Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Grand National Park Trip - Day 4

Today was an exciting day at Yellowstone as we get to go visit the geysers! After a hearty breakfast, we drove to Old Faithful Visitor Center(Upper Geyser Basin) to see if we can catch some erupting geysers. Unfortunately, it started pouring but a little rain wasn't going to stop us!

We spent the day.. yes, like the whole day walking on the walkways around Old Faithful. There were literally hundreds of geysers along the way and they would randomly erupt. It was exciting for everybody, young and old. We also checked out a few colorful pools and the boys were rather intrigued by them.

One of the bigger geysers that we managed to catch that day was Daisy Geyser. I remember this geyser from our last visit. After that, we went to check out the Old Faithful Lodge to look for some late lunch and some respite from the rain.

Strangely enough I've never been to the lodge and it was the coolest building ever!! Old and quirky! And beautifully maintained. Unfortunately we were not able to get into the main restaurant, but managed to eat at the bar area.

After our super late lunch, we headed to Middle Geyser Basin to check out The Grand Prismatic Pool which is my favorite spot. However, because it was a cold day, the beauty of this place was covered in mist. :(

We headed home after that because everybody was feeling quite miserable from the rain!! However the rain didn't stop even when we got back to the campsite and so we had to eat in the tent!! That night we had noodles and spam and spinach! Yummy!!

Cody helping KongKong start the fire

We're at Old Faithful

My mom's rain coat for the day

Walking along the path ways

Gurgling hot water

That's Old Faithful!!

Colorful bacteria mats

That's Castle Geyser.. just smoking

Walking towards an erupting geyser

Tyler looking too cool for geyser

Doesn't it feel like a picture from prehistoric times?

Can't remember the name..

Morning Glory

I think everybody's sick of the rain..

Grand Prismatic Pool.. can barely see the colors thru the mist

One of my favorite place in the world!

Such vivid colors

Beautiful

Cody's getting beaten 

The kids exploring..

Here are some videos:

Here's a little geyser erupting

Daisy Geyser

The pool next to the Grand Prismatic Pool

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