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Next up in my “I needed to do this hike in Yellowstone because I didn’t the first time” series is the mud Volcano Trail on the east side of the park!

For a while I thought this was a separate trail than the mud pot trail, but there are mud pots on this trail and it’s actually called the Mud Volcano Trail.

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Another one of the trails I wanted to do on this visit to Yellowstone since I didn’t on my first trip was the West Thumb Geyser Basin boardwalk.

This is a geyser basin right on the shore of Yellowstone Lake, so you get to see the lake AND thermal features at the same time, AND mountains off in the distance. I think it’s one of the more unique trails in the park for it’s location/scenery.

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I knew one of the things I had to do on this visit to Yellowstone was hike out to Artist Point since I didn’t do that on my first trip there. I don’t think I really even knew it existed, and I definitely don’t remember driving down the road to get here.

So, after hiking down the to the Brink of the Lower Yellowstone Falls, we stopped at one other overlook then headed over to the Artist Point parking area.