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Mud Volcano - Yellowstone National Park, WY

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The Mud volcano is a wonderful thing to see.

It is like a mud spring with boiling swirling mud.







We wish we had more time to spend in Yellowstone but it was getting dark and we had to turn back to the cabin.
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Published by kalani Ruwanpathirana under , on 6:36 PM

Dragon's Mouth Spring - Yellowstone, WY

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Dragon's mouth spring is another amazing place to see.

The spring which is inside a cave, contains of swirling hot water and you can hear a big explosion sound every 30 secs or so from inside the cave. 



Then we visited the mud volcano which is nearby.
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Published by kalani Ruwanpathirana under , on 6:32 PM

Canyon Village - Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Our intention was to visit Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. The drive from Mammoth springs to canyon village was splendid. That's when we saw a black bear too.

We visited Lower falls in the canyon. There was a short hike to the lookout point. 



Due to the time limitation, we had to skip upper falls and artist point. Then we turned back to drive through Hayden Valley.
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Published by kalani Ruwanpathirana under , , on 8:27 AM

Mammoth Hot Springs - Yellowstone National Park, WY

Our next stop was Mammoth hot springs terrace. It was a bit long hike and the atmosphere was full of sulfur smell.

It is actually a natural wonder.






It is a large area and we couldn't cover the full trail. It was around 2 pm and we were really hungry. Then we turned back and had lunch from the hotel near by.

Then we headed to the canyon village.
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Published by kalani Ruwanpathirana under , on 7:47 AM

Gibbons Falls - Yellowstone National Park, WY

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On the second day, we entered from West entrance and took left from Madison junction. On the way to Norris junction, we got down at Gibbons falls.

The fall was beautiful. We didn't spend much time there though. We tried to cover the park as much as possible on that day.




We left Gibbon's fall and stopped at Mammoth Hot Springs.
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Published by kalani Ruwanpathirana under , on 10:25 AM

Old Faithful Geyser - Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Old Faithful geyser is an active geyser and the visitor center predicts the eruptions pretty accurately. It was raining  at the time so we went inside the visitor center to watch the eruption from the inside. However, the rain ceased a bit after a while and we could watch the eruption at the geyser itself.



The eruption lasts several minutes and it is a really wonderful scene to watch.

Before visiting old faithful, we tried to visit Black Sand basin too but we didn't get down there due to heavy rain.

After watching the eruption, we turned back and drove to the cabin. We prepared dinner at the cabin and it was past mid night when we go to sleep.
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Published by kalani Ruwanpathirana under , on 12:16 PM

Grand Prismatic Spring - Yellowstone National Park, WY

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Grand Prismatic Spring is said to be a must see place in Yellowstone. It is located in Midway Geyser basin.

It was hard to find a parking spot there. Finally we got one and we started the short trail to the spring. The spring is magnificent. It is bit hard to see all the colors if the steam is too much but still it was radiant.







This trail also includes the Excelsior Geyser. This is not actively erupting geyser though. It is still beautiful with dark blue steaming water.





Our next stop was Old Faithful Geyser.
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Published by kalani Ruwanpathirana under , , on 8:26 AM

Yellowstone National Park, WY (Trip to Yellowstone - Day 05 and Day 06)

We spent two days in Yellowstone and wish we were able to spend more time there. We didn't have time to see all the places and we missed visiting some places like Morning glory pool, Black river, etc.

For wild life, we saw many Bisons on the way. We saw one black bear too.








The first day was a rainy day so we had to turn back early. We entered to the park from West entrance and turned right from the Madison junction. The first stop was Fountain Paint pot but we didn't stop there because time was limited. We directly drove to Grand prismatic Spring.

This is an abstract map of Yellowstone national park. You can get a more detailed map here.

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Published by kalani Ruwanpathirana under , on 7:44 AM
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