Yellowstone National Park

August 30, 2013  •  Leave a Comment

When in Wyoming I spent two days in Yellowstone National Park. What an amazing few million acres of land!

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The famous Old Faithful geyser.

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My friend and I quickly realized that Yellowstone is not so heavy on hiking, but more driving from site to site. We managed to complete a few 3-miles hikes and were satisfied with that after our big 20-mile loop from the previous day.

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A beautiful geyser basin. This photo is unedited, so yes, it really looks like that.

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There are microbes that thrive in the boiling water and cause these beautiful patterns near the geyser basins.

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The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone was my favorite site of the two days. Absolutely stunning.

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As the passenger in the car I was able to let my eyes rest on this view for miles and miles … and miles.

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There were a ton of places to camp – we even got lucky enough to be walking distance from bathrooms! Oh, the things you get excited about while camping

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Mammoth hot springs was unlike anything I’ve ever seen. It felt as if I had landed on another planet! 

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The view driving from the Mammoth hot springs back down to the South entrance of Yellowstone.


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