After spending the morning on the
Upper Terrace, our overall goal for the day was to get to our Old
Faithful cabin by that evening. The long vertical map to the left shows the entire trip. Our immediate goal was to
the Norris, Geyser
Basin where there are many active geysers to see. We heard that the
day before, while we were walking along the Yellowstone Canyon
trail, Steamboat Geyser had erupted for the first time in four years
and was still smoldering. We saw it from a distance still smoldering
away in the picture below.
This makes me sorry we didn't come here yesterday -- although we
might not have been able to get so close.
And this is Pearl Geyser. Behind it must be Porkchop
Geyser.
I waited and waited for the little thing to splurt when I was
ready to take the digital picture. I think it's Palpitator
Spring.
This means we are coming to some waterfalls, I guess.
This is our entry into the Old Faithful area. I see the old geyser
is going off as we enter.
Thar she blows. It's going off every 90 minutes.
We were walking along the circle trail shown above. It's a
detail of the area marked "Information Station, Museum, and
Bookstore" in the map upper left. Everything was closed, but we
could walk the trail.
What that sign just above this sentence says:
The discussion to the left really explains the colors.
This is Veteran Geyser -- scroll up to the map.
The pictures above and below are candidates for the best post card
view on this trail.
This
was taken for the little splurt - but I liked the colors.
They were right.
We checked into our cabin, and noticed that out of our door, we could
view Old Faithful. There sits Marv, waiting for it to go off.
We'll see this many times before we leave.
Week 2, Day 3; Wednesday
We got up bright and early on Wednesday morning. Elaine managed to
take this picture of our car with frost just clearing off the back
window.
They predicted 7:50, so I started taking a picture every two
minutes. The one to the right is at 7:40.
7:42 A.M. from the front of the lodge. All those
other background geysers will be described close up in our next
walk.
By now, I had my coolpix. This is at 7:46 with the telephoto.
7:49, one minute before it's scheduled blow.
I noticed at 7:39 A.M. that Ol' Faithful looked like more than a
smolder, so I went to the lodge to see when it would go off. Note
the other geysers in the background. They will be described later in
this page.
7:44 from the same place. Lots of little things going off
too.
This is at 7:48.
This is Old Faithfull at its fullest, 7:40 AM. To the left
is an up-close shot with the telephoto. We took many more, but I
think you get the idea from this coverage. We are about to take a
very interesting walk to see all the other sights.
This
was taken for the little splurt - but I liked the colors. 
