Yellowstone -- Canyon Day

For our third full day in Yellowstone we decided to start close to our campground and check out the canyon. They've named it the Grand Canyon Of Yellowstone. It was a cool day so we decided to tack on a 5ish mile hike to a couple of lakes as well. 

We opted for the South Rim of the canyon so we could do the Uncle Tom's Trail. What a great decision it was. Uncle Toms drops about half of the way down the canyon via some paved paths and over 300 steps to an amazing view of the  308 ft lower falls. 

Prior to that we checked out 109 ft upper falls. 

We then took the South Tim trail down to Artist Point. This is where Thomas Moran and others have composed their visions of the canyon. 

The hike then climbed a bit more away from the Artist Viewpoint. We looped around away from the canyon passing 2 lakes along the way. Here are a few shots. 

Lily Lake