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Showing posts with label yellowstone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yellowstone. Show all posts

Friday, July 23, 2010

Flowers and more flowers

While water was king of the land, my second astonishment was all the flowers in bloom, (which of course more likely than not is also what caused all my serious issues)

My pictures of water do nothing to compare to the real thing... and there is no staging, touching or affecting nature (especially delicate flowers) while you are visiting the park so you will have to excuse some of the bad pictures but... the beauty was astounding while there.



At any rate ... I was AMAZED at all the flowers... even flowers above the tree line at over 10,000 feet.
I could go on and on about flowers I have SEVERAL more and several pastures that are more inspiring than any impressionist painting. 

I shall only post more if someone ask for it...I can tell I got a little carried away.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Moving on.. to the Next thing.

Water has been our focus thus far but only sweet ponds, except for the very last one yesterday... Some of these things were so HOT they would boil your fat, then meat off your bones within seconds.
These are MELTING ROCK>>> just think how hot that is!
The ever so faithful.. OLD FAITHFUL? in only mid stream... I lost all my good shots from this day...
Even the LAKE was restless on days we passed it.   Looks like basic atlantic/?/ eastern waves to me...
Rivers were white rapids at one point and wade pools at the next bend.  Almost like playing with a snake.

We saw two kids without immediate adult supervision just up the water from this area. ???

I don't think they knew what was around the bend.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Getting Settled back in.

I am still sleeping late, which is completely ABNORMAL for me, but apparently with all my hacking, cracking in the lungs and not being able to breath perfectly my body needs the extra few hours in deep sleep.

.... Talked to Daddy this morning, a fire was reported in Yellowstone, but neither of us is aware of the area in report, so apparently not near a road or any used  back trails at the moment or more info would be out in the world. 

Daddy is on his treck back... boy does he have a horrible awakening after his frozen grass this morning as he hooked up his truck and trailer, it's hot here! it is hot everywhere.

BUT I have been able to get a few things done while getting back to my normal schedule.

Finally got the horses settled... got the lot cleaned  up, got the gate dug out, and going to mop the stalls later today.

Birds are perfect! I've been letting them out three times a day to make up for all their caged time.

OK.. more photos of my trip.  life here is boaring so pictures it is.

OK,  so these are the edges of the pools. The crust of minerals from within the earth that make it to the surface and bacteria starts to grow in the HOT waters.
look at how it just ROLLS over edges it has created! killing everything in its path.
These pools reminded me more of the South Pacific than anything I have ever seen in North Central or South America's
Different Bacteria and depth create different colors.

Even the steam is colored by the reflections...
The threat, the power, the life and death that can come from ALL these waters is hard to grasp!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Just another day in paradise...

This was taken at the sheep eaters cliffs.














This one is off the road as well in the fire hole drive
This one is at the artiest paint / color area... off the main road only a VERY short walk.

Monday, July 19, 2010

This is what I came home to.

yep this is box after box after box. and still were more up in the office.
Life is what it is... and it never stops! So I'm getting it undercontrol little by little.

below I will attached a few photos from the first day of my trip.

a herd of horses used by the park... but as you can see although in the truck, no matter where you looked it was beautiful.
a herd of buffalo/ bison...
The typical LOADED biker.. cycliest...
my first up close sighting..
Rivers, creeks and waters were the real show.  Supporters of life, a welcome mat for all the animals...

Hot or cold... water was the center of everything.