Yellowstone Vacation, September 2009
Yellowstone vacation, September 2009
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Yellowstone Vacation, September 2009
We Made it Back Home!
After a long 2 days driving back through Montana, Idaho, Washington, and finally Oregon, we made it home! Here’s a quick recap of our route – all 1,954+ miles!!! A – Started from Colton, OR Friday morning B – Stopped for a quick rodeo in Pendleton, OR C – We took the road less traveled […]
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Yellowstone Vacation, September 2009
Wild Bill’s Firearms Museum
The big attraction in Cody is the Wild Bill Museum – A collection of 5 different museums including the Firearm’s Museum, Buffalo Bill Cody Museum, and the Natural History Museum. The firearms section displayed over 1,500 guns with an addition 1,200 in a lower section of the building!
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Yellowstone Vacation, September 2009
On The Road Again
Brad and Tucker spending some quality time together on our way to Cody.
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Yellowstone Vacation, September 2009
Runnin’ Wild in the Streets
At the last minute we decided to extend our trip by heading east into Cody instead of heading back the way we came. We packed up and headed out bright and early this morning. The quickest route to Cody took us back in the south entrance of Yellowstone then out through the east- and it […]
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Yellowstone Vacation, September 2009
The Continental Divide
After passing over the Divide no less than 8 times in the last two days, we finally managed to get this shot on our way out of the park.
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Yellowstone Vacation, September 2009
Fountain Paint Pots & Celestine Pool
More of Yellowstone’s thermal features – beautiful but deadly! Celestine Pool was the site of the most recent death by hydrothermal boiling (July, 1981 – a guy and a dog). Although the guy made it out of the thermal pool he died the next morning due to 3rd dregree burns over 100% of his body. […]
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Yellowstone Vacation, September 2009
Biscuit Basin
I think we all agreed that Biscuit Basin had some of the most unusual and beautiful hot springs and geysers. We even had the opportunity to take more pictures of a bison grazing in the fields near by. If you’re interested in the thermal death count, only one known death occured in Biscuit Basin – […]
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Yellowstone Vacation, September 2009
Old Faithful
We spent several hours walking around the geysers and hot springs around the Old Faithful area. True to form, Old Faithful put on a show within 10 minutes of the predicted time. Although there are no reported thermal deaths at Old Faithful, there are many reports of severe burns from visitors looking into the geyser […]
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Yellowstone Vacation, September 2009
West Thumb Geyser Basin
Another great spot for observing geothermal activity. There have been at least 20 known thermal deaths in the park, several of which occurred in the West Thumb Geyser Basin. 5 occurred before the plank walk ways were built in the 1960’s.
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