RoxAnne packed me a nice lunch for my backpack, packed me several water bottles and I went off on a hike. My first stop was a hill on the backside of the Grand Prismatic Spring. The spring has the distinction of being the park’s largest hot spring. It measures approximately 370 feet in diameter and is over 121 feet deep. It discharges an estimated 560 gallons of 160 °F water per minute.
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| Grand Prismatic Spring |
After leaving the spring, I headed towards the "Fairy Falls". The falls are 200 feet high and is one of Yellowstone's most spectacular waterfalls.
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| The basin at the bottom of Fairy Falls |
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| Fairy Falls |
The total hike was about 8 miles, so the best thing I could think to do was to go swimming. It just so happened that the Firehole River was near by and there was a section in which people could swim. Since the river was being fed by hot springs, the water was actually in the high 70's to low 80's. Very refreshing on a hot day.
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| Firehole River Swimming Hole |
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