6/23
Not a bad rebound day for Yellowstone. Slept in, made some banana pancakes, and headed for old faithful at a leisurely 10:30. Packed as expected, but honestly a bit underwhelming. Like a less obnoxious Mount Rushmore, it’s good to see it and I don’t think I need to go back for another 10-15 years.
The hike we did was pretty cool though. Fairy falls, which starts past a bunch of hot springs and then over to 100foot waterfall. Ate lunch there, the. Made a loop of it through a meadow that also had a bunch of hot springs and we had the trail to ourselves. The falcon hiking guide book tagged it as quintessential Yellowstone and they were spot on. Even a couple buffalo lying a few hundred meters away to top it off. The trail actually went through (between) hot springs with water that had come off them. Made you wonder if it was safe, but the footprints indicated people had done it before us, so why not.
Swung by the headwaters lodge near our cabin for a happy hour. Cool to talk to the servers about life on the fringe of Yellowstone. Brats on the stove tonight after yet another rain shower. Hard to complain about the meal though and washed it down with an ipa from Sheridan, wy.
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