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Posted by GA Tim (66.168.208.179) on 16:13:23 06/29/12
Day 4 June 11, 2012 Monday:
A slightly later start for us this morning we managed to sleep until 5AM and were out the door by 6AM. We stopped for some photos of bison and calves right along the boardwalk around Old Faithful. A larger male bison was really tearing up some small trees. It s great to get out around Old Faithful early in the morning because it is so peaceful and there is hardly another soul out there. We headed over to the Snow Lodge Obsidian Dining Room for their breakfast buffet. That was really good, great service, and a perfect way to begin a day of lots of walking. After we were sufficiently stuffed we headed back towards Old Faithful for a few more photos of the bison. By this time they were mostly laying around. We went back to the cabin to prepare for our long walk of the upper geyser basin.
We started our walk of the UGB around 8AM. We made it out to Morning Glory Pool in a little over two hours time and waited about 30 minutes for Riverside Geyser to erupt. Riverside erupted for a long time and we eventually moved on after getting enough photos. Daisy Geyser was predicted to go off soon so we waited around there for that eruption too. At first we confused another geyser for Daisy and were waiting on the wrong side. I eventually realized my mistake and moved across to the other side with plenty of time to spare.
We got back to the cabin at 3PM and napped for a while. At 6PM we went back out to see if anything was happening. While still near the lodge I noticed that Beehive Geyser was erupting so I sprinted down as fast as I could go to get some photos. I was moving like a star running back, dodging people right and left. I would stop at one point, quickly take some photos, then sprint on to a lower point and take more photos. Eventually I made it down near the river where I could finally stop for a while. That really sucked the energy out of me! It took me a while to catch my breath. We then walked up to Lion Geyser and caught an eruption around 6:30PM. The GeyserTimes.org website came in pretty handy on my phone for figuring out when a geyser would erupt based on the last eruption time, as long as I had a good data connection. Around the upper geyser basin I had a good roaming signal on my AT&T phone but data would be slow or none at all during the middle of the day. Maybe it was due to the crowds during the day using up all the bandwidth. After the Lion eruption we headed back to the cabin for some beer, snacks, and sleep (after another hot shower of course).
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