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Mystic Falls and Biscuit Geyser Basin

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Wednesday, Sep 03, 2008

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Biscuit Geyser Basin
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We had the breakfast buffet at the Old Faithful Inn dining room. The food was great and I did not think Kevin and Will would ever stop eating. We headed out for our first hike of the day. To reach the trailhead to Mystic Falls we had to walk through the Biscuit Geyser Basin.
Biscuit Geyser Basin
Biscuit Geyser Basin
Along the way we saw several bubbling hot springs.
1-Biscuit Geyser Basin
1-Biscuit Geyser Basin
The trail was 3 miles long and we gained some elevation. About 1.7 miles into the hike we reached a lookout area.
1-Mystic Falls Trail
1-Mystic Falls Trail
From this vantage point we could see the Biscuit Geyser Basin, a far away view of the Upper Geyser Basin including a view of Old Faithful eruption. The scenery was beautiful! We saw the Firehole River snaking its way through the valley.
All of us on overview
All of us on overview
We also watched a bison walk across the Biscuit Geyser Basin. We stayed here for awhile taking in the views and snapping pictures (thank goodness for digital as yesterday I took 340 pictures...don't worry you all will not have to look at all of them). Most of this area was burned in the 1988 wildfires and the regrowth is amazing. I was here in 1989 and it is awesome to see the forest grow again. We continued our hike to the Mystic Falls another .7 miles.
Mystic Falls
Mystic Falls
We hiked to an advantage point directly above the falls. All around these falls where hot springs and of course we had to touch the water in the run off just to test the water temperature. We only did this once and learned a very valuable lesson. These falls drop an impressive 100 feet in a cascading manner. They were so beautiful. We hiked to the bottom of the falls for yet another impressive view. We walked down stream and decided to sit by the river for awhile. I put my swollen foot into the ice cold water and felt some instant relief. However, the water was sooo cold that I could only do this for a few minutes. (Yes, Dr. Blaine I am taking good care of my foot!) We decided to hike to Fairy Falls which is a 6 mile loop. We had to drive down Firehole River Dr parking area to the trailhead. We took a trail that we thought was the Fairy Falls trail but soon found out we were heading in the wrong direction. We decided to finish this trail as it was getting late. This trail is the Sentinel Meadows Trail. It has a unique feature called the Queens Laundry Spring. In 1881, Yellowstone's park superintendent Phil Norris had a bathhouse built. The building was never completed but the structures logs have been preserved by the mineral laden water of the hot spring. This looked like prime grizzly and bison habitat but we did not see any probably a good thing. We lost the trail about half way through the hike and forged our own trail. We came upon many hot springs and steam vents. We were very careful forging our way so that we would not unexpectedly enter one of these boiling pots. We did come across a very impressive hot spring/geyser which erupted every few minutes. Since this feature had no name we of course had to name it...the Becwillkev Geyser.
BecWillKev Geyser
BecWillKev Geyser
We took several pictures and headed on our way to find the trailhead. There were some telephone lines we saw when we started the trail so we followed those and it lead us to the main trail and back to the car. We had a room in West Yellowstone for the night and had to drive the road from Madison to W. Yellowstone. We had the opportunity to see Bison, Elk and a black bear.
Baby Elk 2
Baby Elk 2
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2.Hiking to upper and lower falls - Yellowstone National Park, United States Aug 31, 2008 ( This entry has 24 photos 24 )
3.West Thumb Geyser Basin - Yellowstone National Park, United States Sep 01, 2008 ( This entry has 27 photos 27 )
4.Geyser watching - Yellowstone National Park, United States Sep 02, 2008 ( This entry has 24 photos 24 )
5.Mystic Falls and Biscuit Geyser Basin - Yellowstone National Park, United States Sep 03, 2008 ( This entry has 26 photos 26 )
6.Mammoth Hot Springs - Yellowstone National Park, United States Sep 04, 2008 ( This entry has 25 photos 25 )
7.Osprey Falls Trail - Yellowstone National Park, United States Sep 05, 2008 ( This entry has 21 photos 21 )
8.Leaving Yellowstone - Yellowstone National Park, United States Sep 06, 2008 ( This entry has 20 photos 20 )
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13.Fishing and hiking Taggart and Bradley Lakes - Jackson, United States Sep 11, 2008 ( This entry has 12 photos 12 )
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