Quoth The Corvid, Yellowstone
✍️ • 🕑 • Series: Go West, Young Lad • Tags: geysers • lakes • waterfalls • rivers • canyons • Yellowstone National Park • National Parks • Places: East Entrance to Yellowstone • Nine Mile Post / Turbid Lake Trail Trailhead • LeHardy Rapids • Mud Volcanos • Grand Canyon of Yellowstone • Norris Geyser Basin
Of all of the places I ever visited as a youngster, Yellowstone National Park left the biggest impression on me. I thought its geothermal features were spectacular, its nature unparalleled, and its crowds easy enough to overlook when everything else was so spectacular.
I made sure when I planned my trip West to not just visit Yellowstone but to spend as much time there and just outside there as seemed reasonable. So, after a day spent just outside the park boundaries, I would spend a total of three days visiting the park.
I hadn’t planned much of a park itinerary, but I wanted to visit a mix of popular and less popular spots. Along these lines, I picked out my first planned hike, one not far from the park’s east entrance.

Soon, it would turn out there were a few other things I hadn’t necessarily planned on. Like snow.