:00pm. And several of us also sported some sunburn, me mostly...

Oh, and one more thing. As we were driving back, this guy crossed the road right in front of us.

Okay, so obviously we took a lot of photos at Yellowstone National Park. These are just a few of the several hundred. So, tomorrow I'll finish the post for Friday and the drive home.