Wyoming!Yosemite is pretty where it’s not burned.Thermal features. Calderas are cool!Old Faithful geyser. Seems to go off every 90 minutes or so.Yellowstone Inn, a very cool old wooden lodge.
Day 55: (August 23rd)
Aquacam and geysers. We were looking for a hot spring all morning, didn’t find one though.Yellowstone lake in the distance. Photo taken from shin-deep muck.Indy crossing a stream. That log was really not very helpful!
Day 56: (August 24th)
Still in Yellowstone, and it’s still cold every morning.We found a hot spring!Indy lunchin’ it up.
Day 57: (August 25th)
Indy is always happy to be hikingA creek that splits (rare!) and each fork flows (ultimately) into a different ocean. COOL.Lots of pack trains in this section.Yes, this is a real photo.
Day 58: (August 26th)
Our last lunch before town. Usually we are running out of food by this point!There’s a tree on that cabin!Indy asks everyone he meets on the trail to sign his hat. Great idea. Especially for remembering names!The bar in Dubois was…interesting. There is definitely a theme!
Day 59: (August 27th)
A zero day in the down of Dubois. We walk down to the local gear store for various items. I get a warmer hat, but cannot find a long-sleeve hiking shirt there. (I ultimately find one, at the dollar store, but not in my preferred color or style). Indy & I try tubing on the river behind the motel, which is a spectacular failure, mostly because we tried using kids’ tubes…haha. The rest of the group (Anchor, Bard, Toppie, Smokey) get into town, and catch up to the 3 of us (AquaCam, Indy, and I). Reunion at the bar! I don’t stay late, as I’m getting out early tomorrow morning, to hike…the Winds!! So excited.
