Pic: Churning Cauldron, Yellowstone NP, WY
The only agenda item for the day was to get to Grebe Lake and lay low for the weekend. Along the way I got my first real taste of Yellowstone’s geothermal activity in the Mud Volcano area. The variety of bizarre features that result from differing combinations of water, heat, and noxious gases are incredible — even without the thermophiles and explosive pressures that characterize the park’s more famous geological curiosities.
I ate a cheeseburger, stuffed things into my pack, clawed through an absurd cloud of mosquitoes, and after 3.2 mostly flat miles arrived at my home for the next two nights.
Pic: Sign sweet sign. Grebe Lake, Yellowstone NP, WY
Danger Beyond This Point 