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Sep 15 2009

Yellowstone Blues

How can one diss the most famous and the first National Park and get away with it.  Well, I guess if I give it conditional passing marks it’s okay.  So why would I not LOVE this park.  It’s just too much like a theme park.  From the scheduled eruptions of Old Faithful to the tourists taking photos (I know that includes me) at every “attraction”.  Everywhere we went there was also talk of when and where wildlife was spotted.  But as far as theme parks go this place definitely had “E” ticket rides.  There were beautiful vistas coming into the park.  The bubbling waters and steamy geysers were colorful, powerful and amazing.  There was also the wildlife including the elk on the lawn of one of the lodges as we came into the park and the herd of bison on both sides of the road as we left the park.  It’s worth the trip but I longed for the rugged, pristine and less crowed parks.  They’re coming up.

Our log cabin outside Yellowstone
Bison in the field
Wildlife near the cauldron
Look who’s on the lawn
Baby bison crossing
Mama bison watching
Old Faithful going off
Obligatory Faithful
Carving in Yellowstone Lodge
Yellowstone Lodge
Hot Water
Water of a Different Color
Irridescent Waters
Deep Waters
Cracked Earth
Bubbling Mud
Steam Bath
Muddy Waters
Warning
Stormy Yellowstone
There was a big fire
The devastating fire of 1988
Dragon Stump
Wildfire Madness
River in the park
Waterfalls
My River
My River sign
Yellowstone River
Yellowstone River again
It’s really yellow stone
Coming into Yellowstone
Bird kite

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  1. Kathy says

    September 15, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    they named a river after you and you still wouldn’t give yellowstone a chance. what does it take to please you??? alaskan beer maybe??

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