Y E L L O W S T O N E   -   D A Y   # 1

Thursday, August 5, 2004

My first full day at Yellowstone is going to be a busy one, so I wake early and head out of the campground.

My travels today will take me south a little ways to Norris Junction, where the Norris Geysers and Norris Campgrounds are located.

Before leaving I deposit my registration tag into the drop box located at the entrance. The rules are you have to vacate your site before 10am or else. Hmmm, don't know what they would have done if I is late, probably nothing.

I head up the hill to Mammoth Hot Springs, my first stop of the day.

On the way I stop and snap a shot of Mt Everts. Standing a tall 7,800 feet, it towers 2,000 feet above the Gardiner River that flows past the bottom of its western slope. At the campground the mountain is the predominate feature when looking to the east.