{"id":12445,"date":"2019-10-21T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12445"},"modified":"2019-10-20T11:52:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T16:52:29","slug":"our-world-hike-to-yellowstones-fairy-falls-and-grand-prismatic-spring-overlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12445","title":{"rendered":"Our World – Hike to Yellowstone’s Fairy Falls and Grand Prismatic Spring Overlook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On our trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming a couple weeks ago Heather and I decided to make a quick run up to Yellowstone because a storm was coming and we feared that the roads we closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So we made our “quick run” to just past the Old Faithful Geyser to the trail head of the Fairy Falls trail. It took us about three hours on this quick run. Lots to look at so we were okay but ready to hit the trail. It was very cold and the wind was a gale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, on the way, we took the little bypass to the overlook for the Grand Prismatic Spring. It’s a wonder of nature and no photographs I have took or edited shows it quite like it looks. So you get this unedited version of the Spring along with my wife Heather. She doesn’t need any editing in my opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The gale winds quit once we got in the woods. We saw this guy, the second of the Bison we encountered. We gave them wide berth. They seem benign but they can close on you in a hurry if they are riled up. We had our bear spray which is supposed to work on Bison but I didn’t want to have to worry about it. Especially if it is windy. The theory is that you create a cloud of spray for them to run through. No clouds though when the wind is blowing!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is a definite boundary between the dead zone caused by the hot springs and the forests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of old dead wood laying around from an older forest fire, I think back in the 80’s. My sister Ellen took me on this same hike in August 2018. She knew all about it, but I forgot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here is Fairy Falls. They falls are 220 feet tall and are the highest “front country falls” in the park. Heather and I had the Falls to ourselves for quite a while. That is the thing about hiking this time of year. There is not near the crowds that you get in the summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s another view, obviously you can tell I edited it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And a closeup. A very nice and peaceful place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n