Honestly, isn’t life the ultimate crapshoot? One day you decide to roll the cosmic dice, take your chances, look for...

Gushing geysers! Murky mud pots! Steaming sapphire pools! Thriving thermophiles!  I’ve got a creeping case of volcanic hydrothermal overload! Isn’t...

It’s not easy to describe the wonder that is Norris Geyser Basin, and so I won’t even try. Words simply...

Eeew! It’s green, it’s slimy, and it’s moving! It’s alive! We must be on a trail in Yellowstone. Pausing at...

Living in Yellowstone for the summer is living life on the edge. We probably won’t experience a violent explosion while...

At first glance, the springs looked like purple motor oil cascading down the bleached hillside. I had read somewhere that...

From now on, if anyone asks me where they might hike in Yellowstone and not be consumed by the maddening...

I know this may be hard to believe, but there is much more to attract your attention in and near...

I’ll admit it. I was a nervous wreck. I’d heard all sorts of stories about Avalanche Peak, mostly about how...

Visit any thermal area in Yellowstone National Park and you are sure to come upon at least one surprise. No...