Exit78 Photo of the Day #56
Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 14, 2007 (Pentax K10D)
Old Faithful Inn is the largest log hotel in the world, possibly the largest log structure in the world. Initial construction was over the winter of 1903-1904 using local materials such as lodgepole pine and rhyolite stone. While rustic, it has boasted some modern amenities from the beginning. On it’s first opening in 1904, it had electric lights and steam heat.
Old Faithful Vicinity is, without a doubt, the most popular location in the park. I don’t know how many times we’ve been to Yellowstone, so certainly don’t know how many times we’ve been to the Old Faithful area. We saw Old Faithful erupt at least 4 times on one trip. I saw Old Faithful and the inn for the first time as an adolescent in the early 60s. On a couple of trips, we spent time in one of the lobby’s upper floors connected to the internet via our mobile wireless hot spot on our phone. It was one of the few places we could get online in the park.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
