Wandering West Day 6 - Rivers, Falls and Canyons

Hiking the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

YELLOWSTONE NP, WYOMING - I hadn't been hiking to get in shape for this trip due to a bruised toe so I needed a warm up hike. The Canyon rim hikes are right around the corner from me so I hiked from the Brink on the north side to the bottom of Uncle Tom's trail on the south side and back. I've been getting an early start (always at the cafeteria for breakfast when it opens at 6:30) and it was nice to have the trail and the fall overlooks almost all to myself. That area of the park gets real crowded but not until 9:30 or so.

Lower Yellowstone Falls with rainbow

Tower Fall Area

After this old man had a nap I drove up the road to the Tower Falls/Roosevelt area's. There are some beautiful views of the canyon along that way as well as some interesting rock formations. I also hiked along the north rim of the canyon on the Yellowstone River Picnic Area Trail. There I got more great views of the canyon and Yellowstone River. I found an elk antler that had be left along the trail. Small temptation to take it out but that is a big no no here so the pic is all I got.

Bob with elk antler

Connectivity

Finally, I must confess that I left the most magnificent piece on God's green earth to get connected to the internet, oh joy. At the North entrance there is a town called Gardiner right at the park gate. At “Flying Pigs”, an outdoor gear store, there are computers and wifi, blessed wifi. Apparently there is at least one other establishment in the town with public internet access. However, all in all, my connectivity at Yellowstone and Glacier is very limited or non-existent.