Bill kindly took this photo of Debby, Brent and I entering the Old Faithful Geyser basin. When we were here three years ago, it was a rainy, overcast day where you could barely differentiate the geyser water from the cloudy sky. Not only that, we only saw one geyser go off, the predictable Old Faithful. This time, we saw five different geysers blow. It was incredible. Blue, blue skies, plenty of geysers, and good friends. What a day.
We waited patiently for 20 minuts or so before Old Faithful finally blew its top. There were plenty of tourists but they didn't detract from this beautiful sight.
Anemone was one of my favorites the last time because it's just so different looking from the others. While Anemone doesn't blow off in a big tower of water, it was interesting to watch it fill with water and then spout off several feet high.
While the above picture of the Grand Geyser doesn't look so impressive while it's passive, take a look below as the Grand blows off steam.
Apparently Beehive (below) is tied to Grand. As the Grand Geyser spout was ending, the ranger said that Beehive would be going off between 5-20 minutes after. We opted not to walk back to Beehive, but to walk across the geyser field and watch it from afar. Beehive is supposed to be one of the most spectacular, spouting 150-200 feet in the air.
After leaving the Old Faithful Geyser Basin, we took a ride on the Firehole River Drive Loop. Luck was with us as we saw this huge geyser go off.
I am always fascinated by the incredible colors of the bacteria mats.
Depression Geyser
Crested Geyser.
Brent at Castle Geyser
Bill kindly took this photo of Debby, Brent and I entering the Old Faithful Geyser basin. When we were here three years ago, it was a rainy, overcast day where you could barely differentiate the geyser water from the cloudy sky. Not only that, we only saw one geyser go off, the predictable Old Faithful. This time, we saw five different geysers blow. It was incredible. Blue, blue skies, plenty of geysers, and good friends. What a day.
We waited patiently for 20 minuts or so before Old Faithful finally blew its top. There were plenty of tourists but they didn't detract from this beautiful sight.
Anemone was one of my favorites the last time because it's just so different looking from the others. While Anemone doesn't blow off in a big tower of water, it was interesting to watch it fill with water and then spout off several feet high.
While the above picture of the Grand Geyser doesn't look so impressive while it's passive, take a look below as the Grand blows off steam.
Apparently Beehive (below) is tied to Grand. As the Grand Geyser spout was ending, the ranger said that Beehive would be going off between 5-20 minutes after. We opted not to walk back to Beehive, but to walk across the geyser field and watch it from afar. Beehive is supposed to be one of the most spectacular, spouting 150-200 feet in the air.
After leaving the Old Faithful Geyser Basin, we took a ride on the Firehole River Drive Loop. Luck was with us as we saw this huge geyser go off.
I am always fascinated by the incredible colors of the bacteria mats.
Depression Geyser
Crested Geyser.
Brent at Castle Geyser
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