The Mammoth area in the northwest corner of Yellowstone National Park has some interesting terraces and buildings:
A picnic lunch:
Albright Visitor Center:
We headed out of the park to Gardiner, just north of Mammoth:
We had pizza for dinner:
Back into the park:
The Roosevelt Arch:
Back to Mammoth to hike a bit:
Next, a video from this area.
Some video footage of the Norris area of Yellowstone National Park, from our visit in 2023. See the accompanying blog post for lots of photos.
Halfway up the west side of Yellowstone National Park is the Norris Geyser Basin; like many of the areas along this side of the park, it is very popular, with a long wait for parking during the day; we visited on a couple of evenings, when things are much less busy:
Another nearby geyser basin is Artists’ Paintpots:
Next up, a video from this area.
Some video footage of the Madison area of Yellowstone National Park, from our visit in 2023. See the accompanying blog post for lots of photos.
Heading north from Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park takes us to the Midway Geyser Basin (including one of our favorite places, the colorful Grand Prismatic Spring), Lower Geyser Basin, and Madison:
The tiny Madison Information Station:
Madison amphitheater:
Firehole Canyon waterfall:
Firehole river:
Fountain Paint Pots area:
Nez Perce picnic area:
Midway Geyser Basin:
Grand Prismatic Spring:
Grand Prismatic overlook via Fairy Falls trail:
Biscuit Basin:
Next, see a video from this area.
Some video footage of the Old Faithful area of Yellowstone National Park, from our visit in 2023. See the accompanying blog post for lots of photos.
We continue our tour of Yellowstone National Park with the popular Old Faithful area:
Old Faithful Visitor Education Center:
Old Faithful General Store:
Old Faithful Inn:
We had dinner at the Old Faithful Inn dining room, another reservation-only restaurant:
Beverage menu:
Dinner menu:
Appetizers:
Mains:
Dessert menu:
Dessert:
Old Faithful Post Office, where we mailed a Grand Prismatic Spring postcard to Mom:
Old Faithful geyser:
On another day:
A bison wandering through near the geyser:
Looking back at the inn from Old Faithful geyser basin:
Hiking around the geyser basin; there’s more to the Old Faithful area than that popular geyser:
The Black Sand Basin is also nearby:
See also a video from this area.
Some video footage of the Grant area of Yellowstone National Park, from our visit in 2023. See the accompanying blog post for lots of photos.
I mentioned yesterday that we spent two weeks in Yellowstone National Park. Starting from the Lake area, we next turn to the Grant Village and West Thumb area:
Grant Visitor Center:
West Thumb Park Store:
We had dinner at the Grant Village Restaurant, one of the restaurants that require reservations:
The menu:
Beverages:
Appetizers:
Mains:
We saved room for dessert:
After the restaurant, we walked around the West Thumb Geyser Basin:
Next, a video from clips captured with my 360 camera of this area. Tomorrow, the famous Old Faithful area.
We spent two weeks in Yellowstone National Park (staying at the Fishing Bridge RV Park), going out and exploring the park pretty much every day. So I’m going to post about each area of the park for the next week or so, moving clockwise around the park, rather than following our activities in chronological order. That should make these posts a useful resource for people planning to visit the park, but only have time for one or two areas.
Here’s a map of Yellowstone (click to go to the interactive maps on the NPS site):
A PDF edition (best viewed in light mode; there’s a toggle in the upper-right corner of the web page):
Since we were staying at Fishing Bridge, let’s start with the Yellowstone Lake area. Here’s a map of that area:
On our first day we stopped by the nearby Fishing Bridge Visitor Center, one of the smaller visitor centers:
The Fishing Bridge:
Yellowstone Lake:
We took a drive out east to Sylvan Lake:
Back to the Lake Butte overlook above Yellowstone Lake:
Lake cabins:
Lake lodge:
Lake Village General Store:
Lake Yellowstone Hotel:
A pelican on the lake:
Fishing Bridge General Store:
Fishing Bridge gas station:
A bison on a hill by the Fishing Bridge, and a couple of tourons — tourist morons, too close to the bison:
Bison strolling down the center of the road:
Tomorrow, we head south to West Thumb and Grant Village.
