Tim and Linda Bunyan
We are at Grant Village Campground at 7800 elevation located on the southwest shore of Yellowstone Lake in a lodgepole pine forest just a few miles from the enchanting West Thumb Geyser Basin
The Ranger-led walk in the Geyser Basin warning of dangers always begins each exploration.
DO remain on the boardwalk trail.
West Thumb's shoreline has crater-like contours. A massive explosion has formed this thermally active hot spot. Hot springs, mudpots, and geysers steam and percolate along the shore of Yellowstone Lake.
Central Basin area along the southern border of Yellowstone Lake
Large Steam Geysers: Abyss Pool.
Stay on the boardwalk. This area was the first Yellowstone features to be written about in a publication. A trapper in the region in 1820 wrote a letter to his brother in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He wrote about what we see: hot and boiling springs some of water and others of most beautiful fine clay and throws the particles to the immense height of 20' - 30' in height.
Fishing Cone: A hot spring. 1870 fishing party came upon the hot springs from the Lake. When swinging a trout ashore, it accidentally got off the hook and fell into the spring. The fish surfaced, dead, and literally boiled just right for the eating!
A deer in the parking lot at Lake House Restaurant.
Woodstock is ready to move on South to the Grant Teton National Park just 30 miles south on the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. We are staying overnight at the Flagg Ranch Resort and Campground.
We are at Grant Village Campground at 7800 elevation located on the southwest shore of Yellowstone Lake in a lodgepole pine forest just a few miles from the enchanting West Thumb Geyser Basin
The visitor center is our Go-To place to get maps, stories, and features of the area.
The Ranger-led walk in the Geyser Basin warning of dangers always begins each exploration.
DO remain on the boardwalk trail.
West Thumb's shoreline has crater-like contours. A massive explosion has formed this thermally active hot spot. Hot springs, mudpots, and geysers steam and percolate along the shore of Yellowstone Lake.
Hot Springs
Central Basin area along the southern border of Yellowstone Lake
Large Steam Geysers: Abyss Pool.
Stay on the boardwalk. This area was the first Yellowstone features to be written about in a publication. A trapper in the region in 1820 wrote a letter to his brother in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He wrote about what we see: hot and boiling springs some of water and others of most beautiful fine clay and throws the particles to the immense height of 20' - 30' in height.
Fishing Cone: A hot spring. 1870 fishing party came upon the hot springs from the Lake. When swinging a trout ashore, it accidentally got off the hook and fell into the spring. The fish surfaced, dead, and literally boiled just right for the eating!
This is the final stop in Yellowstone National Park.
A deer in the parking lot at Lake House Restaurant.
The life well-lived, the path well-walked, each full of loops and weavings, until a person maps their patch of earth with little victories of the heart!
