I began my day with a five mile hike to Fairy Falls. I was on the trail by 7:30, which was great because I was mostly alone. The hike begins with a walk around this basin full of crazy stuff. (I forget all the technical names.) It looks like people have little campfires going everywhere.
Something that made me laugh at Yellowstone were all the signs warning you about the dangers of going off trail. I want to answer those signs and be like, "Hey! You don't have to tell me twice!" This place looks like your typical idyllic mountain scene, then out of nowhere, there is steam coming out of the ground, or a bubbling mud pot, or a geyser. It actually seems kind of absurd. I would be scared to step anywhere off trail! In fact, I see so many people out fishing, and I'd even be scared to do that! Because all of that weird mineral water is flowing into the water not far from where they're fishing!
Fairy Falls was very pretty. My next stop was Old Faithful, which was a whole ten minutes late. Um, excuse me, Mother Nature, but tardiness is unacceptable. Get your stuff together!
I then headed south through Grand Teton. The peaks were covered with snow, and they looked absolutely wicked. I wonder what's involved in climbing them...
I then made my way through Idaho Falls (Cafe Rio! Woohoo!) and am camping at Craters of the Moon National Monument tonight. I am not worried about the cold tonight (and last night wasn't even that bad!), but I am concerned about my distance to the bathroom. It's far. No way am I walking all the way down there to pee in the middle of the night. This is usually my policy, but the problem with this campsite is that it's very exposed; there are no bushes to pee behind, and I'm pretty close to other campers. They just might get a little show...
Something that made me laugh at Yellowstone were all the signs warning you about the dangers of going off trail. I want to answer those signs and be like, "Hey! You don't have to tell me twice!" This place looks like your typical idyllic mountain scene, then out of nowhere, there is steam coming out of the ground, or a bubbling mud pot, or a geyser. It actually seems kind of absurd. I would be scared to step anywhere off trail! In fact, I see so many people out fishing, and I'd even be scared to do that! Because all of that weird mineral water is flowing into the water not far from where they're fishing!
Fairy Falls was very pretty. My next stop was Old Faithful, which was a whole ten minutes late. Um, excuse me, Mother Nature, but tardiness is unacceptable. Get your stuff together!
I then headed south through Grand Teton. The peaks were covered with snow, and they looked absolutely wicked. I wonder what's involved in climbing them...
I then made my way through Idaho Falls (Cafe Rio! Woohoo!) and am camping at Craters of the Moon National Monument tonight. I am not worried about the cold tonight (and last night wasn't even that bad!), but I am concerned about my distance to the bathroom. It's far. No way am I walking all the way down there to pee in the middle of the night. This is usually my policy, but the problem with this campsite is that it's very exposed; there are no bushes to pee behind, and I'm pretty close to other campers. They just might get a little show...
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