Overshadowed by the nearby Upper Geyser Basin and Biscuit Basin, Black Sand Basin is another little gem in central/western Yellowstone National Park. While it’s not very large and doesn’t have a lot of features, I loved an extremely active geyser…
Smoking Stacks in the Monument Geyser Basin
The Monument Geyser Basin in central Yellowstone National Park was heralded to me as a great adventure. Here you could enjoy a geyser basin in its natural state, without crowds or even boardwalks! Unfortunately, I’m afraid it was a bit…
Biscuit Basin, Mystic Falls, and Biscuit Basin Overlook
I chose the perfect morning to visit the Biscuit Geyser Basin and Mystic Falls. Perfect, as in it was so misty, I could barely see the geothermal features, and the waterfall was almost obscured! I even climbed up to the…
Mud Volcano Area & Sulphur Caldron
The Mud Volcano Area of Yellowstone National Park has one of my favorite non-colorful hot spring, non-geyser geothermal features in the park. It also has some other cool geothermal things to see, most of which are more violent than pretty…
Hiking the Sentinel Meadows Loop
Ever since seeing a map of the Sentinel Meadows Loop on the internet last summer, I wanted to hike it. There was no reason for it; reviewers were few and far between, and it seemed that those who hiked it…
Photos from All of My Visits to Old Faithful!
Today is Thursday, and as such, it’s a great time to do Throwback Thursday posts! So I’d like to give you a look at Old Faithful in the Upper Geyser Basin from each of my visits to Yellowstone National Park,…
Yellowstone’s Chocolate Pots
The Chocolate Pots are an overlooked attraction between the Artist Paint Pots and Norris in Yellowstone National Park. In some ways, it makes sense that the overlook doesn’t even have a sign (it’s not that exciting!), but if you have…
South Rim Trail Loop above Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
In general, I prefer the north rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone to the south rim (the views are just plain better from the north rim IMO). But the south rim offers a loop that blows the north…
West Thumb Geyser Basin – So Unique!
The West Thumb Geyser Basin was one of the most surprising (and yet beautiful!) things I found in Yellowstone National Park. It’s a geyser basin, so I was expecting the typical mix of colorful pools, a small geyser or two,…
Lower Geyser Basin & Fountain Paint Pots
One of the more popular of the less-famous geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park is the Fountain Paint Pots. It’s worth visiting, with a few unique features, as well as a few pretty pools. It can be a bit overrun,…