Firehole River Yellowstone National Park

I woke up early and rose from the tent. It was time to get the day started. I had a list of things to see and Norris Gyser was the first. If I was planning to hike my day away having coffee and breakfast in my system was a must. I packed a few snacks, some extra clothes, and a raincoat and headed out to begin my day.
It was still fairly early …

... to decide to take a shorter route with fewer thermal features, or a 3-mile hike that took us past many more features and the Firehole river winding through the basin.  Sarah suggested the 3-mile hike.  We came across a bison bull in the woods ...

... a traffic jam, where cars had slowed to look at a bad eagle high in his nest. We took the loop for that followed the Firehole River, and stopped to look at the falls. Io, of curse, had to climb down to them. We passed people swimming in the hot waters ...

Yellowstone National Park WOW! WOW! WOW! I had thought that Yellowstone was Old Faithful and not much more. Boy, was I mistaken. This was the first National Park in 1872, made such even before the surrounding area became states. The whole place is ...

... mats, the clouds reflected and the steam from the pool looked amazing. We then went for some fun in the Firehole River, one of the few places in the Park where you can swim in thermally heated water. We had a chat with a cute Ranger called Tom on our ...

... dark.  We haven't seen any animals in Yellowstone yet - we're off to find them! We follow a wildlife trail running along the Firehole River.  John gets to swim in the "hot spring" one of the only two places you can swim in Yellowstone.  I ...

... we had an awesome guide that we learned a lot from.  We checked out over 10 geysers and geothermal features all along the Firehole River. Some were just dormant and some were erupting.  Looking all over the basin it seemed as if the earth was ...

... ;10. Historic Yellow Bus info: http://www.examiner.com/national-parks-travel-in-national/yellowstone-national-park-take-a-yellow-bus-road-trip   11. Firehole Lake Drive: http://www.takemytrip.com/07yello/07_08a.htm 12. Midway Geyser ...

... Geyser was definitely my favorite.  It dumps 4,000 gallons of steaming water right into the Firehole River every minute.  Yet another Yellowstone sight that somewhat defies description.  After a quick drive down Firehole Lake Drive to ...

... drove back toward Old Faithful, we stopped off at the Lower Geyser Basin and then took a two mile detour through the Firehole River Canyon.  Another action packed day.  Tomorrow is Grand Teton...   ...

... a National Geographic photographer would be jealous!! What a thrill! We would have spent more time at Yellowstone, but we wanted to get up to Glacier National Park before the weather got too cold. Things we missed at Yellowstone and plan to go back ...