Day 248 of a Year Long Road Trip Along America’s Scenic Byways
Upper Geyser Basin
I started out today visiting Old Faithful. The geyser is well known because of its consistency. It erupts every 40 to 126 minutes for a few minutes. While it doesn’t spew as high as Grand Geyser, the world’s tallest predictable geyser, it still puts on a good show. Old Faithful is located in Upper Geyser Basin along with 125 other active geysers. In fact, Yellowstone is home to 200 of the 500 active geysers found in the world!
While waiting on Old Faithful to work its magic, I wandered along the boardwalk past a variety of springs, pools, and geysers including Chromatic Pool, which I found to be the one of the prettiest as I breathed the rotten egg smell of sulphur. Chromatic Pool’s colors are created by microscopic lifeforms. Incredibly, these organisms can survive conditions that would be lethal to most other living creatures, including humans.
ON THE ROAD Again!