I struggle to wake up for sunrise, especially in summer when it is usually a 4:00 am alarm. That was no different on my first morning in Yellowstone. As I headed out in the dark, I thought about how exhausted I was after a ten hour day of driving, and how sleeping in might have been a better choice. As the light started to glow above the mountains, I remembered why I choose to get up - the solitude and potential scene that I might witness. Then this unfolded and made me wonder why I ever doubt.