August 29, 2017, Tuesday "A full day of fun! A day at Lone Star Geyser"

We toured the West Thumb area of YNP.  This area lines Yellowstone Lake and is filled with mud pots, brightly colored steam pools.  There are many signs warning to stay on the boardwalk.  The surface is thin around the steam pools/geysers.

Above: West Thumb area

Next on today's agenda:
we drove to the "Lone Star Geyser".  It surely is an advantage to have experienced suites with us.  "Lone Star" is 2.5 miles from the highway, a lone geyser surrounded by forest.

There is a 2.5 mile trail that can be walked or biked to the geyser.  We biked--even at 7700' elevation. Of course when we arrived at the geyser it had just erupted.  We chose to wait the three hours to the next eruption.  Marcella/Jeff assured us it would be worth it!  And, it was!

Note::  Jeff gifted each of us with a bottle of bear spray at the beginning of the bike trail.

You know what is coming.

On the return trip I was in the lead with Glen just behind me.  I yelled "BEAR" and stopped.  Glen also stopped as we were seeing a black bear on the trail just 100 feet in front of us.  As soon as I yelled it left the trail and disappeared into the forest.  The rest of the group didn't see it.

We were alert, needless to say, on the rest of the return.

Heading out to Lone Star Geyser: Doug, Mildred, Marcella, Jeff, Glen, Gayla.  I don't know where Evelyn was.  Gary waited for us in his truck.

Above:  Lone Star Geyser during eruption.

Here we are, at the end of the return from Lone Star Geyser.

Can you stand a few more pictures?  Next to the entrance of Lone Star Geyser is "Kepler Cascades."

Difference between a "cascade" and a "waterfall"--a cascade is slower, less steep, and not as much fall.  This is "Kepler Cascade".

This is the bottom of the cascades.  It goes through a narrow canyon.

Hope you are enjoying.