Road Trip With Grandpa in Yellowstone An Adventure of Memories including Old Faithful

This is a mini series of days with grandpa Randy in Yellowstone. Day 1 and Day 2 are both great days grandpa planned as well, check it out here and here.

Yellowstone, Day 3 with grandpa       

1.     Same directions as Day 1; from West Yellowstone to Madison Junction, then on to Norris Junction.

2.     At Norris turn right (4 way stop) towards Canyon Village.  Take the Virginia Cascades loop road – one way, and then back on highway towards Canyon. At Canyon, stop at information center and get guidance on viewing Upper and Lower Yellowstone River Falls.  There are walks to the overlooks for both falls and worth doing (my opinion) and then also seeing Artist’s Point

3.     From here go into Hayden Valley and towards Yellowstone Lake.  I have NEVER not seen a lot of bison in this beautiful valley.  I have also seen wolves here on a couple occasions.

4.     Proceed to Yellowstone Lake and maybe stop at restaurant at the Yellowstone Lake Hotel.  You should have great view of the lake from the back side of the hotel.

5.     Loop back here and see the same sights, heading back to maybe swimming at Firehole River.

6.     From Madison Junction, this may also be a great time to continue towards Old Faithful and stop at Biscuit Basin.  This is really neat stuff and at the backside of Biscuit Basin (from the Highway) is the hike to Mystic Falls.  This is an easy hike.  It is 1 mile from the back side of Biscuit Basin.

7.     Time permitting, after hike or even prior, go to Old Faithful and see the eruption (about every 90 minutes) and also see the Old Faithful Lodge.

8.     By doing this, it frees up your travels from West Yellowstone on another day to go to Grand Teton National Park less than two hours away from the cabin in Island Park. There are also some great things to do around Island Park too and you can look at them at the blog post here.