Vacation: Part V

On Tuesday morning we got up super early to hit the road and headed to Old Faithful. We were trying to beat the crazy busy crowds we were informed of. Getting there early before the crowds proved to be a great idea! We got an awesome view of Old Faithful as it shot up. It was rainy in the morning, but then cleared up to be a beautiful day.












After witnessing the awesome Old Faithful explode we went on a two mile trail hike to see a LOT more geysers and hot springs.










Max struggled with all the walking and whined a lot. That's ok, Andy to the rescue.




We ended the trail hike with the Morning Glory Hole. This was pretty cool and very steamy. I felt like I was getting a warm facial from all of the steam. As you can see, Max was DONE with the geysers and hot springs.




We headed back to the Old Faithful lodge for lunch and the kids attended the junior ranger program. They needed to attend at least one and do so many sheets out of their ranger book in order to become an official junior ranger of Yellowstone.






A little huckleberry ice cream after lunch.


Just a bison wandering through...no big deal.


After Old Faithful we headed to see the grand prismatic hot spring. This is a very colorful hot spring that is larger than a football field. It's created from very hot water that travels 121 feet from a crack in the earth to reach the surface spring. The colors were amazing! It was so beautiful.








I only saw it from the same level because Max was exhausted and I was not going to take him on another hike. I sat with him in the van so he can take a short nap while the rest of the group hiked up to see the grand prismatic from a higher view.

Following the grand prismatic I drove us back to the campsite for dinner and get the exhausted kids to bed.