We left Upper Geyser Basin, drove north, passed Mid-Geyser Basin, but stopped at Lower Geyser Basin. I really wanted to see some good mudpots before we left the most thermally/geyser active region of the park. The image on the right shows a colorful pool along the boardwalk in Lower Geyser Basin.

The image on the right shows 'mudpots' bubbling.

More shots of mudpots on the right. I know the mud must be very hot, but I really wanted to just jump in and get messy!

We walked along a boardwalk loop (maybe a mile) around part of Lower Geyser Basin. I forget the name of the geyser on the right, but it was pretty awesome.

We spent a very short time checking-out Lower Geyser Basin and continued moving north. We almost decided to skip the Firehole Canyon loop, but then thought the better of it and took the drive anyway. The image on the right shows a portion of Firehole Canyon in Yellowstone National Park. That is the Firehole River passing through Firehole Canyon.

Image on the right shows Cascades of the Firehole at the beginning of Firehole Canyon.

We just passed through Firehole Canyon and continued on our way. We stayed on SR 89 and stopped at Gibbon Falls. The image on the right shows Gibbon Falls.

Image on the right shows Gibbon Falls in Yellowstone National Park.

We left Gibbon Falls and continued northward, but then turned eastward on Norris Canyon Road. Eventually we took a narrow road that hugged a canyon wall and we saw Virginia Cascades. The image on the right shows Virginia Cascades in the shadows of an evergreen forrest. One thing interesting about Yellowstone are the massive expanses of young forrest in large portions of the park, which are most likely due to the disasterous wild fires of the late 1980's. This portion of the park appeared to have older trees.

We continued onward and found the Brink of the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River, which was pretty cool. The image on the right shows Anna peeking over the edge of the rail to view the bottom of the falls.

Image on the right shows the turbulant water descending at the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River.

Image on the right is looking up river at the turbulant Yellowstone River before it took a plung at the Upper Falls.

We continued on our way with the intention of viewing the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River before sunset, but what we thought was the road to the falls was closed. Actually, it was the road to the brink of the falls, not the viewing area known as Artist Point. Defeated, we decided to get a good meal at a resturant in Canyon Village. We were in line to pay for our food (Cafeteria Style; pick up the desired items on a tray and pay for them at the register, but incredible food) and I, not willing to give up yet, asked the woman at the register if there was another way to view the Lower Falls. And she told me there was an easy way; go to Artist Point, and I was pumped! I pushed Shawn, Anna, and Brandon to hurry with their dinner so we could get to Artist Point before nightfall.

We ate our meals and raced to Artist Point, and I took my tripod with me to the observation platform, because the sun had set and it was quickly getting dark. The image on the right shows the awesome Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River.

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River at Grand Canyon of Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park.

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River at Grand Canyon of Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park.

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River at Grand Canyon of Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park.

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River at Grand Canyon of Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park.

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River at Grand Canyon of Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park.

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River at Grand Canyon of Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park.

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River at Grand Canyon of Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park.

The image on the right shows a look in the opposite direction of the falls showing other parts of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.

The image on the right shows our group picture in front of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River: we had to do a long exposure with a flash to get this picture, which explains the 'ghosting' effect.

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