Add another level of fun in your Yellowstone trip- try one of the Explorer Challenges!

The rules for this are simple, read the following clues for the Level you want to complete. Each clue has been discussed in depth in the guidebook and has some obvious "hints" so it will be easy to figure out where you are supposed to go. Once there, take a picture at each spot, and send the pics to exploreyellowstonelikealocal@yahoo.com. Make sure the pictures have you in them so we know you didn't just Google up the pictures. 

There will be three levels of difficulty and each level will have eight riddles to solve. 

Level #1 is designed for families with small kids and even the elderly and is super easy. When completed, all the kids in your group will receive a free t-shirt. 

Level #2 will be a bit harder and when completed, everyone in your group will receive a free t-shirt regardless of age. 

Level #3, or the Teddy G. level, is the toughest of them all and everyone who completes this level will receive a free t-shirt and a hat. 

Once you submit all the correct answers and pictures, you will receive fame and notoriety beyond your wildest dreams on our website and social media pages. 

Want even more of a challenge? Any individual or group to solve all three levels correctly will receive a crisp $100 bill as well as a free t-shirt and hat. 

So, get started and have some fun! 

LEVEL 1: This level is the easiest of the three and is suitable for Explorers of all ages and abilities. Here are your clues: 

1. Its name is what it does and nearly everyone just walks right past this small pool which is located just north of the biggest geyser in the world. When you find it, you may have to wait a bit to see it do its namesake thing but when it does, you will know you're in the right spot. 

2. Named after a flower, this somewhat out of the way geyser shoots off at angle and at the end, sounds like an old locomotive (there is an old time song with the same name). 

3. Possibly the prettiest lake on earth, it was named after the wife on an old trapper named Beaver Dick and it's a great place to cool off your feet and WOW, what a view!

4. Sitting in a small alcove of trees, this old log bench honors the artist that said "Man cannot touch what God has wrought in that magnificent place, I am not worthy to paint it."

5. A great place to scare the kids because "a fire breathing dragon lives back in that hole!"

6. It's just a pile of rocks sitting by Yellowstone Lake but when you know they came from the center of the earth just a 150,000 years ago, it is a pretty hip pile of rocks!

7. These falls are in an odd spot and were named after the elusive animal that had a friend named Rocky. He always said, "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"

8. Not nearly as impressive as her big brothers below and above her, these lonely hidden falls are the 3rd tallest in the area and are as clear as her name implies. 

LEVEL 2: This level is a bit harder than Level 1, and requires a bit of hiking in spots but nothing too hard. Even smaller hikers who dream big will be able to complete everything but might need a little help from Mom & Dad here and there along the way. 

Here are your clues: 

1. While the North side of this trail sucks, the South side provides unmatched views of the canyon that gave the park it's name. Start the trail at "Hiram's" last name bridge. 

2. These 130' tall stair step falls are located on a seldom seen road that divides the parks that has two names, either Grassy or Flagg. On the trail, you will also see some Cascading Acres. 

3. These "preternatural" falls are located just north of Old Faithful, where you start off with some nice "biscuits," and when you get there, you can frolic around a bit in its warm waters. 

4. Located in a beautiful but now hidden Cascade, this strange rock, shaped like a toadstool, used to be one of most famous spots in the park but now he is just very lonely. 

5. After you "zig-zag" down that trail early in the morning, you will see those sunbeams shooting down the canyon right at you and you will wonder "how can tomorrow ever follow today?"

6. On a warm day, you can hike up an old Fishermans trail to the base of these falls where you can have thermally heated water pouring all over you. Once there, you won't just be taking a picture of these falls, you will be living a great story in these falls and taking the pic of a lifetime!

7. Named after a ghostlike image, these cascading falls are on a short easy trail where you will be initially greeted by a family or two of ground squirrels before you cross over a picture-perfect old wooden bridge just before you get to the "wispy" falls. 

8. Once sitting at the bottom of the ocean, you can walk through this tiny "pebbly" canyon and look at the white walls and see fossils of old fish and seashells in bedded in its walls. 

LEVEL 3-or Teddy G Level: This level is the toughest of them all and requires some longer hikes, some may be off trail and should not be attempted by small kids or the elderly. 

Here are your clues: 

1. These falls are named after a park bird that dives talons first right into the water. You can even ride a bike to the trailhead before you get right down into the thundering torrent of water. 

2. This trail gets to you to the largest forest of its kind in the park which is littered with trees that are 35 million years old and will be standing for a few million more years. 

3. Having a name that tells others you want to be "alone," this lake was visited by my family all the way back in 1927. You will pass through Cascade Canyon on the way to your peace and quiet. 

4. As two streams join together in mid air, its name is what you are seeing. But the icing on the cake is swimming in a nearby creek named after the little girl in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

5. Derived from an old Indian name meaning 'straight down' you can walk behind these falls and pop out the other side after you 'hot pot' in numerous pools at its base. If those pools are busy, you can visit the nearby stream that looks like a shiny ascot or tippet!

6. This trail gets you right up into the spires of the Tetons and gets its name from a beautiful red stone that a lot of people born in January have. Beware, you might see people carrying skis and snowboards up the trail with you on the way to the namesake glacier. 

7. Having no name that I could find, I named it after its most unique colors that are found no where else in the park. Dos cervezas mas con una lima por favor!

8. Meaning "the first flower of spring," this gorgeous  azure pool has been seen by less than 100 visitors since the inception of the park in 1872. It's most beautiful in the "evenings."