June 6, 2020 Yellowstone Trip pt 2 https://www.nps.gov/yell/ Spring runoff Firehole River Falls Firehole River Baby bison lounging on the grass with Brown headed cowbirds More lounging Bison Yellow flowers blooming in the shelter of a dead tree in a hollow Firehole Lake Mossy Tree
June 6, 2020 Yellowstone Trip pt 1 https://www.nps.gov/yell/ A view of the Tetons on our way to Yellowstone Trumpeter Swan near Island Park ID Osprey in Island Park Antelope aka Pronghorn on Antelope Flats on the way to Yellowstone One of the many varieties of yellow flowers Canada Goose & Goslings Goslings Scruffy Bison Bison … More June 2020 Yellowstone Trip pt 1
Yellowstone Part 2: Continuing to the Mud Volcano, Yellowstone Lake, West Thumb, then Firehole Lake Drive and home. Saturday 9/7/19 At this point in the year the Lake area has fewer tourists since it is too cold to swim or do much boating. We were able to stop and hang out at the lake for … More Yellowstone – Sept 2019 pt2
Yellowstone Part 1: Starting at Madison Junction to Norris, to the Falls and just beyond to a great picnic area by the Yellowstone River. Saturday 9/7/19 Shanna suggested the route and the rest of us said heck yes. It’s been a long time since I spent any time out by the Upper & Lower Falls … More Yellowstone – Sept 2019 pt1
Sunday June 23, 2019 With the crew: Shanna, John & Bill Once again we left Pocatello early, about 7:30 a.m. and headed north. We slowed at Swan Pond but pretty much drove straight through, past Island Park, West Yellowstone, the Madison turn outs, Norris, Canyon.. with little in the way of stopping till we were … More Yellowstone with the Crew
Saturday, June 8, 2019 Yellowstone National Park View of the snow frosted mountains at Swan Pond Trumpeter swan and Sandhill crane at the Island Park spot I call Swan Pond From about 2012 till last year Cheryl, Shanna, Regina, Katrina (Regina’s daughter) and I would visit Yellowstone on the first weekend in June. It was … More Early June in Yellowstone
Saturday April 27, 2019 The five of us (Shanna, Jenny, John, Bill, and Helen) gathered at my house just before 8:00. We loaded the car and headed north to Yellowstone. It’s so much fun to be in a car with a bunch of artists. So many ideas and projects are discussed. It is very inspiring. … More First trip to Yellowstone in 2019
Windows Into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks by Robert B. Smith and Lee J. Siegel, Oxford University Press, 2000 Buy on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Windows-into-Earth-Geologic-Yellowstone/dp/0195105974 Everything you ever wanted to know about the geologic story of Yellowstone. Written for the amateur geologist/scientist. Old Faithful 242 pages with chapters covering everything … More Review: Windows Into the Earth
Yellowstone Autumn Visit October 27, 2018 I set out with big hopes and dreams of seeing tons of animals and birds. After all, the last open weekend at Yellowstone would surely mean that the animals would be down out of the mountains and near the roads. Right? Things started out well. Along the Madison river … More Final Autumn Visit to Yellowstone
I am very lucky to live 2.5 hours from Yellowstone. I visit on a regular basis and get to watch the seasons, wildlife, and tourists move and change. Atlas of Yellowstone ed. by W. Andrew Marcus et al California, 2012 https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Yellowstone-W-Andrew-Marcus/dp/0520271556/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540848934&sr=8-1&keywords=Atlas+of+Yellowstone ISBN-13: 978-0520271555, ISBN-10: 0520271556 A comprehensive geographic look at the world’s first National Park. … More Review: Atlas of Yellowstone
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