Yellowstone National Park

This is Artesia Geyser on the shore of Firehole Lake in Yellowstone National Park.

Hot Lake is actually the name of this body of water and not a description of it. It is one of three small lakes at the far end of Firehole Lake Drive. The three are fed by hot springs and geysers and the water is very warm to hot. We are in San Antonio, Texas, after two long days of driving (2000 miles - 3200 km). Had some minor issues with the car so we drove through the night last night. Went to see the Alamo this afternoon and are checked into our guest house. We hope tomorrow to do the mission trail which follows the river and takes you to a series of old Spanish missions along the river. We may do it with bikes but may also go by car - we noticed today that the bikes did not seem to be available.

At the far end of Friehole Lake Drive there are three small lakes fed by hot springs. Firehole Lake empties into Black Warrior Lake and Black Warrior empties into Hot Lake. This photo was taken from the boardwalk around Black Warrior Lake.

This is the runoff from Black Warrior Lake where it empties into Hot Lake. These two lakes, and a third, Firehole Lake, are at the far end of Firehole Lake Drive. The lakes are fed by hot springs and there are several geysers on Firehole Lake. The photo was taken from the boardwalk around Black Warrior.

Not far north of Midway Geyser Basin is a narrow one-way road, Firehole Lake Drive. Along that road are several important geothermal features including this geyser, White Dome Geyser. On another note, we are heading out for Texas in a few hours and my presence here will be sporadic and limited with no presence the next few days as far as I can see.

Great Fountain Geyser is found along the Firehole Lake Drive in Yellowstone National Park. The drive is a one-way side road on the lower west side of the park that leads to several important geothermal features. When the geyser erupts it erupts to a height of 200 feet (67 meters) but it erupts only every nine to twelve hours.

This is Turquoise Pool in Yellowstone National Park's Midway Geyser Basin. The Firehole River, which is fed by the hot water of this geyser basin is just visible in the background.

This is Turquoise Pool in Yellowstone's Midway Geyser Basin.

This is Opal Spring in Yellowstone's Midway Geyser Basin.