we always WAnder.......
  • Where We Wandered
    • Arizona >
      • Forest Rd 611, North Rim Grand Canyon
      • N Timp Point, North Rim Grand Canyon
    • California >
      • Alabama Hills
      • Benton Hot Springs
      • Panther Flat
      • Redwood National & State Parks
    • Idaho >
      • Amanita Campground
      • Dworshak State Park
      • Farragut Lake State Park
      • Grandjean Rd
      • Jerome County Fairgrounds
      • Kootenai Falls & Suspension Bridge
      • Morman Bend
      • Lake View Campground - Stanley Lake
      • Northwest Passage Ponderosa State Park
      • Petit Lake
      • Ponderosa State Park
      • Priest Lake Lionhead Unit
      • Schweitzer Mountain Ski Lot
      • Stanley Lake Campground
      • Wood River
      • Woodhead Power Park
    • Montana >
      • Avalanche Campground
      • Big Arm State Park
      • Bowman Lake
      • Dalles Forest Service Campground
      • Emery Bay Campground Hungry Horse Reservoir
      • Glacier Rim River Access
      • Lake Como Horse Camp
      • Painted Rocks State Park
      • Route of the Hiawatha
      • Slowey Campground
      • Wayfarers State Park
      • Whitefish Mountain
    • Nevada >
      • Pyramid Lake Wino Beach
      • Walker Lake Sportsman's Beach
    • Oregon >
      • Breitenbush Campground
      • Cape Lookout State Park
      • Cascade Locks Marine Park Campground
      • Cottonwood Canyon State Park
      • Detroit Lake, OR
      • Fort Stevens State Park
      • Jasper Point State Park
      • Kiwa Spring Rd / Forest Service Rd 4130
      • La Pine State Park
      • Little Crater Paulina Lake
      • Memaloose State Park
      • Mt. Bachelor Overnight RV
      • Mt Hood Meadows Ski Parking
      • Olallie Lake, OR
      • Opal Creek Wilderness North Fork Rd
      • Phil's Trails Dispersed
      • Rufus Landing Recreation Area
      • Silver Falls State Park
      • Skull Hollow Campground
      • Tillicum Beach
    • Utah >
      • BLM 340 Dispersed Site
      • Devil's Canyon
      • Devil's Garden - Arches National Park
      • Goosenecks State Park
      • Lone Rock Beach
      • Watchman Campground - Zion
      • Valley of the Gods
      • Red Canyon Forest Service Campground
      • Gooseberry Mesa
    • Washington >
      • Burke Lake - Ancient Lakes, Quincy WA
      • Glacier View Campground
      • Entiat WA FS Rd 5800
      • Fox Creek Campground - Entiat
      • Frenchman Coulee
      • Hamma Hamma Campground
      • Ike Kinswa State Park
      • Jameson Lake
      • Lakeshore RV - Chelan
      • Lake Takhlakh Campground
      • Lake Wenatchee State Park
      • Mad River Rd Entiat WA
      • Manastash Rd Dispersed
      • Maryhill State Park
      • Mission Ridge Ski Parking
      • Moses Lake Sand Dunes Dispersed Site
      • Plymouth Park
      • Taneum Creek - Shadow Cr Rd Taneum Creek Rd Dispersed Site
      • Taneum Creek Dispersed
      • Tieton River Dispersed Sites
      • Turkey Hole Lyle WA
      • Wenatchee Confluence State Park
      • Wynoochee Lake
    • Wyoming >
      • Bridge Bay Campground
      • Grand Teton National Park
      • Lizard Creek
      • Lonesomehurst Campground
      • Pebble Creek Campground
      • Signal Mountain Campground
      • Tower Fall Campground
      • Yellowstone National Park
    • Wineries List
  • Camp Cooking
    • Campfire Fajitas
  • Camper Mods
  • Wandering Wisdom
    • No Wandering Without...
    • GoPro and Camera
    • Wisdom of Other Wanderers
    • We have been featured!
  • Camp Reads
  • Wanderer's Wishes....
  • Different Kind of Wandering
    • Cruising! >
      • Cruise Ship Style
      • Cruise Ship Fun
  • National Parks Visited
  • The Wanderers
    • Our Truck Camper History
    • Contact Us
  • Where to Wander Next.....
Yellowstone National Park 
Picture
We spent 7 jam packed days in YNP in July 2009.  Our route and pace will not be the best fit for everyone, but we hope that our picture filled timeline can help you plan an adventure of your own! 

Day One
Picture
North Entrance - Roosevelt Arch - Mammoth Hot Springs 
Lines are never this short anymore!
Gardiner river bridge
so cool! 2,544 pieces of wood in 15 different varities
palette spring
cleopatra terrace
orange spring mound

Day Two 
beartooth highway summit
lake creek falls
Beartooth Highway - Lamar Valley - Blacktail Plateau
look at that road
antler envy
beartooth lake & butte
blacktail plateau road
It was in the Lamar Valley that we experienced something very rare at the time (2009).  We came across a pack of wolves feeding on a buffalo. They were too far away to get pictures of, but we watched them through a scope for the better part of two days. On the second day as we were returning to camp a lone wolf crossed the road in front of us. She looked extremely thin and we later found out that she was a new momma headed back to her den..... We learned this from the ranger who pulled us over for stopping in the road to take pictures - oops!  
While exploring this area we camped at Pebble Creek Campground.  

Day Three 
Picture
Tower Falls - Canyon Village
Artist Point Viewpoint
Yellowstone River
Upper Falls and Chittenden Bridge
Look Close - Brink of Upper Falls Viewpoint
Brink of the Upper Falls
Brink of the Lower Falls Viewpoint
Uncle Tom's Trail Stairs
Red Rock Trail Below the Falls
On the Red Rock Trail
Cool Boardwalk on the Red Rock Trail
All the People on the Viewpoint
Tiny Falls View
We spotted this beautiful plateau on the East side.... and decided Day 4 would be hiking over there!
Tower Falls
The best wildlife experience of day 3 - This bear that kept looking up the tree, then walking away, then walking back..... We knew she must be trying to get babies to come down - they were adorable!  
Come on down....
Don't Leave Me Momma!
While exploring this area we camped at Tower Falls Campground.  

Day Four
Picture
Specimen Ridge Trail - Yellowstone River Overlook Trail - Hellroaring Trail 
Day 4 Wildlife Moment...... a Fox joined us on the Yellowstone River Overlook Trail 
Day 4 Wildlife - we saw the cubs again..... & seriously thought this guy might get eaten for getting too close!
The trail we came down is right behind them
Calling to her cubs to follow
Night 4 we drove out the West Entrance and stayed at Lonesomehurst Campground.

Day Five 
Picture
Pools, Springs and Geysers!   Norris to Biscuit Basin 
Our Day Started Out Super Foggy.... and Steamy
Hard to See the Features at Artist PaintPots
Norris Geyser Basin
Blue Geyser Colloidal Pool
Pinwheel & Whirligig Geysers
Pinwheel Geyser's Colorful Runoff
Crackling Lake
Emerald Spring
Little Vent at Steamboat Geyser
Veteran Geyser
Firehole River - All that runoff causes a bathwater temperature river.
Firehole Falls
Firehole Cascade
Buffalo Babies!
River Crossing
Fountain Paint Pots
Silex Spring
Fountain Geyser
White Dome Geyser
Great Fountain Geyser Pool with White Dome Geyser Behind - AKA "Before"
After
Great Fountain Geyser
Surprise Pool
Excelsior Geyser Crater
Tracks in the Spring
Grand Prismatic Spring
Find that hill and climb it for the best viewpoint......See Day 6 for Why!
Sapphire Pool
Mustard Spring
While exploring this area we camped at Bridge Bay Campground.  

Day 6
Picture
More Pools, Springs and Geysers!   Midway Geyser Basin to West Thumb  
Kepler Cascades
Old Faithfull
Anemone Geyser
Doublet Pool
Sawmill Geyser
Spasmodic Geyser
Belgian Pool
Grand Geyser Before
Vent Geyser Starts Within the Grand Geyser Eruption
All 3 Geysers - Vent, Turban, & Grand
Devil or Dog?
Angel
Giant Geyser
Grotto Geyser
Spa Geyser
Morning Glory Pool
Horizontal Rainbow
Cliff Geyser
Emerald Pool
Crazy how you can see into the Earth!
Thumb Paintpots
The Abyss
Black Pool
Fishing Cone - They say they could catch the fish then dip them in & cook them!
Yellowstone Lake
 On Day 5, we said you need to climb the hill you see behind Grand Prismatic Spring.... this is why!  
Picture
 The view from down below is colorful, but nothing compared to seeing it from above.  When we visited there was no official trail or viewpoint, we just walked a gravel road and kept looking for a place to scurry up - and we found one!  I hear they have built an official overlook now, our way was a little more peaceful and private I am guessing!
As you hike the road you can see a colorful steam rainbow over the spring.
You can see the road we hiked in this one
While exploring this area we camped at Bridge Bay Campground.  

Day Seven 
Natural Bridge - Mud Geyser - Hayden Valley
Morning Hike to Natural Bridge
Saw this little guy on the trail
Natural Bridge
Tree growing right out of it!
Dragon's Mouth Spring
Churning Cauldron
Mud Geyser
Mud Volcano
Day 7 Wildlife - this big guy provided entertainment by walking the boardwalk and rolling in the dirt!  
While exploring this area we camped at Bridge Bay Campground.  At the end of Day 7 we headed to Cody, WY to stock up on groceries, fuel, and water before moving on to Grand Teton National Park for week 2.  

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Where We Wandered
    • Arizona >
      • Forest Rd 611, North Rim Grand Canyon
      • N Timp Point, North Rim Grand Canyon
    • California >
      • Alabama Hills
      • Benton Hot Springs
      • Panther Flat
      • Redwood National & State Parks
    • Idaho >
      • Amanita Campground
      • Dworshak State Park
      • Farragut Lake State Park
      • Grandjean Rd
      • Jerome County Fairgrounds
      • Kootenai Falls & Suspension Bridge
      • Morman Bend
      • Lake View Campground - Stanley Lake
      • Northwest Passage Ponderosa State Park
      • Petit Lake
      • Ponderosa State Park
      • Priest Lake Lionhead Unit
      • Schweitzer Mountain Ski Lot
      • Stanley Lake Campground
      • Wood River
      • Woodhead Power Park
    • Montana >
      • Avalanche Campground
      • Big Arm State Park
      • Bowman Lake
      • Dalles Forest Service Campground
      • Emery Bay Campground Hungry Horse Reservoir
      • Glacier Rim River Access
      • Lake Como Horse Camp
      • Painted Rocks State Park
      • Route of the Hiawatha
      • Slowey Campground
      • Wayfarers State Park
      • Whitefish Mountain
    • Nevada >
      • Pyramid Lake Wino Beach
      • Walker Lake Sportsman's Beach
    • Oregon >
      • Breitenbush Campground
      • Cape Lookout State Park
      • Cascade Locks Marine Park Campground
      • Cottonwood Canyon State Park
      • Detroit Lake, OR
      • Fort Stevens State Park
      • Jasper Point State Park
      • Kiwa Spring Rd / Forest Service Rd 4130
      • La Pine State Park
      • Little Crater Paulina Lake
      • Memaloose State Park
      • Mt. Bachelor Overnight RV
      • Mt Hood Meadows Ski Parking
      • Olallie Lake, OR
      • Opal Creek Wilderness North Fork Rd
      • Phil's Trails Dispersed
      • Rufus Landing Recreation Area
      • Silver Falls State Park
      • Skull Hollow Campground
      • Tillicum Beach
    • Utah >
      • BLM 340 Dispersed Site
      • Devil's Canyon
      • Devil's Garden - Arches National Park
      • Goosenecks State Park
      • Lone Rock Beach
      • Watchman Campground - Zion
      • Valley of the Gods
      • Red Canyon Forest Service Campground
      • Gooseberry Mesa
    • Washington >
      • Burke Lake - Ancient Lakes, Quincy WA
      • Glacier View Campground
      • Entiat WA FS Rd 5800
      • Fox Creek Campground - Entiat
      • Frenchman Coulee
      • Hamma Hamma Campground
      • Ike Kinswa State Park
      • Jameson Lake
      • Lakeshore RV - Chelan
      • Lake Takhlakh Campground
      • Lake Wenatchee State Park
      • Mad River Rd Entiat WA
      • Manastash Rd Dispersed
      • Maryhill State Park
      • Mission Ridge Ski Parking
      • Moses Lake Sand Dunes Dispersed Site
      • Plymouth Park
      • Taneum Creek - Shadow Cr Rd Taneum Creek Rd Dispersed Site
      • Taneum Creek Dispersed
      • Tieton River Dispersed Sites
      • Turkey Hole Lyle WA
      • Wenatchee Confluence State Park
      • Wynoochee Lake
    • Wyoming >
      • Bridge Bay Campground
      • Grand Teton National Park
      • Lizard Creek
      • Lonesomehurst Campground
      • Pebble Creek Campground
      • Signal Mountain Campground
      • Tower Fall Campground
      • Yellowstone National Park
    • Wineries List
  • Camp Cooking
    • Campfire Fajitas
  • Camper Mods
  • Wandering Wisdom
    • No Wandering Without...
    • GoPro and Camera
    • Wisdom of Other Wanderers
    • We have been featured!
  • Camp Reads
  • Wanderer's Wishes....
  • Different Kind of Wandering
    • Cruising! >
      • Cruise Ship Style
      • Cruise Ship Fun
  • National Parks Visited
  • The Wanderers
    • Our Truck Camper History
    • Contact Us
  • Where to Wander Next.....