On Wednesday, we drove back up through Teton to the South Entrance of Yellowstone. Benji and I woke up early and walked over to the highly recommended Bunnery to pick up pastries for breakfast. Rather than gobble them down in the hotel, we waited to have a breakfast picnic at Colter Bay, which was one of my favorite parts of the trip:
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| One last look at this bison heard at Antelope Ridge. I like all the calves walking with their mamas |
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| Beautiful Colter Bay |
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| We made it! |
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| First stop: short hike to Moose Falls |
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| From the top |
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| Down the (unmaintained) trail |
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| Lace Falls |
By mid-day, we stopped at West Thumb Geyser Basin to take in our first thermal features:
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| Blue Abyss |
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| Fishing Hole Geyser. People used to catch fish by luring them here and letting them get cooked alive |
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| As we left, we happened upon a cow elk |
As we made our way towards Canyon Village, it started to rain (again), but we made a very quick stop to see LeHardy's Rapids
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| Buffalo carcas caught in the rapids |
We were going to skip it, but Benji asked to see the mud volcano so we got out and walked around:
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| Dragon's Mouth Geyser |
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| Mud Volcano |
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| I just liked the color variations in the grass surrounding this thermal pool |
Once the rain let up, we stopped at a few more viewpoints:
And eventually made our way to the Canyon Village area, where it promptly started to rain again. We did a very quick hike to the Upper Falls and Crystal Falls viewpoints, but hightailed it back when the thunder started:
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| Crystal Falls |
We decided to call it a night, had dinner at the Canyon Food Court and then checked in, surprised (and delighted) to find we were booked in a little cabin in the woods:
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| View out the windows |
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| Our cozy "NPS modern" cabin |
As we unloaded the car, another rainbow appeared:
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