national parks

2017 - Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton | All Travel | Grand Teton (WY) | National Parks | United States | Wyoming | Yellowstone (WY, MT)

In Which We Got WiFi, and Found Hawaii
ByNadya B July 1, 2017February 12, 2021

[Yellowstone National Park, WY / Grand Teton National Park , WY/ Jackson Hole, WY] As we went South towards Grand Teton today, we made one last stop in Yellowstone. The West Thumb area is a smaller caldera within the larger Yellowstone caldera, and it’s named that because it’s an offshoot of Yellowstone Lake that looks…

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2017 - Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton | All Travel | National Parks | United States | Wyoming | Yellowstone (WY, MT)

Mt. Washburn and a Horseback Ride
ByNadya B June 30, 2017February 12, 2021

[Yellowstone National Park] Today was our last day in Yellowstone, and Mother Nature finally smiled upon us with our first fully sunny day since we got here on Monday. And it was not too soon, as we were waiting for the weather to clear in order to hike Mt. Washburn, the park’s most popular trail….

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2017 - Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton | All Travel | National Parks | United States | Wyoming | Yellowstone (WY, MT)

Odds and Ends on a Rainy Day
ByNadya B June 29, 2017February 12, 2021

[Yellowstone National Park] Today’s plan was to sleep in, then go for a horseback ride at 1 pm. We’d been getting up early all throughout this trip, so it was about time we didn’t wake up to an alarm – we are on vacation, after all! We had a late breakfast at our hotel, where…

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2017 - Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton | All Travel | National Parks | United States | Wyoming | Yellowstone (WY, MT)

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
ByNadya B June 28, 2017February 12, 2021

[Yellowstone National Park, WY] Did you know that there is a Grand Canyon in Yellowstone? I didn’t either. Everyone seems to associate Yellowstone with Old Faithful, so I was surprised to find out that there is a canyon in here. The 20-mile Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is 1000 ft deep and 3/4 mile wide….

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2017 - Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Teton | All Travel | National Parks | United States | Wyoming | Yellowstone (WY, MT)

Geysers, Geysers, Geysers!
ByNadya B June 27, 2017February 12, 2021

[Yellowstone National Park, WY] Yellowstone can be roughly divided into three areas – North Yellowstone (where we were yesterday), the hydrothermal area around Old Faithful, and the canyon of the Yellowstone river. Having seen the North, we decided to tackle Old Faithful and the three hydrothermal basins around it today. The Old Faithful Visitor Education…

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