 what's up guys welcome to the channel if you're new here we're trekking pals Habiba and Alex we're amateur hikers and backpackers and we create video content every Tuesday howdy out howdy beams previous episode of winter in yellow stone we shared with you our first experience snow showing to observation point to enjoy a 360 degrees view of the beautiful old faithful geyser we checked a couple of other geysers in the park like solitary geyser here and we had a fun and nerve wrecking bite and encounter and we made it back to old faithful lodge right on time to catch the snow coach and leave the park to get mammoth hot springs we will be making a couple of stops on the way to enjoy the landscape and more thermal features in the park and this is what we will share with you in today's episode of winter in yellow stone our first stop is fountain paint pot trail it's a nice point six loop trail on a boardwalk and that's good for all skill levels this trail is located within the lower geyser basin and you will be able to see all four types of hydrothermal features including geysers hot springs mud pots and fumaroles my personal favorite hydrothermal feature where the mud pots or paint pot they are very acidic bacteria comes up through the water from deep in the earth and it eats hydrogen sulfite and it puts sulfuric acid as a byproduct and as it comes to the surface it brings with it a lot of particles of clay which is really cool to see i use my hands they're frozen i will however use my hands because my hands are not frozen so we got a couple of people from the tour heading back and it's just the two of us yeah from georgia interesting thing about this geyser is that it used to be a cycle geyser meaning that it goes on and off just like the other geysers in the park but since 1959 and due to an earthquake in the basin it entered what is known as a wild phase erupting almost continuously to heights of 45 feet it was cool Alex right we're checking this waterfall here fire hole waterfall we just arrived to mammoth hot springs and we're going to spend the night here and then we'll see what else is planned for tomorrow so for now just sitting here actually the the coach just dropped us here and we'll check it in enjoying this warm fire all right room tour okay we've got this little nice area it looks very fancy with a little fridge coffee tea and everything in between and then we've got a closet that's it yeah i think my favorite part is this little fancy area and then we've got two beds and then the bathroom is you know old style even the lamp you turn this on just like a game yeah these light switches so funny it's like a game all right so we've got that we've got this old style tile and then a bathtub the toilet seats are very very tiny and then the faucet is kind of neat too then we've got my favorite bar soap great that's that now we've got a nice view it is nice view it really is nice you can see the mountain behind us and that's mammoth hot springs lodge very beautiful you relaxed yes baby happy short people's problems we are just going downstairs to grab some dinner and you know play a game of chess in wine enough with adventure for today just it not just it just pieces that's a beautiful how they have how beautiful they are already here yeah let's stick with these are you sure yeah that's so nice there's the same actually this is treating us for a nice dinner here let me show you the place real quick fancy we've got some roast pot some lamb pot roast lamb pot and then this is bison tenderloin it's wrapped up today with this nice dinner and i hope that you guys enjoyed today's episode of winter in yellowstone and if you did consider subscribing to our channel for weekly vlogs about hiking and backpacking you're checking out Habiba and Alex and we'll see you soon on another adventure