USA – Page 15 – the wandering spot

September 11, 2013December 26, 2022

Grand Teton-Yellowstone-Bighorn Mountains-Black Hills-Badlands

Itinerary: Chicago ➜ North Platte ➜ Rock Springs ➜ Jackson ➜ Craig Thomas Discovery & Visitor Center/Rockefeller Preserve/Phelps Lake trail ➜ Jackson ➜ ☞ Grand Teton Crest Trail ➜ Colter Bay Village/Taggart/Bradley Lake trail ➜ ☞ Yellowstone ➜ Cody/Granite Pass/Buffalo ➜ Devils Tower ➜ Black Hills/Lead/Keystone/Custer State Park-Wildlife Loop Rd ➜ Hot Springs/Jewel Cave/Sylvan Lake/Cathedral Spears trail/Needles Eye/Custer State Park ➜ Badlands Sage Creek Rim Rd and Rt 240-Cliff Shelf/Notch and Castle trails ➜ Sioux Falls ➜ Chicago

In addition to Teton Crest trail and many walks in Yellowstone we also hiked to Phelps Lake, Bradley and Taggart Lakes, and Cathedral Spears.

Phelps Lake

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Bradley and Taggart Lakes

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Cathedral Spears

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Crossing Big Horn Mountains via Granite Pass…

September 8, 2013December 26, 2022

Yellowstone

Yellowstone was part of ☞ Grand Teton-Yellowstone-Bighorn Mountains-Black Hills-Badlands trip in 2013. We moved around a lot driving from destination to destination and then walking on local trails, such as Lone Star Geyser trail. We liked our only longer/all-day hike around Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone a lot.

Lone Star Geyser trail map

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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone trail map

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Video clips

Day 1: South Entrance-West Thumb Geyser Basin-Gull Point-Fishing Bridge-Mud Volcano-Canyon Campground

Day 2: Grand Canyon of Yellowstone-Lower Falls- South Rim trail-Artisan Point-Clear Lake trail-Upper Falls-North Rim trail-Grand View-Inspiration Point

Day 3: Petrified Tree-Specimen Ridge trail-Lamar Valley

Day 4: Hayden Valley-Norris Geyser Basin (Porcelain Basin-Back Basin)- Nymph Lake-Twin Lake-Roaming Mountain-Obsidian Cliff

Day 5: Mammoth Hot Springs-Boiling River Hot Springs-Gibson Falls-West Yellowstone

Boiling River Hot Springs, Gardner River

Day 6: Fountain Pen Pots-Pocket Basin-Midway Geyser Basin-Grant Prismatic Spring

Runoff from Excelsior Geyser to Firehole River

Day 7: Upper Geyser Basin North-Morning Glory-Biscuit Basin-Old Faithful Lodge

Day 8: Lone Star-Upper Geyser Basin

Day 9: Old Faithful-Kepler Cascade-Fishing Bridge-Steamboat Point-East Entrance

August 31, 2013December 26, 2022

Grand Teton Crest Trail

Jenny Lake ➜Teton Village ➜ Teton Crest trail ➜Jenny Lake, part of ☞ Grand Teton-Yellowston-Bighorn Mountains-Black Hills-Badlands trip in 2013.

Teton Crest trail map

Teton Crest trail profile

Craig Thomas Visitor Center, preparing for…

…started walking towards the Tetons and Alaska Basin…

… 2 hours in heavy rain which stuck in the high mountains waiting for us…

…but sunset at Alaska Basin was very nice…

…so we could dry our stuff before hiking up to Hurricane Pass

…but good view from Hurricane Pass down the vallley…

Beautiful views of Grand Teton at sunset…

We are gaining altitude fast from the campsite at the bottom of the valley…

Rain is coming, just 30 mins but with small hail…

…as we are approaching Paintbrush Divide

It was the last pass on the trail, all downhill now

Looking back at the mountains in rain from Jackson Hole

July 12, 2013December 26, 2022

Manistee River Trail

Flashback of ☞ Michigan Manistee River and North Country Trail loop hike between Red Bridge and Suspension Bridge in July 2013. During this trip we also kayaked with friends on ☞ Pine River upstream of Peterson Bridge. We camped at ☞ Pine Lake campground.

Manistee River loop from Red Bridge

May 27, 2013December 26, 2022

Cache River and Shawnee National Forest

Five days. Itinerary: Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center ➜ Big Cypress ➜ Heron Pond trail ➜ Lower Cache River ➜ Garden of the Gods ➜ Giant City Park

Cache River swamp with tupelo (Nyssa biflora) and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) were you can park your canoe next to a 1000 yo trees standing in 6 ft of water. We rented canoes from White Crane Canoe Rentals, renamed ☞ Cache Bayou Outfitters.