Aug 24, 2011 - Old Faithful!

We checked out of Bridge Bay campground (named for the Natural Bridge and a pretty little bay) and headed toward Old Faithful. We stopped at another recommended fishing spot called “Sand Point”…skunked again. On our way to Old Faithful we crossed the Continental Divide twice. We arrived at Old Faithful, checked into the Old Faithful Inn, one of the grand old national park lodges. We arrived just in time to see the spouting of “Cone Geyser” which is higher and much longer than Old Faithful but spouts only every 9 to 15 hours. YsetMust have...

Sep 26, 2010 - Day 74 - Old Faithful/Yellowstone National Park

Today we drove from Idaho Falls, ID over to Yellowstone National Park to see Old Faithful. We entered Yellowstone from W. Yellowstone, MT. Our Senior Pass got us into the park without having to pay, a savings of $25. The park is gorgeous. From W. Yellowstone, you go into the park for 14 miles to Madison Junction, paralleling the Madison River. From Madison Junction, you turn right to go to Old Faithful, another 16 miles. They tell you to plan on an hour to make the drive. Our first slowdown was along the Madison, when we saw a coyote doing...

Jul 24, 2010 - Travel to Old Faithful

Today we woke up very early, as planned, and were able to enter Yellowstone NP West Gate at 7:30 am. We stopped at Lower Geyser Basin and walked the boardwalk to see the different geysers and hot pools. Cool. Continued on our way to see Old Faithful do her thing. Arrived at 9:00 am, just in time to sit and watch the eruption at ~~ 9:08 am. We went back to the Park Store and Ranger station and watched a movie about Yellowstone and how we are walking on top of a live volcano. Karen and the kids went to eat something while I got my National...

Jun 28, 2010 - Trip to Old Faithful Geyser

From our campground in Idaho, we entered the West Entrance of Yellowstone National Park at West Yellowstone, Montana. We saw different types of geyers on our way to see Old Faithful. The famous geyser was erupting on a regular schedule. We were eager to see it. While waiting for the eruption, we had lunch at one of the park's restaurants. We got our seats to get a first-hand view of the event. Right on schedule, Old Faithful erupted, to the delight of the crowd. It was one of its smaller eruptions, but we were proud to be witnesses. We...

Jun 16, 2010 - Hike out to Lone Star Geyser

We took a hike out to Lone Star Geyser near Old Faithful. We're finally getting some warmer weather, but please note how fast the weather changes just during this hike! We got a little wet due to the rain, but we survived. Just stood under some trees for a little bit. Did it ever pour just after we got to the car! There's not alot of verbage with the pictures since it's pretty self explanatory. Next week I get my face and foot reworked where two moles were removed and they need to be reexcised due to some suspicious cells.

Sep 11, 2009 - A visit with Emily and Anthony

Emily and Anthony flew in from CA to spend a few days with us. They drove from Bozeman to West Yellowstone then to Old Faithful. We met them at Old Faithful and did some touring with them. We spent two nights in the Snow Lodge Western Cabin at Old Faithful. Jack kept everyone awake with his snoring. We toured many of the geysers, then Sunday Anthony and Emily drove down to the Tetons.

Jul 17, 2009 - Old Faithful and Upper Geyser Basin

We saw Old Faithful and Upper Geyser Basin our first day in the park. Yellowstone is actually the inside of a 2 million year old 30 miles by 45 miles volcano which is why it is so geologically active with the most geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mudpots in the world. It is an amazing, and a little sulfur smelling, place. The main attraction of Yellowstone is Old Faithful geyser. It gets its name because it is very predictable, erupting 200 feet into the air about every 90 minutes. Me and Minhee got to Old Faithful early enough to get a...

May 17, 2009 - Went for a drive

We had the day off and went for a ride. An elk was taken down by a couple of wolves at Nymph Lake. We got some pictures of the eagle having a feast. Another eagle wanted to join in, but wasn't allowed. A raven was allowed to join in. We went further down the road to Old Faithful, took a tour of the Old Faithful Inn and some of the shops. We were successful at getting some shots of this black bear and her twins. It's amazing how they get around so easily when they were just born a few days ago! We're getting to see alot of wildlife. Friday...

Jun 19, 2008 - Fish Br, WY - Old Faithful & Friends

It is quite crowded here in Yellowstone and all the schools aren’t even dismissed yet. We thought today was as good a day as any to take on the crowds at Old Faithful, one of our famous natural landmarks. We started out relatively early, for us, and we bypassed everything on the way and went directly to Old Faithful. The area was very commercial with 2-lane roads going each direction and an ‘exit’ for Old Faithful. Accommodations, shops, restaurants, gas station and other amenities made the surrounds feel like a town onto itself. We located...

May 6, 2008 - Old Faithful & Norris Geyser Basin

Saturday was our first day off, we went to see Old Faithful. Luckily it was open, it had been recently closed due to 8 bear sightings. There are lots and lots of bison out now with their cubs. The elk haven't had their young yet, but it should be soon. Some of the roads are not open yet inside the park due to all the snow. We saw two sets of sandhill cranes. Sam is starting to miss us, when we come home, she doesn't want to go for a walk, she just wants to snuggle with us. We heard the grizzlys are really out now. There have been many...

Sep 5, 2007 - Yellowstone NP

Mon. Sept. 3 We left early AM with the goal in mind to make it to West Yellowstone to camp. Along the way we found a geocache in Deer Lodge, MT at the Old Montana State Prison and also detoured to see Virginia City - a historic mining town. We enjoy our geocaching as it usually takes us to interesting areas that we might have missed along the way in our travels. Today our drive was filled with smoke. There are a lot of fires burning in western Montana and Idaho - the whole valley almost all the way to Yellowstone was so smoky we had to...

Aug 20, 2007 - Yellowstone National Park

Entered the park via the Notheast gate (near Livingston) crossing from Montana into Wyoming. My first impression was that even tumbleweed would roll here and it's only saving grace was the foresight of those that created it 100+ years ago. Alas, a notion premature as over a hill or two the park revealed it's own magnifigance! I travelled 50 miles from the entrance to Old Faithful that day and I passed (or stopped at) with glorious monotony geysers after hot springs after mud volcanoes. Yellowstone 1, me 0. Stayed the night in Old Faithful...