Yellowstone National Park - Day 1
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First of all, before I tell you about my Yellowstone Park experience, I want to tell you something that I heard the most before I started this trip. I heard from most people, who had been on this trip before, that July 4th weekend will be the busiest time of the year to visit the park and that we'll have to be prepared to be STUCK in traffic for hours since it'll be moving at a snails pace. There was nothing like that!! We left our condos around 8 am and we barely saw any traffic. In fact, our first view of the Yellowstone National Park (on the way) was of Bisons (which I was very excited about :p). The different places in the park itself had some crowd but it wasn't that we were stuck in traffic to get to that location. Parking was definitely hard to find but if you're there early enough then you don't need to worry about it.
Alright, here is another heads up to you if you're staying in Grand Teton and heading to the Yellowston Park from there. It'll take you around 2 hours to drive to the park and then another 45 minute to hour drive to get to the first spot in the park from the entry point of the park :(. It's sad but it's a fact!! This is something we were not prepared for even though we knew about it. Anyways, the drive to the Park was beautiful as well as we encountered a big group of Deer/Elk on the way.
Our first stop in the park was the famous, the popular,
The Old Faithful Geyser! This Geyser is true to its name (faithful) as it erupts every 90 minutes without any hesitation :). We got to the spot and it was a packed place already but you will always be able to find a spot to stand/sit to wait while the geyser erupts.
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| The Old Faithful @ Yellowstone National Park |
After we saw the Old Faithful, we took the 1 mile hike around that park which had bunch of other small/mild geysers which were just amazing to see!! I was amazed with the number of geysers that surrounded the Old Faithful as well as the crystal blue colors that formed some of the geysers. Here are some of the pictures of most beautiful geysers I saw.
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| Crested Pool @ Yellowstone National Park |
After an adventurous hike, we decided to put some fuel in our body to recharge and head to the next location. Even though it was a late lunch, it was still very fulfilling and entertaining as we sat right in front of the Old faithful, just in time for it to erupt again. I think by the time we wrapped up it was late afternoon and we hurried up to the next location which was
Biscuit Basin. Just like The Old Faithful, this stop was equally interesting to check out. Look at the Sapphire Pool at the biscuit basin and the geyser next to it which has aqua blue color (amazing!!).
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| At Biscuit Basin |
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| Sapphire Pool @ Biscuit Basin (In Yellowstone National Park) |
Continuing our drive, next stop was
The Grand Prismatic Spring which was one of the best geysers to see. You can see the steam from the Grand Prismatic Spring from far away while you're driving towards it. It was more like a big hot swimming pool (except you just can't treat it as a swimming pool)!! There is a short hike around the spring which we took and surprised with how this amazing natural beauty was formed. See it to believe it...(right now in pictures) for yourself :)
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| Grand Prismatic Spring @ Yellowstone National Park |
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| Grand Prismatic Spring @ Yellowstone National Park |
To squeeze in one last thing, we decided to head to
Norris Geyser Basin. We didn't really explore much here but did see some of the geysers from the top instead of taking the hike down to the bottom of the basin. This one is said to have the poisonous geysers of all (or at least that's what I heard from one of the friends). It had bunch of small geysers on the trail if we had done the hike, but we just saw it from the top. Here is a sneak peak for you if you decide to go there.
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| Norris Geyser Basin @ Yellowstone National Park |
Wrapping up the day, it was already close to 7 pm by the time we left Norris Geyser Basin, which meant a drive of 3 hours back to our condo. It was amazing day to see what we covered so far in the park but it was also exhausting with lots and lots of walking!! I dozed off for some time in the car and woke up just little before we got to our condo. Saving every little energy that we had, we embarked on the staircase to 3rd floor to get to our condo. It wasn't easy, but we made it...! We quickly made some meggie noodles with some of the other food items we had left to fuel ourselves. Wrapped up kitchen as fast as we could and passed out without even thinking what to do for the 2nd day since everyone was so tired from the day itself.
Well, let's keep it for the next post to tell you all about the 2nd day! Until then, enjoy your day :) See ya!
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