Start in West Yellowstone MT, Yellowstone National Park, Stay in West Yellowstone MT.
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Weather: Lows: West Yellowstone: 44; Old Faithful Ranger Stn: n/a; Yellowstone Lake ASOS: 36 Highs: West Yellowstone: 78; Old Faithful Ranger Stn: 76 Yellowstone Lake ASOS: 73; Tower Falls: n/a; Hikes/Walks: 5.9 miles 1.2 miles total, ~300 feet elevation: Brink of Lower Falls 0.1 miles total : overlook of Lower Falls 0.3 miles total, ~100 feet elevation: Upper Falls overlook 0.7 miles total, ~70 feet elevation: two South Rim overlooks 2.6 miles total : Old Faithful geyser basin 0.3 miles total : Black Sand Basin 0.7 miles total : around West Yellowstone
We then shifted gears from waterfalls and the canyon to the geysers in the western portion of the park. But we made a quick stop at Isa Lake, a small pool of water that straddles the Continental Divide and drains to both the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the continent.
The plan was to get information at the Old Faithful ranger station, then visit a nearby geyser basin and hit Old Faithful tomorrow. But Old Faithful was predicted to erupt soon, so we stayed to watch the eruption. After the Old Faithful eruption, we then were told by rangers that Beehive Geyser (which only erupts twice a day) was predicted to erupt soon, so we went to watch that eruption. After that, we walked around the rest of this basin viewing eruptions of various geysers.
We then visited the nearby Black Sand basin briefly before losing sunlight in the basin. As we were heading back to West Yellowstone for the evening, we encountered a coyote in a clearing in the park.