tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83232166250372877622024-03-14T04:10:35.564-06:00My Summer in YellowstoneAfter 4 long hard years of college at Kettering and co-op work at Dana, I've decided to delay my entry into the "working world" and take a well deserved vacation of sorts. So I'm headed out west to Yellowstone National Park where I'll live, work, and play for the entire summer!SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-37442959294843227802007-10-04T17:40:00.000-06:002007-10-04T17:59:37.514-06:00Flash Update: Grizzly<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Today at around 4pm I was getting ready to go to dinner when a friend of mine came by and said there was a grizzly behind one of the dorms. Me being curious, and stupid, I went to see if I could see the bear. I went behind Pelican dorm to see if it was in the field behind there. Just as I stepped through the trees I saw her, about 75 feet away!! Damn near crapped my pants.<br /><br />Anywho, she lingered around for about 10 minutes and I took some sweet shots before she headed up a hill towards Lake Lodge and out of sight. Check 'em out.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEa_NXTBcccgquahPVWynE0qAg7EPshlfXXSW4HySBXRvNR76kYSBQ1MjjBAau57RAy9j0arAT_kUH2_4n_Y67UJyAVgO3Hnz12myOqxmhljnHVy_g6O5ka7MHoVsafqYQv87k-6l381c/s1600-h/Week+15+046.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEa_NXTBcccgquahPVWynE0qAg7EPshlfXXSW4HySBXRvNR76kYSBQ1MjjBAau57RAy9j0arAT_kUH2_4n_Y67UJyAVgO3Hnz12myOqxmhljnHVy_g6O5ka7MHoVsafqYQv87k-6l381c/s400/Week+15+046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117632974694608674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeb7WY_9grE071rOs7RsgCW-6dI1BU-JcGYSBG3iSxayctCDfu3hoEFX_D3lRLFL0xCS8PdvdzRMtOwB_eGJ4cztzQs0fs57zpl__HgAKhCr__vODyQ-qw8ovhvqZ2ffepOGtnf-kVq8/s1600-h/Week+15+053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeb7WY_9grE071rOs7RsgCW-6dI1BU-JcGYSBG3iSxayctCDfu3hoEFX_D3lRLFL0xCS8PdvdzRMtOwB_eGJ4cztzQs0fs57zpl__HgAKhCr__vODyQ-qw8ovhvqZ2ffepOGtnf-kVq8/s400/Week+15+053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117632987579510578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb8fIU5-pszWFI8IauorGrUiP5f9LKhetLwZPB3O1YhhcsKuiIx1VNY4VNmWmLDwbdnXpjw_VdvEgNIZU56oaThRf7wWKFzLDddS8xrCCqB8C7CFVb4yQ-65cRnz8KKD4VLSC6RM5mBs/s1600-h/Week+15+055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXb8fIU5-pszWFI8IauorGrUiP5f9LKhetLwZPB3O1YhhcsKuiIx1VNY4VNmWmLDwbdnXpjw_VdvEgNIZU56oaThRf7wWKFzLDddS8xrCCqB8C7CFVb4yQ-65cRnz8KKD4VLSC6RM5mBs/s400/Week+15+055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117633004759379778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZHl9LIvzLAD_fCwgck-Zep9vTGfINuFkLz3Q86JOd03apPAcRsFzlSEIJZbP2uCT3IfgwygGbe-woO33Z-axhtRc-GDDgB7JyJwFalSB9Lu6k8BPiEzqifg6Lj1RDXSbnpRopXb_1uk/s1600-h/Week+15+056.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZHl9LIvzLAD_fCwgck-Zep9vTGfINuFkLz3Q86JOd03apPAcRsFzlSEIJZbP2uCT3IfgwygGbe-woO33Z-axhtRc-GDDgB7JyJwFalSB9Lu6k8BPiEzqifg6Lj1RDXSbnpRopXb_1uk/s400/Week+15+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117633009054347090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgNG5uV72aZIx2D_9gnoYeMD5f1EGs7_BkXTzcrIXvhDuiEE6ZLUec2NNb1Pi-41VjR2dOAEfI6MKGs7m5NdtN8O2it8U3vuCGnOhlIptXi4D40vaPBNj5kY6vZDFIG5i-J0EOu0Ybh4/s1600-h/Week+15+057.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgNG5uV72aZIx2D_9gnoYeMD5f1EGs7_BkXTzcrIXvhDuiEE6ZLUec2NNb1Pi-41VjR2dOAEfI6MKGs7m5NdtN8O2it8U3vuCGnOhlIptXi4D40vaPBNj5kY6vZDFIG5i-J0EOu0Ybh4/s400/Week+15+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117633017644281698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Also what was neat was that there was a small herd of buffalo nearby and when they saw the bear they began to stampede!!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFw1gaz4GSnBunOyMmS4NFM8b_N_cgkrtCvp37sWuw0eXDnNRnqBzbjRyiSpigR0eFNpn7WBo9J1The5mJ03r4RkKpIca2kVB8pwJYsqiSb1MhP7xGX2i6lhyphenhyphenNnz9ZF-OpVw6J8R84Y24/s1600-h/Week+15+058.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFw1gaz4GSnBunOyMmS4NFM8b_N_cgkrtCvp37sWuw0eXDnNRnqBzbjRyiSpigR0eFNpn7WBo9J1The5mJ03r4RkKpIca2kVB8pwJYsqiSb1MhP7xGX2i6lhyphenhyphenNnz9ZF-OpVw6J8R84Y24/s400/Week+15+058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117635199487668082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfe4M29dJ6kSIgSk7rKoK0qULqHfLSm3V2ICH7hMhTDHanUipzvaDsazy0gcGjqSHbO1t9wqG-UBXhkLcSLVuELGb77jXHhiUy4RkBxNKTF_8aDvt9h0leDP_qRTpMD2qcjoFKB2miF4/s1600-h/Week+15+059.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZfe4M29dJ6kSIgSk7rKoK0qULqHfLSm3V2ICH7hMhTDHanUipzvaDsazy0gcGjqSHbO1t9wqG-UBXhkLcSLVuELGb77jXHhiUy4RkBxNKTF_8aDvt9h0leDP_qRTpMD2qcjoFKB2miF4/s400/Week+15+059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117635203782635394" border="0" /></a>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-45556900041961322762007-10-04T15:25:00.000-06:002007-10-04T15:40:40.282-06:00Snow and Rhinos!!!<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">This is my second post of the day. Please check out the one before this chronicling Allison's visit to Yellowstone.<br /><br />It has snowed in Yellowstone National Park!!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyp36t3tQ563hOoCja5WjYe_6h3w4hysNs1-vTcR281G-AfhyphenhyphencQjzuxHtbDfgXrEzKtbBdxsfbFdLpsmmSHkSwJALA4V4V4_3vChpw6eU67DyMEjJo6ssqVCkchugGYakwKv3ZWc_n6Ik/s1600-h/Week+15+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyp36t3tQ563hOoCja5WjYe_6h3w4hysNs1-vTcR281G-AfhyphenhyphencQjzuxHtbDfgXrEzKtbBdxsfbFdLpsmmSHkSwJALA4V4V4_3vChpw6eU67DyMEjJo6ssqVCkchugGYakwKv3ZWc_n6Ik/s400/Week+15+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117598254178987714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I went on a short afternoon trip with the Becca(kkah)s and KT because they were homesick and missing the Canyon. The snow had just fallen the night before and it made for some photogoodness.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTOwxvrc4olQX0xwngZKla1A3ZhszquZ_ezPdvDZeX69wDzIwgmcEDWjPn2FAHfih5VsjSozq3EA6_xspzAreO5_1AYfN1wUO0iFLzvrzhZCif5ZlOD5Qon9t2m-o3OJO6btiXSPCcLw/s1600-h/Week+15+005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTOwxvrc4olQX0xwngZKla1A3ZhszquZ_ezPdvDZeX69wDzIwgmcEDWjPn2FAHfih5VsjSozq3EA6_xspzAreO5_1AYfN1wUO0iFLzvrzhZCif5ZlOD5Qon9t2m-o3OJO6btiXSPCcLw/s400/Week+15+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117598262768922322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDQNlFOHivwkiTRyRqv-P0-tPdVZVlEioCwdE6_B3wkgpbVBfE3o9BYGmVOZvRuYAwqC5yj62pDunpnAdnw9LWPezgB7VKDYv8UfiX9yAJf5OdKIR6vViBNSdHDQ2R3g9T-h8eQ_8DH4/s1600-h/Week+15+010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDQNlFOHivwkiTRyRqv-P0-tPdVZVlEioCwdE6_B3wkgpbVBfE3o9BYGmVOZvRuYAwqC5yj62pDunpnAdnw9LWPezgB7VKDYv8UfiX9yAJf5OdKIR6vViBNSdHDQ2R3g9T-h8eQ_8DH4/s400/Week+15+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117598271358856930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxAlc2G-g085FTgzcHxo_USs0JzdDDUP8diQksC6w3eAgWc9HxBtTZ-KeWSDXOdjyEc3JKypV9V1fR-AI90uWbEQ2Gl8KY5NlysN5-SJgkoWk6cbCiG_vWTLtVrVI2Fvn8WlC7HGcdjo/s1600-h/Week+15+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxAlc2G-g085FTgzcHxo_USs0JzdDDUP8diQksC6w3eAgWc9HxBtTZ-KeWSDXOdjyEc3JKypV9V1fR-AI90uWbEQ2Gl8KY5NlysN5-SJgkoWk6cbCiG_vWTLtVrVI2Fvn8WlC7HGcdjo/s400/Week+15+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117598279948791538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrf44nJfIpzQTxPT1op536IxV-U1qpdWwuR-bp8bcFhgObzVcL6-YswBw4BtCSbpkujydR7qNhmfeLRHVgxaRpi1rZpmd-ievD6CjnW-KH47xtitbMWqiLWBQaq9sSOOnPjV3Psf_lIbQ/s1600-h/Week+15+032.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrf44nJfIpzQTxPT1op536IxV-U1qpdWwuR-bp8bcFhgObzVcL6-YswBw4BtCSbpkujydR7qNhmfeLRHVgxaRpi1rZpmd-ievD6CjnW-KH47xtitbMWqiLWBQaq9sSOOnPjV3Psf_lIbQ/s400/Week+15+032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117598288538726146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />I also bought an inflatable rhinoceros at a thrift store in Bozeman for 50 cents. I've named her Rhonda.<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpg4UKLn935aiWLW8lWjwlJgxaMKcrcbUZ50-8CXLb83d7gBMHPfkEnYWJVaDtnHgGgy1r2b6ye4WVhfPi___2Ity9kw0UhZpMJ_4jUewflV8SSKBbV3DesuhbGfTLI1Wy2YzwAGvxPvI/s1600-h/Week+15+043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpg4UKLn935aiWLW8lWjwlJgxaMKcrcbUZ50-8CXLb83d7gBMHPfkEnYWJVaDtnHgGgy1r2b6ye4WVhfPi___2Ity9kw0UhZpMJ_4jUewflV8SSKBbV3DesuhbGfTLI1Wy2YzwAGvxPvI/s400/Week+15+043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117599126057348882" border="0" /></a>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-87015707793984745552007-10-02T00:23:00.000-06:002007-10-04T15:20:14.925-06:00It's been quite a long time...<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">...since I've made a post, but I've got good reason. The week after my last post, nothing happened. Seriously it was pretty boring the whole week without any good pictures to post up. The week after that was a different story.<br /><br />I was paid a visit by the wonderful and lovely Allison Gibbs who flew out to visit me for a week in the park and experience Yellowstone for the first time. Here's what we did:<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Day 1 - September 23rd</span><br /><br />Technically this was Allison's second day in the park, but really she got in at night and it was rainy. The only animal we saw on her first night was a bull elk. That's it.<br /><br />Anyways, so we started off our fun-filled week by stopping at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and viewed the Upper and Lower Falls. Then we traveled farther north and stopped at Tower Fall. Since I already have pictures up, I won't post new ones of the same thing.<br /><br />We kept going north and into the Lamar Valley where we setup camp for the night right along the bank of Slough Creek.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOT_FFC3c8HFwq6LOAX-UxEjB9VOhLORsfBrL4oOSlIaMeHePXfATqIIjQVSi7wx6UNH0GkPtF-Ud8alDqIZ7GR2v1G2Xqwl9PPGOmyj7vOmo5DGwBpM0YujzotVXESmmJcxTuaJ4Fj4/s1600-h/Week+14+067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOT_FFC3c8HFwq6LOAX-UxEjB9VOhLORsfBrL4oOSlIaMeHePXfATqIIjQVSi7wx6UNH0GkPtF-Ud8alDqIZ7GR2v1G2Xqwl9PPGOmyj7vOmo5DGwBpM0YujzotVXESmmJcxTuaJ4Fj4/s400/Week+14+067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116629378276486162" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Going through the valley we saw a family of three pronghorns.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdU4cCB_HeWDKTjTjYPx353-GAgKOwfEXdNEaLTEQV1iIPbRdyrSy8LtQWgnDa8bvO8wQZ1Lubn6VVo4REUqOjJ3mO8Smgek-oFjrX1uL9rDQPxnAhyxhR_j8RyFY-HjGJO200qSFB8U/s1600-h/Week+14+042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdU4cCB_HeWDKTjTjYPx353-GAgKOwfEXdNEaLTEQV1iIPbRdyrSy8LtQWgnDa8bvO8wQZ1Lubn6VVo4REUqOjJ3mO8Smgek-oFjrX1uL9rDQPxnAhyxhR_j8RyFY-HjGJO200qSFB8U/s400/Week+14+042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116629365391584226" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Almost to Cooke City we came across a mountain (the name escapes me) but because it was raining at the time, the entire mountainside had about 8 waterfalls on it. It was really cool. Also we used my spotting scope to see some mountain goats that were just hanging out on the mountain. Neat stuff.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2efyvoBb8OQLONMM6_sTWBIYOOxcFy0E9uLL0G2EV7jeOsfg5jG-8zjbwtR0NIreqVdZMMO9xGt2ST4N43w7ZupZkIahuabll47KWoSbbvxKPeFaJrndCIMojA2OrZl2ILgqP01S_NU/s1600-h/Week+14+055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2efyvoBb8OQLONMM6_sTWBIYOOxcFy0E9uLL0G2EV7jeOsfg5jG-8zjbwtR0NIreqVdZMMO9xGt2ST4N43w7ZupZkIahuabll47KWoSbbvxKPeFaJrndCIMojA2OrZl2ILgqP01S_NU/s400/Week+14+055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116629369686551538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ireo8BvEr221bQDMAlMLFpQMQu4JH1M051T83ltMaDgvvGQaI5w_b_XTtp3R1DcLZe6qMc6HiI_x4D9uuhuk3FdenZkcXz-jGNY1HY9yjMRC_L1CCuo8krn1_97KHwnVv80_HPIdwok/s1600-h/Week+14+056.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ireo8BvEr221bQDMAlMLFpQMQu4JH1M051T83ltMaDgvvGQaI5w_b_XTtp3R1DcLZe6qMc6HiI_x4D9uuhuk3FdenZkcXz-jGNY1HY9yjMRC_L1CCuo8krn1_97KHwnVv80_HPIdwok/s400/Week+14+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116629373981518850" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />We ate in Cooke City that night and on the way back to camp we saw some cars pulled over and people looking through their scopes, so we got out to see what was up. Turns out it was a big male grizzly who was traversing a ridge just north of the road. We watched him for about 10 minutes before he started to get too close for comfort so we all left.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Day 2 - September 24th</span><br /><br />We woke from our tent, in which we stayed warm even on a very cold and wet night, and it was lightly snowing. Later on we saw just how much it had snowed in the park.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrRYo-vOI8_F4d49IN7nkNI-mn4qIAsZ2wkA7LO2al0f-772wrMJR1Y6quFN7oSF07TZKXPo8Dv4wmO-3QejRP_AsJBdMXabpqNQFiqa-O6WNfFUkIJRGcKDqKjcBrtR1_2-NLnr2-KU/s1600-h/Week+14+078.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrRYo-vOI8_F4d49IN7nkNI-mn4qIAsZ2wkA7LO2al0f-772wrMJR1Y6quFN7oSF07TZKXPo8Dv4wmO-3QejRP_AsJBdMXabpqNQFiqa-O6WNfFUkIJRGcKDqKjcBrtR1_2-NLnr2-KU/s400/Week+14+078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116634609546652706" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />We drove to Gardiner, MT where we stocked up on groceries for the week and stopped at the boiling river on our way back in. The water was like a hot tub, but the cold air and half mile hike made us forgo the swimming.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzqNT5BR1EqSt_ZG4QLqIWa0XRNTyjCLo03KEmuoCHFRSpbLqqiyr3ouED9x_zVj7Oew9-hcazI2Oeav4RKH82TQwYYmuW9HnxxYtal5D0WgusBKv0b6dD2zaJnKJvGVkC4TU6_MyneA/s1600-h/Week+14+107.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwzqNT5BR1EqSt_ZG4QLqIWa0XRNTyjCLo03KEmuoCHFRSpbLqqiyr3ouED9x_zVj7Oew9-hcazI2Oeav4RKH82TQwYYmuW9HnxxYtal5D0WgusBKv0b6dD2zaJnKJvGVkC4TU6_MyneA/s400/Week+14+107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116634618136587314" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />After checking out the Mammoth Terraces we walked a bull elk and his harem of ladies who were walking right among the buildings of Mammoth. The bull did not pay attention to the road signs. We game him a ticket.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgw2mJHS5SDAfgoMl0B32dma2ZZlvg0f030yo51mI-OxABWNDO_YjU2Ecwd2XXuq05O4lqw3_r_MlZjoDAHTxPU0_dLNY9v39j2EbnxwpeaQSuyujpo28ThZSq1HP79HuKBlku0p04aYA/s1600-h/Week+14+126.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgw2mJHS5SDAfgoMl0B32dma2ZZlvg0f030yo51mI-OxABWNDO_YjU2Ecwd2XXuq05O4lqw3_r_MlZjoDAHTxPU0_dLNY9v39j2EbnxwpeaQSuyujpo28ThZSq1HP79HuKBlku0p04aYA/s400/Week+14+126.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116634622431554626" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Later we visited the Norris Geyser Basin and saw the cool features there. Steamboat Geyser, the tallest geyser in the world at 380 ft, was throwing water about 30 feet into the air. It only does the big bursts about once every 2 to 5 years!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYW9ZdtG1gAGlkRegAk3RUNVy3mWRGR7CHAeMEl1cVyH9XhIyyCwwg6veZ7Ity21ztueVDt-FY6TtzNHsSJha_RZBzio2tER6r0-SUs-tgjaWuDhpH34IRG8nF5j1-fZVhCqv8MWQnqQ/s1600-h/Week+14+145.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYW9ZdtG1gAGlkRegAk3RUNVy3mWRGR7CHAeMEl1cVyH9XhIyyCwwg6veZ7Ity21ztueVDt-FY6TtzNHsSJha_RZBzio2tER6r0-SUs-tgjaWuDhpH34IRG8nF5j1-fZVhCqv8MWQnqQ/s400/Week+14+145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116634626726521938" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />That night we stayed in the backcountry near the Norris Meadows. At night we could hear the coyotes howling and the elk bugling. This was the view from camp.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCpUUFI4J-NdYhbTMeJzKlLc4z_W4bG1AtSbekFWv2rgquYf3J3tnvNyso6amuWzV6MEJHaQ3nugtv0_hQ8V81jkEqnyAYNp1TkQCtGMiDHLJ5jQNiNnQ9HrG3XzTGkqWkKPkT6etfAM/s1600-h/Week+14+156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCpUUFI4J-NdYhbTMeJzKlLc4z_W4bG1AtSbekFWv2rgquYf3J3tnvNyso6amuWzV6MEJHaQ3nugtv0_hQ8V81jkEqnyAYNp1TkQCtGMiDHLJ5jQNiNnQ9HrG3XzTGkqWkKPkT6etfAM/s400/Week+14+156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116634635316456546" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Day 3 - September 25th</span><br /><br />We got out of bed and found that the inside of the rainfly on our tent was covered in ice. Yeah, it was a cold night.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCd7pT6JEFCcR-4Jr3805BpP73_-9WZGec-eZonpM-z4UD4oeSdJIf_gk2vKg8IvCs9MWYHHi9cyufSSiFHTqTUQeLXq_iDf4nH5j5TvdzdyVHbaXx1Ltl9KoY4vdRffhGEYXiASb2Qg/s1600-h/Week+14+172.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCd7pT6JEFCcR-4Jr3805BpP73_-9WZGec-eZonpM-z4UD4oeSdJIf_gk2vKg8IvCs9MWYHHi9cyufSSiFHTqTUQeLXq_iDf4nH5j5TvdzdyVHbaXx1Ltl9KoY4vdRffhGEYXiASb2Qg/s400/Week+14+172.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116639394140220530" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Right next to our camp was the world's smallest waterfall. We named it Gurgle Falls, and it stood at a mighty 9 inches!!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY07rEzMEYnHVDzvHvbW536C8MpOsv7vt62bEstSpYMC3zkUXLESWHHtXG9cQzgf5W0PvcESrI-B31Ano17S7QXrC4htvuViDuwY0oXF_tJiWOyQSatIRPv2MtmufOMojmQmkIe1Tt584/s1600-h/Week+14+173.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY07rEzMEYnHVDzvHvbW536C8MpOsv7vt62bEstSpYMC3zkUXLESWHHtXG9cQzgf5W0PvcESrI-B31Ano17S7QXrC4htvuViDuwY0oXF_tJiWOyQSatIRPv2MtmufOMojmQmkIe1Tt584/s400/Week+14+173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116639398435187842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On the way back we had to traverse a "log bridge" which was really just two trees spanning the Gibbon River. Fortunately Allison's favorite part of gymnastics was the balance beam. As for me, well I'm just naturally graceful.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehym98QsUXqi5tuC3MIXvqiBZwdLWRIVTVrqRT29CYVMY5Zf67y-ED49sZbc5PRRkoMt_Un-aL_bvLCuRxAgW3U-ZXj0_ujZNAmfkyhvEZru1jbwnnCNePpYgWzIEmH7lruQnI1mznPI/s1600-h/Week+14+175.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehym98QsUXqi5tuC3MIXvqiBZwdLWRIVTVrqRT29CYVMY5Zf67y-ED49sZbc5PRRkoMt_Un-aL_bvLCuRxAgW3U-ZXj0_ujZNAmfkyhvEZru1jbwnnCNePpYgWzIEmH7lruQnI1mznPI/s400/Week+14+175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116639402730155154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">After viewing some geyser basins just north of Old Faithful, we were at the Midway Geyser Basin and about to get back in the car when I couldn't find my keys.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOCQiSIDxHPYvmlVo7Rieva_NOgF_v1Qnpv5txarXBqn3OR-L8LV55hyphenhyphen3OruK-1lx366yuT9VvsrCZvHkqVEUOaGJtk6oZPWwfw_fHNArP81LKy10nhDN0JDoVFTexF6BJ3c8k-lNTkA/s1600-h/Week+14+218.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOCQiSIDxHPYvmlVo7Rieva_NOgF_v1Qnpv5txarXBqn3OR-L8LV55hyphenhyphen3OruK-1lx366yuT9VvsrCZvHkqVEUOaGJtk6oZPWwfw_fHNArP81LKy10nhDN0JDoVFTexF6BJ3c8k-lNTkA/s400/Week+14+218.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116639407025122466" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Oh there they are. Inside the locked car. Son of a bitch!!!! An hour and a half of waiting and $60 dollars later a locksmith let us in.<br /><br />After that fun time, we walked around the Lower Geyser Basin and saw a ton of the geysers go off.<br /><br />There was Rocket Geyser.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvsPoA4Fw5CNHKvgn_nFGBhF6ccdXJMIEI_bTkoP0pJUm_hF0-8VYEPCk5Uj3EaC3KBZUFxxABgZFPCfUZB3ujMhPz_GZfwzbuNip8U2QDaUBLkJ094ktIc0pcSj83aM-BAGSniyq8nk/s1600-h/Week+14+221.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvsPoA4Fw5CNHKvgn_nFGBhF6ccdXJMIEI_bTkoP0pJUm_hF0-8VYEPCk5Uj3EaC3KBZUFxxABgZFPCfUZB3ujMhPz_GZfwzbuNip8U2QDaUBLkJ094ktIc0pcSj83aM-BAGSniyq8nk/s400/Week+14+221.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117573923189255362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Riverside Geyser, which shoots at an angle over the Firehole River. Do you see the rainbow?<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdOQo3KI7lal0M2yCYgvrKRHhbyGjAODZuMCDw8Qp9qGBPTbiPOLZ6po4Ib1LPKZ0dZ5kJpWQbmb1VkgWvTht_l9NruPhYEfDCPOJWh50l9fqxBq7ssOR3ZvO31ttjBSQ4zd56fGEnPc/s1600-h/Week+14+237.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdOQo3KI7lal0M2yCYgvrKRHhbyGjAODZuMCDw8Qp9qGBPTbiPOLZ6po4Ib1LPKZ0dZ5kJpWQbmb1VkgWvTht_l9NruPhYEfDCPOJWh50l9fqxBq7ssOR3ZvO31ttjBSQ4zd56fGEnPc/s400/Week+14+237.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117573914599320754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Grotto Geyser.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHss8gi4NsoAgNAl1uLxdi-Ep42VzhiDuzesNbErqvYiIDqeaz9tdw_VSAkSqU6zv7U_9PpMV4PDT-51nwzzBrHwA7aF0hjG7ZiuIzuVMdXPtc7vtDSHsm7KOCxkFmv_q3qU3rfkEhBA/s1600-h/Week+14+264.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHss8gi4NsoAgNAl1uLxdi-Ep42VzhiDuzesNbErqvYiIDqeaz9tdw_VSAkSqU6zv7U_9PpMV4PDT-51nwzzBrHwA7aF0hjG7ZiuIzuVMdXPtc7vtDSHsm7KOCxkFmv_q3qU3rfkEhBA/s400/Week+14+264.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117573927484222674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And of course, Old Faithful.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHd0MTPrXYzxMqU16gXF7rzUfaSdMuI6GwoDPCZs3gMw6ETH4DK8BG1nQq8wQsPPi0cIvyO00LnJDF-HKIw2uHEe_WoRpf2lYxDyebe6n0VjEPESaAYJQCk_dusjfcQCwHYvHXxOJCvl0/s1600-h/Week+14+291.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHd0MTPrXYzxMqU16gXF7rzUfaSdMuI6GwoDPCZs3gMw6ETH4DK8BG1nQq8wQsPPi0cIvyO00LnJDF-HKIw2uHEe_WoRpf2lYxDyebe6n0VjEPESaAYJQCk_dusjfcQCwHYvHXxOJCvl0/s400/Week+14+291.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117573931779189986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The day ended with the moon rising as the sun was setting while we were at the West Thumb Geyser Basin.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNf4Md6twewnDDoZvayKT5jJeUvetlehzbazVcBJlPHw_BiT_BxJzjy2rToe_JDmHVKmVRxYsVsMC5gc44Z9CA0rGn2M0Lg5_7uPBKrg7P-cxZj9ReZ8PNfxexWnZb0BaWL4of3xqXYE/s1600-h/Week+14+323.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNf4Md6twewnDDoZvayKT5jJeUvetlehzbazVcBJlPHw_BiT_BxJzjy2rToe_JDmHVKmVRxYsVsMC5gc44Z9CA0rGn2M0Lg5_7uPBKrg7P-cxZj9ReZ8PNfxexWnZb0BaWL4of3xqXYE/s400/Week+14+323.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117573940369124594" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Day 4 - September 26th<br /><br />This day was Allison's last day in Yellowstone (but not the last of her trip). We started the day with a hike of Storm Point, my favorite short hike in the park. We got no more than 200 feet on the trail when a coyote came down the trail toward us and was at one time about 20 feet away.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zDm7DSl5MR20gMt4QZYbVwZasf4INv8ztuhV1Hld-q7gfMn7BPG5_mYBU2X8OkCPsFZNmexBaTaeW9_VI83RcmZig2buq4cRzkTQq_e_QZviqqZ_IBLCEZcClEFCQi4JfoYVJjNM1v0/s1600-h/Week+14+343.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zDm7DSl5MR20gMt4QZYbVwZasf4INv8ztuhV1Hld-q7gfMn7BPG5_mYBU2X8OkCPsFZNmexBaTaeW9_VI83RcmZig2buq4cRzkTQq_e_QZviqqZ_IBLCEZcClEFCQi4JfoYVJjNM1v0/s400/Week+14+343.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117579068560076034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">When we actually got to Storm Point we were treated with an amazing site. Here is one view we had.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2G2Ty-J__LaP9ipwn5bdT0iGklkMT6nxnr280OrcP98p4ohdEQw69q2obT2BDw65ikQ-bUdH_KpGzz-EJpn2GSuPRjDMtqiuyGEMKL3-bvDP0CXVyB9hXs4eC0qmuI4m3eecY-Nrs470/s1600-h/Week+14+363.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2G2Ty-J__LaP9ipwn5bdT0iGklkMT6nxnr280OrcP98p4ohdEQw69q2obT2BDw65ikQ-bUdH_KpGzz-EJpn2GSuPRjDMtqiuyGEMKL3-bvDP0CXVyB9hXs4eC0qmuI4m3eecY-Nrs470/s400/Week+14+363.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117579072855043346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">After going back to my dorm, we packed up and headed for Grand Teton National Park. Along the way we made a stop at Lewis Falls. We climbed down a steep hill to get to the base of the falls and then showed off our wicked mad skills by making our way back to the road by skirting along the rivers edge. We so rule at that.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XJqP5kcwRKG9ieTx6B0WgnCqhtcrTBNIMUWn6HF408doMp_AYoXtlHR907aLyjdVoyfBo00nMfBV9o3ivtoNsJwzbqu9eqbAxVlackoh17WaqqTHCR49W6vOq9MJm5XISweMYvq5PCI/s1600-h/Week+14+385.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XJqP5kcwRKG9ieTx6B0WgnCqhtcrTBNIMUWn6HF408doMp_AYoXtlHR907aLyjdVoyfBo00nMfBV9o3ivtoNsJwzbqu9eqbAxVlackoh17WaqqTHCR49W6vOq9MJm5XISweMYvq5PCI/s400/Week+14+385.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117579081444977954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Just before we left the park we stopped at Moose Falls. We found snow!! In September!!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6edx0CrOSscKNEUkHy46_JpNKXBebHwoztLZHGIw1ooWeshpBxB67bdhD5IscjLd-4dL7lzoNkXQ8YxRWwZuSX9IwlSj1Zqv9gm_xgmqxetBI8BRGVNSchkXL2Puc9tUIUyye736xt8/s1600-h/Week+14+400.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6edx0CrOSscKNEUkHy46_JpNKXBebHwoztLZHGIw1ooWeshpBxB67bdhD5IscjLd-4dL7lzoNkXQ8YxRWwZuSX9IwlSj1Zqv9gm_xgmqxetBI8BRGVNSchkXL2Puc9tUIUyye736xt8/s400/Week+14+400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117579085739945266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLjBvFgRmSDwy-JP8ZGWX_nHN0p-ANMt7PSJKAcbXPYr80SfBrEnfEO4nBxqFPPNxWSdKtThyphenhyphenYU8Iafyr9lRT1OaUAk6dE27mINlQCcxuz-8tGNz9GL7uZwArze7RDfjhivc82SxWMX4/s1600-h/Week+14+410.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLjBvFgRmSDwy-JP8ZGWX_nHN0p-ANMt7PSJKAcbXPYr80SfBrEnfEO4nBxqFPPNxWSdKtThyphenhyphenYU8Iafyr9lRT1OaUAk6dE27mINlQCcxuz-8tGNz9GL7uZwArze7RDfjhivc82SxWMX4/s400/Week+14+410.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117579094329879874" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />And so ended Allison's time in Yellowstone and began her time in Grand Teton.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPRJgMkfDYqL8Gwu-wT9seTPMivEEWiAhMyQLgbKJQW4pPoEbKKXOOSJUb2KoF7GgAgB5yLqJrmZtYlRytjeSz35t5lKXV_oGMUlBItGZZ2SrhyphenhyphenNIw8tpjWEqczIbAhVEa4JmumOWEOU/s1600-h/Week+14+418.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPRJgMkfDYqL8Gwu-wT9seTPMivEEWiAhMyQLgbKJQW4pPoEbKKXOOSJUb2KoF7GgAgB5yLqJrmZtYlRytjeSz35t5lKXV_oGMUlBItGZZ2SrhyphenhyphenNIw8tpjWEqczIbAhVEa4JmumOWEOU/s400/Week+14+418.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117580838086602066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23R2YLYLKJgWkCmv2GLApvsZvC1TtSecH8KKgMJ3J90aul-4dpkkbMoR2I3iawEQY_AbnMYxtWb3QWOYXIHe3lJiodF_xspPWqzR-v4pX3b7ysF77zMrsRAXG5jh_-7aZqYOxkLcWUuY/s1600-h/Week+14+421.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23R2YLYLKJgWkCmv2GLApvsZvC1TtSecH8KKgMJ3J90aul-4dpkkbMoR2I3iawEQY_AbnMYxtWb3QWOYXIHe3lJiodF_xspPWqzR-v4pX3b7ysF77zMrsRAXG5jh_-7aZqYOxkLcWUuY/s400/Week+14+421.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117580846676536674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Tetons are by far the most photographed mountain chain in the world. Professionals make there living off of the pictures they take here. So...if you see a picture you like and would pay money for it, let me know!!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Id0ZknF5-rzBZhRltPu2ZkP8Wv7P36WlaiZLz3T-kIcKxzFHRA4DXX6zfXrDjVWfgT3XUeTQPat_P6D_LCOBskO88RLO9C_floCd-4ij9K7pWFjasE3Y9iRpaSQMXaQ0RX7T9B3ZczE/s1600-h/Week+14+425.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Id0ZknF5-rzBZhRltPu2ZkP8Wv7P36WlaiZLz3T-kIcKxzFHRA4DXX6zfXrDjVWfgT3XUeTQPat_P6D_LCOBskO88RLO9C_floCd-4ij9K7pWFjasE3Y9iRpaSQMXaQ0RX7T9B3ZczE/s400/Week+14+425.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117583956232858994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uS66bFdjT0bAgZZXi3R-H9ubTIJu1P9TyWczN-KSsFUzMdx2b6CJEX2cFTREM2XHMoSfhRfjr2K5g57ieYpgPSa-pf9T3y6j0WWnp7htjjBw1yWikijh1omciv7fH4rVgpI33G14KrU/s1600-h/Week+14+449.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uS66bFdjT0bAgZZXi3R-H9ubTIJu1P9TyWczN-KSsFUzMdx2b6CJEX2cFTREM2XHMoSfhRfjr2K5g57ieYpgPSa-pf9T3y6j0WWnp7htjjBw1yWikijh1omciv7fH4rVgpI33G14KrU/s400/Week+14+449.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117583960527826306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxi1Kc2MBcw4moI2jjR3COURMucNCXcGeFjn9Djc93GplgaSJz6hFMDS_PqRLtVZyQwqJ82p5UhyphenhyphenjzDvvjMcH2jQlG6KZw54LvNtAZMD0kgWSPusXhxz27g8YMLNUbI9f_prW8Dt8Okk/s1600-h/Week+14+461.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxi1Kc2MBcw4moI2jjR3COURMucNCXcGeFjn9Djc93GplgaSJz6hFMDS_PqRLtVZyQwqJ82p5UhyphenhyphenjzDvvjMcH2jQlG6KZw54LvNtAZMD0kgWSPusXhxz27g8YMLNUbI9f_prW8Dt8Okk/s400/Week+14+461.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117583969117760914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">We drove to Signal Mountain campground where we set up camp for the night. Then we drove up the looonng rode to the top of Signal Mountain to watch the sunset. We also got to watch the moon rise!!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYdasNdb1mwCCcs-ALCdd1yAuPGXUDyRVC7_l9LGn8oaSiNxsQcTp2CD8iIRwwDADlhNqHPMCoMwCMxbOJ-6Zx5kueGiAUnrJEh8edsQwKTChoAbw_1fJ9FjFad7UJAGMQfdum65NXQ0/s1600-h/Week+14+481.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYdasNdb1mwCCcs-ALCdd1yAuPGXUDyRVC7_l9LGn8oaSiNxsQcTp2CD8iIRwwDADlhNqHPMCoMwCMxbOJ-6Zx5kueGiAUnrJEh8edsQwKTChoAbw_1fJ9FjFad7UJAGMQfdum65NXQ0/s400/Week+14+481.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117583973412728226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9wuHCXLtXzm3TPHCBEt9fxsMTbWxsKiWaVuyJwk0ziRmYZZ6yIf_uQkgJ-HQBFyzc1sTJiSePk_GVOWnjRxAIdjYmIS4llSCEKRW5M1ZanFwPc7aV3KZZD7G3-441R3VN8M3rMbRASU/s1600-h/Week+14+502.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2kSnTacmIP9vYSI3aa_xiE70xh0eGsXMg2ZzlCo6H9YtdM5XAiQs2wmYz_58rD8q2vRIETkkRcp_0KT04VVAClP-RSC4QrZ0PvCxE6e4Pvs2aNOAWZzEznhL3EzP6GWgu-yPVvAdbO4/s400/Week+14+521.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117586112306441682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkJaoCgC-KkVVVwEcrYsSvE6dhTEVNqme89ESw_PqwO1tYUq1HyCGZTHF1NQmfn6T5l5K3G0JXn2rNkhB6UIWWNdssrcgKnCuuYJ9jFur5M6OaT09isv4CifDbsj6kVIGIvRG81fGJro/s1600-h/Week+14+529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkJaoCgC-KkVVVwEcrYsSvE6dhTEVNqme89ESw_PqwO1tYUq1HyCGZTHF1NQmfn6T5l5K3G0JXn2rNkhB6UIWWNdssrcgKnCuuYJ9jFur5M6OaT09isv4CifDbsj6kVIGIvRG81fGJro/s400/Week+14+529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117586155256114658" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The rays you see in this picture are the shadows being cast by the Teton Range behind us.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrlljUyxBnF7ja3xgMYzgvLwvZPdqX7vhnqx2BI6s_UbYEKDyri40g7ZkdiBEYrhqx8WvoYFsJmg9wrYT3SoNPL0vP9Wl3AwPkVZEHaZOEl6zBvQPN4phZ1KJNAw82WE2AhheBEB3-gP0/s1600-h/Week+14+535.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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We didn't see any swans or beavers, but it was still a very nice hike.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJP-LGegT5gliJ5gYvKVBO3vMbO1NkXlgUL_AQNNHVRssz8xBI6ulsCrw65bd_QCTHvgyg0nC4Ms8V2o7H7VBSsZ_4fY1mSkIq3Gh5cqVgKakomZ7LVUNv5dm4UpdjX_T8FfgkEeAMtL8/s1600-h/Week+14+569.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJP-LGegT5gliJ5gYvKVBO3vMbO1NkXlgUL_AQNNHVRssz8xBI6ulsCrw65bd_QCTHvgyg0nC4Ms8V2o7H7VBSsZ_4fY1mSkIq3Gh5cqVgKakomZ7LVUNv5dm4UpdjX_T8FfgkEeAMtL8/s400/Week+14+569.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117589183208058386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKb0sPFQIKTX92PQt2oEzv-J8bo-vwxiTccxPV6d0qlvF8uWQyulyVJSphe6JqQy_JmfGBojVItNZw2q62mSEGyaXhlGw9-B1-nx8y313jicHcQ1_uVJXB2OHG2Z7F1KyFBG1I0pXwxPo/s1600-h/Week+14+575.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKb0sPFQIKTX92PQt2oEzv-J8bo-vwxiTccxPV6d0qlvF8uWQyulyVJSphe6JqQy_JmfGBojVItNZw2q62mSEGyaXhlGw9-B1-nx8y313jicHcQ1_uVJXB2OHG2Z7F1KyFBG1I0pXwxPo/s400/Week+14+575.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117589191797992994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfkxMvoJdNOdoUVfhAavD5yCQH8Ak1MCO3TLZvsfdNVatxGwCyisPPmvXhEPB8ngwaRY87Qajnn1lYxq2oBwfxWj3nFaO_inyxUEkTKOuNDvKSGt33it4NCBEepxoBLQL0sehwk6eEBk/s1600-h/Week+14+582.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfkxMvoJdNOdoUVfhAavD5yCQH8Ak1MCO3TLZvsfdNVatxGwCyisPPmvXhEPB8ngwaRY87Qajnn1lYxq2oBwfxWj3nFaO_inyxUEkTKOuNDvKSGt33it4NCBEepxoBLQL0sehwk6eEBk/s400/Week+14+582.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117589200387927602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5_B2ooZ471bL5HOUf6wlBG01IXkqxQRLwQhQdvUdRomvZZdNP9Cm78y-2DEhut-dwoWSP6OyhDhmEHZZYQ54IWCmvw89Yi1FaBYTmVxPhzf6eiZpYc6Eum59uRMR-jy3ncT-rWVK-iw/s1600-h/Week+14+589.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5_B2ooZ471bL5HOUf6wlBG01IXkqxQRLwQhQdvUdRomvZZdNP9Cm78y-2DEhut-dwoWSP6OyhDhmEHZZYQ54IWCmvw89Yi1FaBYTmVxPhzf6eiZpYc6Eum59uRMR-jy3ncT-rWVK-iw/s400/Week+14+589.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117589213272829506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICThfrEZv97B2UUZ8UwJccX6Vmon5vQmFE0j8tmcz90q366gWBsbuEox4jgk3G8lmahpWgzA5YL1Hbq6zTOgU6o4PbyeeHiW4X9tRxaSboN9HjWbqx0gKBuTABZ0WC2mAYliAxW2ICM0/s1600-h/Week+14+594.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICThfrEZv97B2UUZ8UwJccX6Vmon5vQmFE0j8tmcz90q366gWBsbuEox4jgk3G8lmahpWgzA5YL1Hbq6zTOgU6o4PbyeeHiW4X9tRxaSboN9HjWbqx0gKBuTABZ0WC2mAYliAxW2ICM0/s400/Week+14+594.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117589226157731410" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">There's a moose in here, I promise.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4XmSGJwvV9mwt-rd5oRAzsN1p7XMvsXTXnvwFPvqgDvv837y0BpOBcWx5AY5hoW-iPNxVq09nJSOClrhUW8ivpcq_isC1UWzft6rKvf-JJ9B8N7Srndr1quaAFLW_83ohb8EgBhrCiw/s1600-h/Week+14+605.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4XmSGJwvV9mwt-rd5oRAzsN1p7XMvsXTXnvwFPvqgDvv837y0BpOBcWx5AY5hoW-iPNxVq09nJSOClrhUW8ivpcq_isC1UWzft6rKvf-JJ9B8N7Srndr1quaAFLW_83ohb8EgBhrCiw/s400/Week+14+605.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117592245519740514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">There's also an otter in the one. Somewhere.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmCBfj0DEyBP9RKcE7A6YkUFQ2aR59N8LmxKQmyt5y76t5veLmGFiHl_9lT6u3Fjo59ZpuK7p1-ZsAR2ov_FthPMlM7S1jRyUpqG_Gwhxx7Ok7wBIfDKOnljL9E4GS6ZC1Oc31rnpCLw/s1600-h/Week+14+613.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrmCBfj0DEyBP9RKcE7A6YkUFQ2aR59N8LmxKQmyt5y76t5veLmGFiHl_9lT6u3Fjo59ZpuK7p1-ZsAR2ov_FthPMlM7S1jRyUpqG_Gwhxx7Ok7wBIfDKOnljL9E4GS6ZC1Oc31rnpCLw/s400/Week+14+613.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117592262699609714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I'm a pirate!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriolZxVTu2PcU0nWRsAgYmORUB40PxfcT4i3j9Pm5iLhfj7RUNYiv8rKOU-SARoEHOVKXJzI8Bv141iyXDiLD3Bi0g8sVoMuNhYJG9TRXUgM6O6-S3rY_ZdWZad7hAyD6NmeimX2x7ec/s1600-h/Week+14+621.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriolZxVTu2PcU0nWRsAgYmORUB40PxfcT4i3j9Pm5iLhfj7RUNYiv8rKOU-SARoEHOVKXJzI8Bv141iyXDiLD3Bi0g8sVoMuNhYJG9TRXUgM6O6-S3rY_ZdWZad7hAyD6NmeimX2x7ec/s400/Week+14+621.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117592275584511618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">That night after we unloaded at the Sassy Moose Bed and Breakfast, we headed into Jackson and had some Hagen-Dasz with our buffalo friend.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShg5VCMEO-0ZpfHmrgbi6rDkLk4QflGCQ-Ejk7xOR8592Hne0-joK6L0e6tSBLNpw9BhP_mnyTalwbqZExPyDuWiSahBp0C5DBTm8qR4NKO0_oyG28C_XW7qHmwWUUTMF4OrxABEqhvA/s1600-h/Week+14+632.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShg5VCMEO-0ZpfHmrgbi6rDkLk4QflGCQ-Ejk7xOR8592Hne0-joK6L0e6tSBLNpw9BhP_mnyTalwbqZExPyDuWiSahBp0C5DBTm8qR4NKO0_oyG28C_XW7qHmwWUUTMF4OrxABEqhvA/s400/Week+14+632.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117592284174446226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Day 6 - September 28th - Allison's Last Day<br /><br />On Allison's last day here, we woke up to some good breakfast and political conversation in the Sassy Moose Inn. Then we drove into Jackson to check out the local art galleries, there are a lot, before we headed to what may be one of the most scenic airports in the country.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBmWMkFkZZzXsSbekMCFmzppgNVrTj0-109UH0TceLAi6pNP1I7KLBkNS-0tCmAelQQCeMqxZWgEhDNFT3cLDqk0m6QAizgVjEIl-wZgQPyln67lIFlDu6jpaOw352zt6OtTMe-h3yqU/s1600-h/Week+14+637.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBmWMkFkZZzXsSbekMCFmzppgNVrTj0-109UH0TceLAi6pNP1I7KLBkNS-0tCmAelQQCeMqxZWgEhDNFT3cLDqk0m6QAizgVjEIl-wZgQPyln67lIFlDu6jpaOw352zt6OtTMe-h3yqU/s400/Week+14+637.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117594109535547042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmF-DmjqYmzBALrD1Nn_OtPIeTDXeomXaecJLWtS7pEQHCtVMkeD9zqJRg7LgTZtgqrPwTmWAAwgDUC2sVztg7FDmIlTd-GuGyztaL85pNX6IovAWdhaplldnwKAJC6sVnobJMVdgGEM/s1600-h/Week+14+642.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmF-DmjqYmzBALrD1Nn_OtPIeTDXeomXaecJLWtS7pEQHCtVMkeD9zqJRg7LgTZtgqrPwTmWAAwgDUC2sVztg7FDmIlTd-GuGyztaL85pNX6IovAWdhaplldnwKAJC6sVnobJMVdgGEM/s400/Week+14+642.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117594118125481650" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And so ended Allison's time with me out west in the wildest part of the lower 48. I miss her already.</span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-91015791386366651242007-09-13T13:23:00.000-06:002007-09-13T14:18:45.240-06:00Some Pretty Pictures<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">No real story to accompany these pictures. I just happened to have went to the geyser basins around Old Faithful, but not actually the geyser basin Old Faithful is in, and took some pictures of what I saw. Enjoy.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Kepler Cascades (150 ft.)</span></span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHon3rZ9-fQ1Bmuqs4d1gullPV7zNl_CVfzvxtuSj5yRYKlONz9ShAtyhGXuG4pZFDCkU5tD_DnaCLn51u7-vL0snmo335Z_sktb_9xfEpGn2XC1v976gxCHE-XNyUMaqAG9CW-4rj5g/s1600-h/Week+11+106.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHon3rZ9-fQ1Bmuqs4d1gullPV7zNl_CVfzvxtuSj5yRYKlONz9ShAtyhGXuG4pZFDCkU5tD_DnaCLn51u7-vL0snmo335Z_sktb_9xfEpGn2XC1v976gxCHE-XNyUMaqAG9CW-4rj5g/s400/Week+11+106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109774401959918338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Reflections in Emerald Pool</span></span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOYYIB1wZNERguYs1PBTMGUps_hS7GGXGt4_1w53prqwFvoFzrpiggJJQSpcohDa1IXjf7dJFNgTWr2AWOBFLwPWrKMVmMIg6Ou43rgentG0Fx42izjE9LNCKM2rfP21FiPb3u3DtNAc/s1600-h/Week+11+113.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOYYIB1wZNERguYs1PBTMGUps_hS7GGXGt4_1w53prqwFvoFzrpiggJJQSpcohDa1IXjf7dJFNgTWr2AWOBFLwPWrKMVmMIg6Ou43rgentG0Fx42izjE9LNCKM2rfP21FiPb3u3DtNAc/s400/Week+11+113.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109774406254885650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Sunset near Excelsior Geyser</span></span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkk6IEGxIFw-McEhXLSyMpXLZl7zncAtI5Dys0PwgxQnuXNO12xVNVm7mIDKl59C4SR6ckCLd9aYEDcCRKOGCmr90JmBAEm4rgtIrZjM-QTlKfWRYu4cSvsDvqG9uhPMVG-U1ud7hxkAs/s1600-h/Week+11+123.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkk6IEGxIFw-McEhXLSyMpXLZl7zncAtI5Dys0PwgxQnuXNO12xVNVm7mIDKl59C4SR6ckCLd9aYEDcCRKOGCmr90JmBAEm4rgtIrZjM-QTlKfWRYu4cSvsDvqG9uhPMVG-U1ud7hxkAs/s400/Week+11+123.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109774414844820258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Spasm Geyser at Sunset</span></span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45ya3Z3ZaK1PLzCcXMSwgvJr0mFa8c6cadAgFbicOFYoGDSUJ-RZXSGDstAkdCgBgkA5srmOggqOxUjlXo1Vdx7EPWZVtgT0j7IPC272j6qP2mQJBhXJBXJ9S8jCmk4XdVtXE1d3CYYE/s1600-h/Week+11+140.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45ya3Z3ZaK1PLzCcXMSwgvJr0mFa8c6cadAgFbicOFYoGDSUJ-RZXSGDstAkdCgBgkA5srmOggqOxUjlXo1Vdx7EPWZVtgT0j7IPC272j6qP2mQJBhXJBXJ9S8jCmk4XdVtXE1d3CYYE/s400/Week+11+140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109774419139787570" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Reflections at Excelsior Geyser</span></span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDXOH_VF6GDdmY9jY6QgO43v3z16XWFjh7e32KiXOtgyV9cN6bBN_JOTus1g4zv6CO2dFT-LCZfjWcpIjShUAY39GB7L1u4IrHZJbvyluRn6vZYvLNHmWJsG4khWD6taaFFI_n1LP0ME/s1600-h/Week+12+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDXOH_VF6GDdmY9jY6QgO43v3z16XWFjh7e32KiXOtgyV9cN6bBN_JOTus1g4zv6CO2dFT-LCZfjWcpIjShUAY39GB7L1u4IrHZJbvyluRn6vZYvLNHmWJsG4khWD6taaFFI_n1LP0ME/s400/Week+12+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109777172213824322" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Sunset over Grand Prismatic</span></span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIP5yjaEy0Kd5PETwyGMdwWXJ_zYZyLDmpkKbIVzHNnegM5Uafykw4KaZt9E1K63UZx_tKyvlk-ygU3k8SsuadD0SnFwN4FRlHWT2Yg_SjZpPTiC7aDmmkoAexRYDtgfDLtK7bBpR05Yo/s1600-h/Week+12+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIP5yjaEy0Kd5PETwyGMdwWXJ_zYZyLDmpkKbIVzHNnegM5Uafykw4KaZt9E1K63UZx_tKyvlk-ygU3k8SsuadD0SnFwN4FRlHWT2Yg_SjZpPTiC7aDmmkoAexRYDtgfDLtK7bBpR05Yo/s400/Week+12+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109777176508791634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Castle Geyser from Afar</span></span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXta3dTyVv5b5vEtOZH9ysq-OHrAmoV5iN5s2mmx4LNF6qF7ttV-TVwzerszGnwMVb_U7YG_TZr4LcHa9egHm366QNzziU7C1JvSYwvt7H62lbIlaZBU9FltBCwUUeFjJ_SQusb1e1ktQ/s1600-h/Week+12+022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXta3dTyVv5b5vEtOZH9ysq-OHrAmoV5iN5s2mmx4LNF6qF7ttV-TVwzerszGnwMVb_U7YG_TZr4LcHa9egHm366QNzziU7C1JvSYwvt7H62lbIlaZBU9FltBCwUUeFjJ_SQusb1e1ktQ/s400/Week+12+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109777180803758946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Castle Geyser Up Close</span></span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOd-yiDmWZ0hpW5Xm3q5GO_2CkTro4LAzD_elZRRND3MY-Kl9eRkMRw3HAYekoaFc2bvNNPbgCPKiE4POh-IAe2AfM2hr3p6xBOMfZyR3mjiVmaBrOk2SEkrlHvmx2X-Dqh3rZ3wkP_84/s1600-h/Week+12+023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOd-yiDmWZ0hpW5Xm3q5GO_2CkTro4LAzD_elZRRND3MY-Kl9eRkMRw3HAYekoaFc2bvNNPbgCPKiE4POh-IAe2AfM2hr3p6xBOMfZyR3mjiVmaBrOk2SEkrlHvmx2X-Dqh3rZ3wkP_84/s400/Week+12+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109777185098726258" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />8 days and counting!</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br /></span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-77807734319799191992007-09-07T18:34:00.000-06:002007-09-07T20:03:23.069-06:00My Hike of the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On Wednesday, my friend Rachel and I set out to hike all 20 miles of the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone in 2 days. It turned out to be one amazing hike.<br /><br />Leaving from the Hellroaring Creek Trailhead, in less than one mile we crossed a suspension bridge over the Yellowstone River.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9O-SfgZXUhD063q1vzFOeQR-5bKF7ZyXfpzlPwOo_-NtfKNKus-pQztqn5J7mF2o0bbV1pkd8uVHuFePYsw9IKtQj8pIyRsjrKS1qWJkaD_ffhwOzchIs6wZEBIdghmalMFB8fzMJH8/s1600-h/Week+11+007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc9O-SfgZXUhD063q1vzFOeQR-5bKF7ZyXfpzlPwOo_-NtfKNKus-pQztqn5J7mF2o0bbV1pkd8uVHuFePYsw9IKtQj8pIyRsjrKS1qWJkaD_ffhwOzchIs6wZEBIdghmalMFB8fzMJH8/s400/Week+11+007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107630166817959842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Then a mile after that we had to ford Hellroaring Creek, which was no easy task. The water was a little over knee-deep and the rocks on the bottom were covered in a slimy, and slick algae. After more than a couple close calls of me going swimming, we made it across.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHFdRL8HW96CfFRZPNUbE-ESGrlbUH2zBPHj4eQHKX426zzg1FStaRclrv2Krwpsui99pG4pqBYIv-rBQ7I8n7tSo8MP5H11x_A8pkRPnHAhk5PPsFEcwkWRYXRSRdhNv0QCmfX_J1CA/s1600-h/Week+11+013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHFdRL8HW96CfFRZPNUbE-ESGrlbUH2zBPHj4eQHKX426zzg1FStaRclrv2Krwpsui99pG4pqBYIv-rBQ7I8n7tSo8MP5H11x_A8pkRPnHAhk5PPsFEcwkWRYXRSRdhNv0QCmfX_J1CA/s400/Week+11+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107630175407894450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />After the ford, we were out in the open in a little valley that was littered with animal bones and elk antlers. Pretty neat stuff.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQuAKqPvLKuLEylYxl9csbs_73kuvWiICNx7qO1E-HrV1zCkUayD_MMdMc_BBrIpAwRCYlLtZtaNwC05pygIgszFP38K1LVDN-l82IYMWopn3my_azs_l52BzGn29PbT6_nykSEQeTIDw/s1600-h/Week+11+015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQuAKqPvLKuLEylYxl9csbs_73kuvWiICNx7qO1E-HrV1zCkUayD_MMdMc_BBrIpAwRCYlLtZtaNwC05pygIgszFP38K1LVDN-l82IYMWopn3my_azs_l52BzGn29PbT6_nykSEQeTIDw/s400/Week+11+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107630183997829058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Soon we entered a mini-canyon and saw bighorn sheep. Unfortunately we didn't see any rams.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkaedrKfCSBCK2MAQ2ul9oUOup9e3mU_UHj_HvC-4sg2hlRShFmGq7qy6raBhKNNKUFwnBew2DP-lyI6peG4b1adBtt8FSm_p4wirgBRaVCyp5W9hGX_y2_Wsq93NJXatragwNEW1q5Y/s1600-h/Week+11+019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkaedrKfCSBCK2MAQ2ul9oUOup9e3mU_UHj_HvC-4sg2hlRShFmGq7qy6raBhKNNKUFwnBew2DP-lyI6peG4b1adBtt8FSm_p4wirgBRaVCyp5W9hGX_y2_Wsq93NJXatragwNEW1q5Y/s400/Week+11+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107630188292796370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Then it started to rain and we donned our rain jackets and pack covers. Rachel did a pretty good impression of a ninja turtle.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFgot4x0Ai_PklavHDxeJjQPL0ubKQ-CYHhutRoVPrLKorgEFzulTNMwHk4vASh82-go5e59vnOlPCalPfhheFsOJJl2iZL_jiIie6Ecw0tVX6KzLMOE9X_lcOFkQjs9KyxBpgHDC0qQ/s1600-h/Week+11+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFgot4x0Ai_PklavHDxeJjQPL0ubKQ-CYHhutRoVPrLKorgEFzulTNMwHk4vASh82-go5e59vnOlPCalPfhheFsOJJl2iZL_jiIie6Ecw0tVX6KzLMOE9X_lcOFkQjs9KyxBpgHDC0qQ/s400/Week+11+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107630196882730978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> After the valley and mini-canyon, we entered the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOvpM-F_A5oo8HNLIyyPRzg81KXqyyTlOFFk1MR4pqyBJgQifflyDfFUST5sEWZdwsBtmC_VtHDivmpOfl-0RuHOmJS1vfC65ZmO4908WGKfSdoEHwkBzrSOZy8DCVebrCu2VzB6YVnc/s1600-h/Week+11+029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOvpM-F_A5oo8HNLIyyPRzg81KXqyyTlOFFk1MR4pqyBJgQifflyDfFUST5sEWZdwsBtmC_VtHDivmpOfl-0RuHOmJS1vfC65ZmO4908WGKfSdoEHwkBzrSOZy8DCVebrCu2VzB6YVnc/s400/Week+11+029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107632984316506098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />9 miles into the hike, we set up camp under a big Douglas Fir tree. Good thing we did, as about 30 minutes after we got the tent up it started raining and really didn't stop until noon the next day. Fortunately, the tree helped to shelter us from the storm.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0aGDPEmGvczm2BUnL0B3q5JXS_QQmKGMwSwnaN98Gybpb6RMViF6tS6wIFSDZK7U6HvDWBKn5loxLPPdr10vkOAevwHfelTMPLUkkfWuAbiB-8xljjAPoMUkpHd71vR9L58lnJMNCi4/s1600-h/Week+11+042.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0aGDPEmGvczm2BUnL0B3q5JXS_QQmKGMwSwnaN98Gybpb6RMViF6tS6wIFSDZK7U6HvDWBKn5loxLPPdr10vkOAevwHfelTMPLUkkfWuAbiB-8xljjAPoMUkpHd71vR9L58lnJMNCi4/s400/Week+11+042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107632992906440706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Here are some shots of the canyon in the morning from our campsite.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPE3EBSYV7HFayec5lQNeC_TXDREs-xRx8L__EG9hlBoPHA8uS8tOHEP8EFM3sHbFD-tBnbPjk1XuBDldWTNK4KMnR4KlgYGf-fQ9mZF3pyrS6xzOkN7hOuP4T_HRTAymVaoY_FBIUgCQ/s1600-h/Week+11+039.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPE3EBSYV7HFayec5lQNeC_TXDREs-xRx8L__EG9hlBoPHA8uS8tOHEP8EFM3sHbFD-tBnbPjk1XuBDldWTNK4KMnR4KlgYGf-fQ9mZF3pyrS6xzOkN7hOuP4T_HRTAymVaoY_FBIUgCQ/s400/Week+11+039.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107633001496375314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivMOv933svJlw1lJFTr9xnVbBqmdBLf0oib5vhG3mtJd6ObDsNtXKkwRAS-9OdaeHuCCOxKJXHdF8kgO3jn9c51Lzz4h-_1-p13dgHYDzzAnTLXaezpVajN1JmvuslSlKd5A89IBeoRQ/s1600-h/Week+11+048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivMOv933svJlw1lJFTr9xnVbBqmdBLf0oib5vhG3mtJd6ObDsNtXKkwRAS-9OdaeHuCCOxKJXHdF8kgO3jn9c51Lzz4h-_1-p13dgHYDzzAnTLXaezpVajN1JmvuslSlKd5A89IBeoRQ/s400/Week+11+048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107633005791342626" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">All along the route we kept crossing some neat little bridges over a number of streams and creeks. There fit in really well with the atmosphere of the place.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEsBZHrnUYpkweDKH3fH42wzjmMcSRFTkZnn7ZMpl6yG6p06zl69Wfwjo4p1G6setqzWKzZP-y9i3YlzjmMxCiJ1MEe1lzhoDSZp8X95qVzLM5fAn4vlWzqYKZcwE4UmeNZrd6dIxv_w/s1600-h/Week+11+055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYEsBZHrnUYpkweDKH3fH42wzjmMcSRFTkZnn7ZMpl6yG6p06zl69Wfwjo4p1G6setqzWKzZP-y9i3YlzjmMxCiJ1MEe1lzhoDSZp8X95qVzLM5fAn4vlWzqYKZcwE4UmeNZrd6dIxv_w/s400/Week+11+055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107637584226480178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihy0njnrIKvaEVnI4wwyuTEULsIgb9z8ekzKNYOcbatg06HjGRe1vQEYNpcEH89Tb7oe-9HSZ3DT7kH-2RrBET2z3h-PuT82s8nS_iXqKbvN2rah-pRsc684_y3a-dooAk7dpcXWZX_mA/s1600-h/Week+11+057.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihy0njnrIKvaEVnI4wwyuTEULsIgb9z8ekzKNYOcbatg06HjGRe1vQEYNpcEH89Tb7oe-9HSZ3DT7kH-2RrBET2z3h-PuT82s8nS_iXqKbvN2rah-pRsc684_y3a-dooAk7dpcXWZX_mA/s400/Week+11+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107637592816414786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Here is Knowle's Falls. All 15 feet of it.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs5ls1TBPc_sifN2vke3LFZFnXFE_HQhDJ_R5f-ba4WktEHSHAiv_KTelFGYmhIkMCb9MUo5GRaZgaG95CmfqdL6ryPosyWpdUHTVnZodQvEEGxUu6EZNnKUVvwUaJQ7SNbVaJHdNqW0/s1600-h/Week+11+063.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs5ls1TBPc_sifN2vke3LFZFnXFE_HQhDJ_R5f-ba4WktEHSHAiv_KTelFGYmhIkMCb9MUo5GRaZgaG95CmfqdL6ryPosyWpdUHTVnZodQvEEGxUu6EZNnKUVvwUaJQ7SNbVaJHdNqW0/s400/Week+11+063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107637605701316690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />About 3 miles from our campsite we found some black bear tracks on the path headed in the direction we had just come from. He was a little bear, as the paw wasn't any bigger than the palm of my hand, and it was odd that we never ran into him seeing as how the tracks were pretty fresh, not more than 3 hours old.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCe4Y-6eE1CT_mUHPeEafulhF-ALhJRsheGJnyGnH4w4e1EhQOVHpDA4XQh5J8oapp7ZIOx4hE3hz_DxL46lViwgB4eEuYBUkDu0DfZMpFAK2xoad9GkU5EkO7BCT-MYnpG-Z0dgs7Us0/s1600-h/Week+11+070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCe4Y-6eE1CT_mUHPeEafulhF-ALhJRsheGJnyGnH4w4e1EhQOVHpDA4XQh5J8oapp7ZIOx4hE3hz_DxL46lViwgB4eEuYBUkDu0DfZMpFAK2xoad9GkU5EkO7BCT-MYnpG-Z0dgs7Us0/s400/Week+11+070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107637614291251298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> hand Further on in the canyon we found a neat little cave that was cut right into the cliff wall. Nobody was home though.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18pqbgmSZ8FCekzXlKc1R2A6LP4PCxVvgtlZ9NLx0l3TtnOF1SI37CsgCEDNBKs8mZT9uLUSHi-wgLBS2Kn_BcjoYR8TD-oZpL9B8AbnqQWixQQCxqzHPrna3Z7CFrmVB-45G3MVhswE/s1600-h/Week+11+071.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg18pqbgmSZ8FCekzXlKc1R2A6LP4PCxVvgtlZ9NLx0l3TtnOF1SI37CsgCEDNBKs8mZT9uLUSHi-wgLBS2Kn_BcjoYR8TD-oZpL9B8AbnqQWixQQCxqzHPrna3Z7CFrmVB-45G3MVhswE/s400/Week+11+071.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107641862013907058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Now it's starting to look like a canyon!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrSyRU2swN68pIb_1Mp-fs29s6Zc3RTlFX-Q6j129YJUWkKcUZbrVRuJJwfmWFEP9o7r-73jDbv0zo6hm3zFiH1fvahe8PY2jus_1CBFAHjAMkXKJkOO7Z_RNwWCUSRRPXwRswNjg24A/s1600-h/Week+11+073.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrSyRU2swN68pIb_1Mp-fs29s6Zc3RTlFX-Q6j129YJUWkKcUZbrVRuJJwfmWFEP9o7r-73jDbv0zo6hm3zFiH1fvahe8PY2jus_1CBFAHjAMkXKJkOO7Z_RNwWCUSRRPXwRswNjg24A/s400/Week+11+073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107641870603841666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionhohZp02ZT2vZmat3MODiaxfXL_4SY4MkWhMjW2aj2HfSz0-DOb_IEJtZniRgHSfobfj_w9PQfvOiWILnxZjOqDtouhNk7iiasiff77xYstInCqc_3-bdRQtVvHUB83XM2DblfTUWVA/s1600-h/Week+11+074.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEionhohZp02ZT2vZmat3MODiaxfXL_4SY4MkWhMjW2aj2HfSz0-DOb_IEJtZniRgHSfobfj_w9PQfvOiWILnxZjOqDtouhNk7iiasiff77xYstInCqc_3-bdRQtVvHUB83XM2DblfTUWVA/s400/Week+11+074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107641874898808978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Part of the trail along the river actually led us outside of the park boundaries.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuI3FHCdH47kLuJ7szAdGMLMrHAkiswOM6NVjoHqko2Sa5bFNN1q-nVHj956P6qVnHNrVxi5Izj7H4V5J7iEX5wdPlO392QPI126-xccabua7rurSw2JHDZ3eE09_yn1fr70X1adyZX1s/s1600-h/Week+11+076.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuI3FHCdH47kLuJ7szAdGMLMrHAkiswOM6NVjoHqko2Sa5bFNN1q-nVHj956P6qVnHNrVxi5Izj7H4V5J7iEX5wdPlO392QPI126-xccabua7rurSw2JHDZ3eE09_yn1fr70X1adyZX1s/s400/Week+11+076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107641883488743586" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Quick! Everyone get your guns, fireworks, moonshine, and orange hats...we're going hunting!!<br /><br />Finally after 17 miles of hiking, the canyon began to end. But it went out with a gorgeous bang!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0E1YrtnY5rFh2JsWcl0Akg330XFDSVdlgSxdvHnfAtq7sgyinp_MNuARmDvLJCI9W8aFFNVJCmrFxQDb7mxn4fzFV7NyxWN0ZE10Vky9LNQI1sqRsLi8xdQ6msxeyxWQUoFWbXkf5mtI/s1600-h/Week+11+082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0E1YrtnY5rFh2JsWcl0Akg330XFDSVdlgSxdvHnfAtq7sgyinp_MNuARmDvLJCI9W8aFFNVJCmrFxQDb7mxn4fzFV7NyxWN0ZE10Vky9LNQI1sqRsLi8xdQ6msxeyxWQUoFWbXkf5mtI/s400/Week+11+082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107646423269175474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHbK2-XD58NmB4u1Txyjoe_ijZ1HSNdv1HSfnIg7bE27hWZOBig0XWEhE7q2tKO3kP_upYvmlw6lNU3JK2oOduneLLWAVcm2xdQozY01fshceNf0mD0LYH3g_btd3BuMYckzGGyRd19A/s1600-h/Week+11+085.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQHbK2-XD58NmB4u1Txyjoe_ijZ1HSNdv1HSfnIg7bE27hWZOBig0XWEhE7q2tKO3kP_upYvmlw6lNU3JK2oOduneLLWAVcm2xdQozY01fshceNf0mD0LYH3g_btd3BuMYckzGGyRd19A/s400/Week+11+085.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107646427564142786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eJq5nVdkNytcx0Um-HqC6dK977gEy4_Kz8-XnHGA8ovZn7Gp7zAohYmJGA3ScYKlHw334fXd5QhzipYVbSYgaYcn379M9BankFmGj9aWuC5g2scxkkJZmFM5-aPmvkyZzYhPx3aqoUA/s1600-h/Week+11+089.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eJq5nVdkNytcx0Um-HqC6dK977gEy4_Kz8-XnHGA8ovZn7Gp7zAohYmJGA3ScYKlHw334fXd5QhzipYVbSYgaYcn379M9BankFmGj9aWuC5g2scxkkJZmFM5-aPmvkyZzYhPx3aqoUA/s400/Week+11+089.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107646436154077394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CY6po5kye4R3oT8UqoHoSgu7Z2ltKPJNj6V_9l6JTHkdnXgBtYEYRwlSxbPuyDc-DAGLO_aU2lSIxnFfQZ9HSg5i0g1aXXf9bP89YJBbCpqQRdvqFVeXe5xNwb05z4iwpiz6Pp6wPR0/s1600-h/Week+11+104.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CY6po5kye4R3oT8UqoHoSgu7Z2ltKPJNj6V_9l6JTHkdnXgBtYEYRwlSxbPuyDc-DAGLO_aU2lSIxnFfQZ9HSg5i0g1aXXf9bP89YJBbCpqQRdvqFVeXe5xNwb05z4iwpiz6Pp6wPR0/s400/Week+11+104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107646444744012018" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Finally after a grueling 20 miles, Rachel and I made it to Gardiner, MT and indulged in some well deserved pizza and beer. All in all, a great hike!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCndy_Cb6Ld_R3lJDWd8Hjt9J9SabM9yDI9LoVGqUukKEVN0aZ9M50HzRVkgqzR4eAOoey2Nc-csbOczFVNjTWtuQLEBwscomcB0Ng5mvTxxAMokKObb88K3-uiHyzfkGGBkXJX_5Jm8/s1600-h/Week+11+102.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCndy_Cb6Ld_R3lJDWd8Hjt9J9SabM9yDI9LoVGqUukKEVN0aZ9M50HzRVkgqzR4eAOoey2Nc-csbOczFVNjTWtuQLEBwscomcB0Ng5mvTxxAMokKObb88K3-uiHyzfkGGBkXJX_5Jm8/s400/Week+11+102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107646440449044706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br /></span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-63561152454853863492007-08-31T15:42:00.000-06:002007-08-31T15:47:42.857-06:00Update on the Mystery Moth<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">After some research on the internet, I found the moth I photographed to be a White-lined Sphinx Moth.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxQt94ikdVKfmvIRZ1KxBMBSZTxZUlnm2sZPBlykMri6EmELcevgOS8zJkssyelGDOpgRECOvW18uaohraYgExkwuAYEKn-oScIrFxkykaAX42hS1ncLzJ3T3lIAX2UoUeOf_bW_KWmM/s1600-h/White-lined+Sphinx+in+Yellowstone+NP.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxQt94ikdVKfmvIRZ1KxBMBSZTxZUlnm2sZPBlykMri6EmELcevgOS8zJkssyelGDOpgRECOvW18uaohraYgExkwuAYEKn-oScIrFxkykaAX42hS1ncLzJ3T3lIAX2UoUeOf_bW_KWmM/s400/White-lined+Sphinx+in+Yellowstone+NP.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104984278908911602" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Want to know more? Click <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/3071/bgpage">here</a> and <a href="http://www.centralpets.com/animals/insects/other_insects/bug5837.html">here</a>.</span></span></span><br /></div>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-83234003786183678182007-08-31T11:21:00.000-06:002007-08-31T12:36:28.506-06:00The Week That Was<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Mt. Sheridan (almost)</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />On Wednesday I set out to climb Mt. Sheridan. All 10,320 feet and 24 miles (total) of it. I ended up only being able to do 20 of those 24 miles, because I wore my new hiking shoes and got some wicked blisters. Two miles from the top, the one above my right heel popped and send me back down. So I ended up having to hike out 10 miles with, in the end, 2 popped blisters. Oh what a joyous day!!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR47t0F7v96J-lyvB_2r6NUH5HJ5BqZ2wgrnW9g3fE7UAsZxqEIiL0WCupqB_-LWs_fPHO20gHCwyrIpikVShCU2onrc3SBjvvZ_rpNyhpLjnIYYXRyTqKmV6NxYv14DbmacWQO9Y0RiI/s1600-h/Week+10+093.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR47t0F7v96J-lyvB_2r6NUH5HJ5BqZ2wgrnW9g3fE7UAsZxqEIiL0WCupqB_-LWs_fPHO20gHCwyrIpikVShCU2onrc3SBjvvZ_rpNyhpLjnIYYXRyTqKmV6NxYv14DbmacWQO9Y0RiI/s400/Week+10+093.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104925008360226546" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">But the scenery was amazing. At the base of the mountain is Heart Lake, and it's a huge and gorgeous backcountry lake.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmi3mE3jS_rPm7ySGlno00Ul5vS6RMqHRklVJJ1zBQJoDcCx7tXhhoY69ZkkBbOO9z-m1rrO37l_xSIpBs33YMYREi9Odmj1TMZ4ZUgQZXDG2KOP071nLSzBF30WMYi821C6CcFDsQmQ/s1600-h/Week+10+037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmi3mE3jS_rPm7ySGlno00Ul5vS6RMqHRklVJJ1zBQJoDcCx7tXhhoY69ZkkBbOO9z-m1rrO37l_xSIpBs33YMYREi9Odmj1TMZ4ZUgQZXDG2KOP071nLSzBF30WMYi821C6CcFDsQmQ/s400/Week+10+037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104925012655193858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5LM8VgugHXESv-IxCY3pXxqEw6ObhbbersR4MelBlCuG6YvbikkQtPbtEv_YI2fC6uLVWYJtt4YlQsivhdIPUqa9GObfRIiTcb6_tzefSNrXkZ_DxVNN-E3XTP0oUI5KDF0HU6ublK8/s1600-h/Week+10+048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5LM8VgugHXESv-IxCY3pXxqEw6ObhbbersR4MelBlCuG6YvbikkQtPbtEv_YI2fC6uLVWYJtt4YlQsivhdIPUqa9GObfRIiTcb6_tzefSNrXkZ_DxVNN-E3XTP0oUI5KDF0HU6ublK8/s400/Week+10+048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104925021245128466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimM5dq7SRQMZm6Wy0gMUbfsLMfk7iKHf-SoS0MZnH1r_0PJZozRZnRKh6DTOGqhJWOOxLX92Lq6zmvle4j3llGWpdrpCEjoEZiwuYkhzfFLGg5JQuEZzKzh4nAqWN4GduCqyKa8icsdHE/s1600-h/Week+10+053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimM5dq7SRQMZm6Wy0gMUbfsLMfk7iKHf-SoS0MZnH1r_0PJZozRZnRKh6DTOGqhJWOOxLX92Lq6zmvle4j3llGWpdrpCEjoEZiwuYkhzfFLGg5JQuEZzKzh4nAqWN4GduCqyKa8icsdHE/s400/Week+10+053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104925021245128482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwnvJAIoQFtdE0T0fX58zOOrB1PQklgZFlOIY4BACQM9TJb6ehYwWGzvvJsA_LOS_j0TAr8ZTVb06Fv3TA8p2xM-YpDIxRk1otD1vfT2rbQ-VaFODd3BZTN7aEcKGdApqH-f9z8vOkmY/s1600-h/Week+10+061.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwnvJAIoQFtdE0T0fX58zOOrB1PQklgZFlOIY4BACQM9TJb6ehYwWGzvvJsA_LOS_j0TAr8ZTVb06Fv3TA8p2xM-YpDIxRk1otD1vfT2rbQ-VaFODd3BZTN7aEcKGdApqH-f9z8vOkmY/s400/Week+10+061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104925029835063090" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Also I saw another family of Great Gray Owls. What luck. The first one I saw on the way to the mountain as it flew from a tree down to a small stream for a drink of water.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdZivGFBcJnMSSocumAQ_pjyzdXRJNuV0NE-9zwFGehUTrXVejNmhKrVMie9ASXEwMEDMN6_ClV_ykRdmWBuZWdEpmY3bc2Ya1fGhyphenhyphenW89_j6ZtMBfjuPHjQH__Bxk9uMhzJBfWKf9g-A/s1600-h/Week+10+015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdZivGFBcJnMSSocumAQ_pjyzdXRJNuV0NE-9zwFGehUTrXVejNmhKrVMie9ASXEwMEDMN6_ClV_ykRdmWBuZWdEpmY3bc2Ya1fGhyphenhyphenW89_j6ZtMBfjuPHjQH__Bxk9uMhzJBfWKf9g-A/s400/Week+10+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104929436471508866" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On the way out, blisters and all, I heard another one which turned out to be two of them. One adult and one fledgling. They were really neat and just stayed perched in some trees checking me out as I took their picture. Too cool.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQy4_XhgqNNGdq78fqCUcZMsPczro3OXaaw3DFhhuo5o7sZ_0IHBTAFLCjky6zxmTTsw_E73boejs5YhXWk1QDs6ljYhBuNPLN7cMTOb-oBt8xri9Yfz237ubaGxJphV9hOSuMGdmg2c/s1600-h/Week+10+068.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQy4_XhgqNNGdq78fqCUcZMsPczro3OXaaw3DFhhuo5o7sZ_0IHBTAFLCjky6zxmTTsw_E73boejs5YhXWk1QDs6ljYhBuNPLN7cMTOb-oBt8xri9Yfz237ubaGxJphV9hOSuMGdmg2c/s400/Week+10+068.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104929402111770434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE36MR-3AfX_7FFi-uOjfMJ4s7LA0W09f30KapddZQgQcs-tHpLvp93lQchLH5zcoRJyPLPSzsWhcg4CFIvT9cKu5afx8Qt77ailOqhH8dG6eSWagaLqZ7kel5qoym4qXKzJVp_7IXR74/s1600-h/Week+10+070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE36MR-3AfX_7FFi-uOjfMJ4s7LA0W09f30KapddZQgQcs-tHpLvp93lQchLH5zcoRJyPLPSzsWhcg4CFIvT9cKu5afx8Qt77ailOqhH8dG6eSWagaLqZ7kel5qoym4qXKzJVp_7IXR74/s400/Week+10+070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104929410701705042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2auJCd9-qbABDJDRJgCxWpWZ7RW9mz0DH8ig4F00Ttbtv1T8DP-a3SsKzoDs7I0qu2OU3ohA8BN6htxrNCjgpDBshz-9mBLrOCF9v88RrwJ2AoNtxGLLxecIX4eZIl1ojoVGkJfT8qC4/s1600-h/Week+10+085.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2auJCd9-qbABDJDRJgCxWpWZ7RW9mz0DH8ig4F00Ttbtv1T8DP-a3SsKzoDs7I0qu2OU3ohA8BN6htxrNCjgpDBshz-9mBLrOCF9v88RrwJ2AoNtxGLLxecIX4eZIl1ojoVGkJfT8qC4/s400/Week+10+085.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104929419291639650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmkUvpoRtiz4POtgJ6On5AT8spKl0R6aoijuoCm6pIwfG8IhK87voWB2jBq7r4tGImr5YejHz4UDCdJa8ybfbXxLtzXs2mhsqUtUJdsPuFUOOdFCh3qWkF7qvnFwyM-xbHtCSZTNMHWI/s1600-h/Week+10+089.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmkUvpoRtiz4POtgJ6On5AT8spKl0R6aoijuoCm6pIwfG8IhK87voWB2jBq7r4tGImr5YejHz4UDCdJa8ybfbXxLtzXs2mhsqUtUJdsPuFUOOdFCh3qWkF7qvnFwyM-xbHtCSZTNMHWI/s400/Week+10+089.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104929423586606962" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Who's Hungry? Want a hotdog?</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />On Wednesday night, there was a hotdog eating contest at the pub and of course I was in it. Out of 10 competitors I finished a respectable fourth having eaten 7 hotdogs and 6 buns in 15 minutes. The winner had 7 3/4 hotdogs and 7 1/2 buns. Fortunately noone hurled!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-XyMTSupTCmHE30Se4P0SR3jzWQdbpYixgnP299fN1OL7kDiT0mw7yYApPpj0z9HlMGwbcFlLxZ2VJCH0Njst-ecxfPL5wh1yZr7Ue5Q1pA0-rgzPHbRuZBJImwQ2gCDmcrXTtLnf0w/s1600-h/Week+10+146.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-XyMTSupTCmHE30Se4P0SR3jzWQdbpYixgnP299fN1OL7kDiT0mw7yYApPpj0z9HlMGwbcFlLxZ2VJCH0Njst-ecxfPL5wh1yZr7Ue5Q1pA0-rgzPHbRuZBJImwQ2gCDmcrXTtLnf0w/s400/Week+10+146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104932962639658898" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Damn the Blisters!! Full Speed Ahead!! To Osprey Falls that is.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />So because I'm either stupid or crazy, on Thursday I decided to hike to Osprey Falls with my friends Micaela, her boyfriend Robert, and Trevor. Because of the blisters, I couldn't wear shoes so I wore my sandals instead. Yeah real smart. Especially considering that the hike to Osprey Falls is 10 miles round trip and you have to climb down into an 800 foot deep canyon in only 0.6 miles which makes for one hella steep trail. But wouldn't you know it, even with the sandals, I was the only person in our group who didn't fall down. Score one for me! The falls were amazing and 150 feet tall. What was the neatest thing was that Osprey Falls actually starts the canyon it's in. Too cool. Check it out.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuyH4_8hNWTIL3tFgBjEGAOo9I5_LU95soYhs7aCUNGPE5prhyquxvRAEsclM3gdVJzR8tKNzhtLvl7ypQouVUI_RP_58Qh4BtKncWn-6ngL5VGxalPkVvu2jtOodlUvBKFpB4EmAERI/s1600-h/Week+10+188.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuyH4_8hNWTIL3tFgBjEGAOo9I5_LU95soYhs7aCUNGPE5prhyquxvRAEsclM3gdVJzR8tKNzhtLvl7ypQouVUI_RP_58Qh4BtKncWn-6ngL5VGxalPkVvu2jtOodlUvBKFpB4EmAERI/s400/Week+10+188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104932966934626210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6dXKANRUomAN9bSLnAmIEBJGO0CEbGth-mQAc7yRO-NsNrlqZluqeLdbwW_iK50Hge_1X9QFUx6lUSh2oujvXGNKK8LJKCAOt2igmvWspGsRVEJdzmABTRbjIhf56JeCP7sICYFNr4Y/s1600-h/Week+10+209.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6dXKANRUomAN9bSLnAmIEBJGO0CEbGth-mQAc7yRO-NsNrlqZluqeLdbwW_iK50Hge_1X9QFUx6lUSh2oujvXGNKK8LJKCAOt2igmvWspGsRVEJdzmABTRbjIhf56JeCP7sICYFNr4Y/s400/Week+10+209.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104932971229593522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87fZM0c1glt8mSRgmHRVd8dxaUOMUWk4JS12oeJsP4uq0ycbSdRQVVtN9n88g17FL71D3YToTv-SJKZ-HpoHQqtixdgQIYa4ES0GK-ZIpQI5zL9xzVymXEHWJzeJa8Ln7EHjGn0eWntA/s1600-h/Week+10+213.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87fZM0c1glt8mSRgmHRVd8dxaUOMUWk4JS12oeJsP4uq0ycbSdRQVVtN9n88g17FL71D3YToTv-SJKZ-HpoHQqtixdgQIYa4ES0GK-ZIpQI5zL9xzVymXEHWJzeJa8Ln7EHjGn0eWntA/s400/Week+10+213.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104932975524560834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Random Fun Pictures</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">This is the biggest moth I've ever seen.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoMCE0SHDHOxZBE44an0zZx18oS-mXbNtMXBNJtLIeueCZX_ejJGlR3EwxfHldevOCZROtq9y3I_5EDfuCKk9o5cadkZE2FEresW1VBHYRo6SW_XLAiOMP7Ar7L6_XdVQMJBC7mJ9Z2Y/s1600-h/Week+10+009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAoMCE0SHDHOxZBE44an0zZx18oS-mXbNtMXBNJtLIeueCZX_ejJGlR3EwxfHldevOCZROtq9y3I_5EDfuCKk9o5cadkZE2FEresW1VBHYRo6SW_XLAiOMP7Ar7L6_XdVQMJBC7mJ9Z2Y/s400/Week+10+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104934465878212578" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I have no idea what kind of moth it is. So help me out. It's about 4 inches long!!</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />After our hike of Osprey Falls we stopped in Mammoth for some refreshments and there were elk everywhere. I took this picture of a young elk looking at a magpie on its mother's back.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7PF5MEtDB6yY7UULHPxlncx1BANCm3BScT6jGzYxZe_tJLS0Tbm-ACGVjSRzYvGaxysAFUD7TD9GzZffAMrs-0LuV9ZLGlf2uge_B4XRX8QWFVzwLVgo8bcrEor8jvB8EzTx9gV6M0w/s1600-h/Week+10+230.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7PF5MEtDB6yY7UULHPxlncx1BANCm3BScT6jGzYxZe_tJLS0Tbm-ACGVjSRzYvGaxysAFUD7TD9GzZffAMrs-0LuV9ZLGlf2uge_B4XRX8QWFVzwLVgo8bcrEor8jvB8EzTx9gV6M0w/s400/Week+10+230.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104932984114495442" border="0" /></a>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-62952612281116013862007-08-24T11:32:00.000-06:002007-08-24T14:44:52.459-06:00Another Update of Considerable Size<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">A Short Hike of Pelican Creek</span></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />On Monday Mirka, Ba'ra, and I did the small hike around Pelican Creek. It's one that I've done before, but I did get some really neat pictures of the scenery.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiembsMAbtelA9s6SncLA5gtB6jzlzXFK7o1TKyep5sM8wSMHDwTlOYT20Mu0S76e9JhOgC-9sitrdbL9GgWqRsm1lM_lY_k4AnqF6fqHoRjyI6MhmTILulZLPRFSu7996nf6pTIwF94GA/s1600-h/Week+9+005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiembsMAbtelA9s6SncLA5gtB6jzlzXFK7o1TKyep5sM8wSMHDwTlOYT20Mu0S76e9JhOgC-9sitrdbL9GgWqRsm1lM_lY_k4AnqF6fqHoRjyI6MhmTILulZLPRFSu7996nf6pTIwF94GA/s400/Week+9+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102329508083645858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypOUViHtPWn0mCUkDij80Z6fWAF8QN0F7-JK0_eJ6LwUBFVNTwvWAtn3TDsojPm9Mx1-BwIW5hoBgR92DvWZ5A3jeXaZodxhiGe4-L4gT1fDrnXHlkl2XbMQp3radkCiaJ8EMGhRBEcQ/s1600-h/Week+9+009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypOUViHtPWn0mCUkDij80Z6fWAF8QN0F7-JK0_eJ6LwUBFVNTwvWAtn3TDsojPm9Mx1-BwIW5hoBgR92DvWZ5A3jeXaZodxhiGe4-L4gT1fDrnXHlkl2XbMQp3radkCiaJ8EMGhRBEcQ/s400/Week+9+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102329516673580466" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Also when we were leaving the beach area of the hike, there was this gray jay who kept flying right at us. He was so close I could have stuck out my hand and caught him. He was fearless, but I guess he got bored and flew away.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbjTS0rUKwA8RDBsuPcybllBR6bOQTcnMNlZEFoJxbgh0ZxKMcyIDg_FWT5COURnBxnlQbcY5B9WRXNSqblfgjS2fM4TWEohIE0NGFgJHv_h7XHWWwX95DAzTGDqPIerZjYiPy_SMFro/s1600-h/Week+9+028.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbjTS0rUKwA8RDBsuPcybllBR6bOQTcnMNlZEFoJxbgh0ZxKMcyIDg_FWT5COURnBxnlQbcY5B9WRXNSqblfgjS2fM4TWEohIE0NGFgJHv_h7XHWWwX95DAzTGDqPIerZjYiPy_SMFro/s400/Week+9+028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102329529558482370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">A Day of Geysers and Waterfalls</span></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />On Wednesday, I drove over to the western side of the park to do the Mystic Falls trail and also did some sightseeing of the geysers and other waterfalls in the area. It was a very neat day to say the least.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5W2AyvK6aoDd50FiLhPqcCGTc3ri4pdC81iRKVuNd1cp_qHmVv1tAVPCP2SUHAR6z3emISF0BwMT-5cEhFpI20oxFTTirwE669t3d6P2CLJsDu22OdY8f7hYvWXiaSfLuA2EkUXv-tlg/s1600-h/Week+9+033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5W2AyvK6aoDd50FiLhPqcCGTc3ri4pdC81iRKVuNd1cp_qHmVv1tAVPCP2SUHAR6z3emISF0BwMT-5cEhFpI20oxFTTirwE669t3d6P2CLJsDu22OdY8f7hYvWXiaSfLuA2EkUXv-tlg/s400/Week+9+033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102329542443384274" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Firehole Falls<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMeJhbR8ok_WqGW6-D5s72IwR0Uzhz8kY0ihkL2g2F1UPspjNN1bJhjZN01sBruQlYa0RiNd54p2rbvwbOo_cx8yhmgRnjiAV1Xgk_0XsCbiyvLCnfKp7bMe0X7eqDcV2wsPM_B2UDuQ/s1600-h/Week+9+036.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMeJhbR8ok_WqGW6-D5s72IwR0Uzhz8kY0ihkL2g2F1UPspjNN1bJhjZN01sBruQlYa0RiNd54p2rbvwbOo_cx8yhmgRnjiAV1Xgk_0XsCbiyvLCnfKp7bMe0X7eqDcV2wsPM_B2UDuQ/s400/Week+9+036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102329555328286178" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">White Dome Geyser (which erupted just as I was leaving!)<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3GwbR0P3KDU0aR9a6lx7JHheFJDKPKj0QT4zAIen5hkaNNkOlUsk5-iJTYegnvQGHZd5AwQdq4e_ddOuLn34vnehqkqG5uyxT8zPVO8MkmEdrmcxkT4tkgdKtK-m824-wOESQYWHtSU/s1600-h/Week+9+083.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3GwbR0P3KDU0aR9a6lx7JHheFJDKPKj0QT4zAIen5hkaNNkOlUsk5-iJTYegnvQGHZd5AwQdq4e_ddOuLn34vnehqkqG5uyxT8zPVO8MkmEdrmcxkT4tkgdKtK-m824-wOESQYWHtSU/s400/Week+9+083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102337178895236626" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Sapphire Pool<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Mystic Falls (70 ft.) Here I did a little off trail travel and climbed down to the creek downstream from the falls and then climbed up and around some boulders to get right to the base of the falls. Then I had to do some rock climbing to get out of the little canyon I was now in, which was lots of fun. After I had climbed higher I found a little rock washout that led right to the brink of the falls, so I went there. Turns out that at the top of the falls, there is a little hot spring which feeds right into the falls. Probably warms up the water, though I didn't try the water from my perilous perch.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8wC4_fsPYLtbvJElPYYaDcwf9GSypg8r5O6VrgHZw0NuuBhDreVAex_3XHnv9dw68BFVe0nyqmGa-MWIFJirkAjFQ52sp5gkf4ZTmY5KI-xfPVl1d0mGDYg8mcoKCBik7xQ4pzBmm-A/s1600-h/Week+9+045.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8wC4_fsPYLtbvJElPYYaDcwf9GSypg8r5O6VrgHZw0NuuBhDreVAex_3XHnv9dw68BFVe0nyqmGa-MWIFJirkAjFQ52sp5gkf4ZTmY5KI-xfPVl1d0mGDYg8mcoKCBik7xQ4pzBmm-A/s400/Week+9+045.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102337187485171234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lTt3LJFkxzR13dw3gtRRcFcbpQLStvbB_MzQqmVBH9TNf_XV_CNyndhtfnL1vtppVwf4MbJh6Sw0eUsuFqbD12LAbthyDVv0xo4zrKE0ffqUBJt88_6EwbxNjDEgZa8n3zKlk4oBqtY/s1600-h/Week+9+047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lTt3LJFkxzR13dw3gtRRcFcbpQLStvbB_MzQqmVBH9TNf_XV_CNyndhtfnL1vtppVwf4MbJh6Sw0eUsuFqbD12LAbthyDVv0xo4zrKE0ffqUBJt88_6EwbxNjDEgZa8n3zKlk4oBqtY/s400/Week+9+047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102337200370073138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoZXgYU0yTPX_ukKbUqpmcER7TFWSqP38VtgBM1ZjFKfSjZKHTkbAbMJlMq9ge5vp4GbsY1BniVRWFUc_MOhpSdaLberoI-sksK-QoLiyoWOXfKxNwW9QG2OpnckORcrGC3S-lMT8f-I/s1600-h/Week+9+057.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoZXgYU0yTPX_ukKbUqpmcER7TFWSqP38VtgBM1ZjFKfSjZKHTkbAbMJlMq9ge5vp4GbsY1BniVRWFUc_MOhpSdaLberoI-sksK-QoLiyoWOXfKxNwW9QG2OpnckORcrGC3S-lMT8f-I/s400/Week+9+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102337208960007746" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68QYQ2daPRzbshAzOT_lR-5-sLeDrR1zzxx7QhP4yQCUEEk-VcluEmTlchPVA9C22B8hAxtN91g9Bx0n-kXhmY2U3qOdMqpUrImrbyG0NL4kg3iR3DpOvN6OBToJ8zu2YaZPcQTfThDg/s1600-h/Week+9+060.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68QYQ2daPRzbshAzOT_lR-5-sLeDrR1zzxx7QhP4yQCUEEk-VcluEmTlchPVA9C22B8hAxtN91g9Bx0n-kXhmY2U3qOdMqpUrImrbyG0NL4kg3iR3DpOvN6OBToJ8zu2YaZPcQTfThDg/s400/Week+9+060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102337217549942354" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Moving on. The Gibbon Falls. (Big brother to the Little Gibbon Falls from my last post.)<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZyVho3t6Kllrw1QU4P-FKycOK420a8EvZc_Ht8kZaO8PQvIZ8GJfkXc-nXCp3UGw2gVJqPcolvTLVDInS7aA_zUFV26ak35xhImY03cxo81Sk54hO-8VbUWxQfxPavUuhhFHtDe3cR8/s1600-h/Week+9+085.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ZyVho3t6Kllrw1QU4P-FKycOK420a8EvZc_Ht8kZaO8PQvIZ8GJfkXc-nXCp3UGw2gVJqPcolvTLVDInS7aA_zUFV26ak35xhImY03cxo81Sk54hO-8VbUWxQfxPavUuhhFHtDe3cR8/s400/Week+9+085.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102363910771687010" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Further on when I was drive back on the road from Norris to Canyon I found a small traffic jam and it turned out to be a cow moose bedded down just off the road. My first moose of the season!!</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeV70ZMPUbX27zG1F2nPU6m1eVYhk7_B2GXOv__HsPK6nMSvCsoIvNFRx6L_creGfdyBER-vn50D5fa-Z_3F2OsiFDxkTOYoyJ-IFBJ4q-mf_dU-X2l4hwTSXoI-QaSMBjxJTVHHtmXmc/s1600-h/Week+9+088.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeV70ZMPUbX27zG1F2nPU6m1eVYhk7_B2GXOv__HsPK6nMSvCsoIvNFRx6L_creGfdyBER-vn50D5fa-Z_3F2OsiFDxkTOYoyJ-IFBJ4q-mf_dU-X2l4hwTSXoI-QaSMBjxJTVHHtmXmc/s400/Week+9+088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102363927951556210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1pOyho7U5ltve9lI-1xNKIJCJhPTvNb58JRG9zJYtF-eiJwMxonIryNYaSP2JisJ0CvyQlJQNQQolVYSfTKeZRTd_noSIxf5tcSTv9Jgd6N63az07CkOFjmIMU6qmJzoI565wNcgsdc/s1600-h/Week+9+090.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1pOyho7U5ltve9lI-1xNKIJCJhPTvNb58JRG9zJYtF-eiJwMxonIryNYaSP2JisJ0CvyQlJQNQQolVYSfTKeZRTd_noSIxf5tcSTv9Jgd6N63az07CkOFjmIMU6qmJzoI565wNcgsdc/s400/Week+9+090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102363940836458114" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">A Lucky Morning with Magda</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On Thursday, my friend Magda from Poland and I went to Canyon because she wanted to do some shopping for her boyfriend back home at the sports shop there. After that, I decided that we had some time before we had to be back for dinner and leave for the Cody Night Rodeo (more on that later), so we took a drive farther north towards Tower Fall to see if we could see any wildlife.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEsj0-Mhgtl_xyuYYeKPvILV-fGqt1UpPs87TvtMgitqgObdMPUyVRQFoQhAPdJ2BKgRyO16jCT4P5_RFMBV50d0at-0ptQC1XXAq7wt7i-MqjaGWPjn41LQ1W6ZQhwczrr9-Pq57rfs/s1600-h/Week+9+094.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEsj0-Mhgtl_xyuYYeKPvILV-fGqt1UpPs87TvtMgitqgObdMPUyVRQFoQhAPdJ2BKgRyO16jCT4P5_RFMBV50d0at-0ptQC1XXAq7wt7i-MqjaGWPjn41LQ1W6ZQhwczrr9-Pq57rfs/s400/Week+9+094.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102363962311294610" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Post Card Worthy?<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrwE_cfdDtSFQmlC34_HXSvcj2WKOs_5CQKX9bdmsiValxNVPtqYS3WO3Y84LfCxSDhlnc7THrBc4htOgDnlNKH7BuTwE6nhHElFtUeINYstfxeCQLsCzzz18ZYxOd2tQS9bfaiqwNgI/s1600-h/Week+9+098.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqrwE_cfdDtSFQmlC34_HXSvcj2WKOs_5CQKX9bdmsiValxNVPtqYS3WO3Y84LfCxSDhlnc7THrBc4htOgDnlNKH7BuTwE6nhHElFtUeINYstfxeCQLsCzzz18ZYxOd2tQS9bfaiqwNgI/s400/Week+9+098.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102363988081098402" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On the way up we say nothing, but Tower Fall (137 ft.) was very nice.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Then on the way back we encountered a small traffic jam with a ranger and I was thinking bear. Turns out to be a bull moose about 150 yards off the road up a little hill where he was lying down! (2 days, 2 moose)<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uJbI47w6d7K4FAr8ujN3ujorSXLJzsCAJKKZOVGZdg-F5Tj13rGVfUCBbfFdlL6N-l8ZUyw6-j0PRB36RLNQlK4Y0trUc2gQADo0mxXiyglLSNm0C7c2IZ8Qt-THDDyxRuGHwBSs2hw/s1600-h/Week+9+101.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5uJbI47w6d7K4FAr8ujN3ujorSXLJzsCAJKKZOVGZdg-F5Tj13rGVfUCBbfFdlL6N-l8ZUyw6-j0PRB36RLNQlK4Y0trUc2gQADo0mxXiyglLSNm0C7c2IZ8Qt-THDDyxRuGHwBSs2hw/s400/Week+9+101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102366852824284850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQlDH8a5nWddhQD9ZBH3rIo-xQr5bSckPHRgZ8PdJdWX63KsafLWnOkEa9UHmeUi8j3Ecl3ls_38bBDusof7JMtx6w2UID5uOZ8V9Uli1W3VkS5u0CwFngnBFVXi-z-0P5y9yCLxfV30/s1600-h/Week+9+103.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQlDH8a5nWddhQD9ZBH3rIo-xQr5bSckPHRgZ8PdJdWX63KsafLWnOkEa9UHmeUi8j3Ecl3ls_38bBDusof7JMtx6w2UID5uOZ8V9Uli1W3VkS5u0CwFngnBFVXi-z-0P5y9yCLxfV30/s400/Week+9+103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102366861414219458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Later on when we were passing through Hayden Valley, we saw another big group of cars stopped with people out looking through their spotting scopes. A good sign. It turned out to be a mother grizzly and her cub. The sow was beautiful. She looked just like the bears in magazines and the Discovery channel do. She was a fantastic blond color and lit up in the sun so you could see her with you naked eye (about 500 yards off the road). The cub was adorable and was bounding about and following his mother. No pictures as my camera can't do that kind of distance.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxiwwmtWvuaUtaYmfgrtH3_HGjmKH_B36QdB_H4APk7rVMCp-SI-dF0dTLIsmO7DzBVX5mxQ0J9S4s5P06PL4u2k_Ez9pcX101iIXIPDhw8Wt8XV768N4C5ApmunzGx7-zQ025BGy25U/s1600-h/Week+9+107.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxiwwmtWvuaUtaYmfgrtH3_HGjmKH_B36QdB_H4APk7rVMCp-SI-dF0dTLIsmO7DzBVX5mxQ0J9S4s5P06PL4u2k_Ez9pcX101iIXIPDhw8Wt8XV768N4C5ApmunzGx7-zQ025BGy25U/s400/Week+9+107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102366870004154066" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Just before we got back home, we saw a little coyote in a field looking for some food.<br /><br />What a lucky day!<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Cody Night Rodeo</span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Last night, Magda, Justina, Adita (all Polish girls), Ba'ra, and I went to Cody to see the Cody Night Rodeo. On the way out of the park, we saw my third moose in three days! It was a younger cow right along side the road.<br /><br />The Cody Night Rodeo was a lot of fun and had kids as young as 7 or 8 doing barrel races on horses fit for there size. Some of the girls doing that could make that horse move like lightning! The calf roping was really cool as was the steer wrestling. Unfortunately, no one was able to bull ride for the full 8 seconds last night. Oh well. It was still tons of fun.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7m0CfMYeTh9z6S04xBoyw0MQfgbVYj2lwp1aroCrOQmfMI5KfK8IpSf5Ns1i-ixMWXO_vo3Ue9iHm_zjojXAOAfDjoCnnw2WUKQp0c3WnttEJ1XsWgNZJVcmNQsfgq7T6CywvzMFxyWA/s1600-h/Week+9+118.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7m0CfMYeTh9z6S04xBoyw0MQfgbVYj2lwp1aroCrOQmfMI5KfK8IpSf5Ns1i-ixMWXO_vo3Ue9iHm_zjojXAOAfDjoCnnw2WUKQp0c3WnttEJ1XsWgNZJVcmNQsfgq7T6CywvzMFxyWA/s400/Week+9+118.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102369829236621026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">29 days....<br /></span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-87975572541352309432007-08-16T16:28:00.000-06:002007-08-16T19:16:22.450-06:00The Big Update<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So because I have updated in a while, and because over the past week I've been extremely busy and seen a lot of things, I'm clumping the last week together in one huge mega entry. Enjoy.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">It's Like Wildfire!!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">First off, it's fire season in Yellowstone and wouldn't you know it, the lake has become the epicenter for forest fires this year. We've had one fire or another burning continuously across the lake from where I live for the past three weeks. Late last week, the biggest of the fires started up and forced the closure of the East Entrance road. It's still closed more than a week since the fires began. They've also set up a Fire Camp for the firefighters to stay in as they suppress the fire. Pretty neat stuff. Even today there is a fire burning!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsq3Fr8cJ4viGbNhEr4tJMuOPawSOkc0fTlarNI-oBj8KOCq7PHeE_gU0EFu0ZpNlvSP0xUzwOQLPT2F9CGWSzfC5JC63SeDYYzpOjkYrkJQVlOE3lBaUpAKK8N5V1V-ZYvTW5Y6YBOQg/s1600-h/Week+8+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsq3Fr8cJ4viGbNhEr4tJMuOPawSOkc0fTlarNI-oBj8KOCq7PHeE_gU0EFu0ZpNlvSP0xUzwOQLPT2F9CGWSzfC5JC63SeDYYzpOjkYrkJQVlOE3lBaUpAKK8N5V1V-ZYvTW5Y6YBOQg/s400/Week+8+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099444192003865810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnzGMvL6RtxjHrKqw576UaBrn2eNxx_IJ9LsintFEbDg08SoKyunxF-oCIthZblFMvDEUzEubUdFWKB0z-7iN5SPqjr70G-XujA9ZMf9jLkK-sPKgWaIQsaxtkOCYe52HUUnix50SLsw/s1600-h/Week+8+013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnzGMvL6RtxjHrKqw576UaBrn2eNxx_IJ9LsintFEbDg08SoKyunxF-oCIthZblFMvDEUzEubUdFWKB0z-7iN5SPqjr70G-XujA9ZMf9jLkK-sPKgWaIQsaxtkOCYe52HUUnix50SLsw/s400/Week+8+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099469936037838226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Last hike with Jenn.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So Jenn, my YNPBFF, left on Tuesday morning to return home to Billings, MT. But before she went, on Monday, Jenn, Ba'ra (her roommate), and I went for a hike around Ice Lake and to the Little Gibbon Falls. The lake was nothing to write home about, but the falls were awesome. They fell 25 feet and you could climb down to the base and even right up the waterfall itself. Pretty neat.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPTEpHGxbnexOEu9e6YybnNFkY_8L3davoy5gj0IiIOg2HgTpxApCwEs-gJiWw2em5jTW8YE5I8lDwSD6fRQ0y6ODl0w0L0I_tLVT58vhs9F00dlKUszU_U9KKWyiiVapbqll2Q7bNu8/s1600-h/Week+8+041.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPTEpHGxbnexOEu9e6YybnNFkY_8L3davoy5gj0IiIOg2HgTpxApCwEs-gJiWw2em5jTW8YE5I8lDwSD6fRQ0y6ODl0w0L0I_tLVT58vhs9F00dlKUszU_U9KKWyiiVapbqll2Q7bNu8/s400/Week+8+041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099456028933733602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSAJJ4v1veN8tDNRKeW_OHAmKQlrf_TUjOHc865zp0bNPp1CEIi1lajHl7NZ_3Zm1ZbKIzhrDZ5fKtw_9z4gXbRlA9hD8HKoWDaTnXM1bALCLOSZTwpGBZKVv0dFSURJqRM_tsi04jZQ/s1600-h/Week+8+044.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSAJJ4v1veN8tDNRKeW_OHAmKQlrf_TUjOHc865zp0bNPp1CEIi1lajHl7NZ_3Zm1ZbKIzhrDZ5fKtw_9z4gXbRlA9hD8HKoWDaTnXM1bALCLOSZTwpGBZKVv0dFSURJqRM_tsi04jZQ/s400/Week+8+044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099457008186277106" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">2 Nights at Grebe and Cascade Lakes with the Birds.</span></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />For the first time this season, I was able to go on a back country trip and do some camping in the outdoors away from people. I went with my friend Sue Mae from Malaysia, who had never gone camping before. It proved to be a really good experience.<br /><br />We intended to go to the lake to camp and fish, but we ended up going on a really awesome bird watching trip. When we reached Cascade Lake, we found a pair of Trumpeter Swans, the largest waterfowl in North America and one of the rarest, and watched them as they cruised around the lake.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iNAdlwnHLqx-NGhrFiQI2XEjrstaPvJX9WzgoOnJiEPr0y92bHsD3o8cxQM37hAw9yCCSKTx2t7XiqCWZCrH3zkfAMhaSw5y9QFpMQFFp4uR3UUPftpUaMk-9RBZijaN2BoZuRPvisI/s1600-h/Week+8+057.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6iNAdlwnHLqx-NGhrFiQI2XEjrstaPvJX9WzgoOnJiEPr0y92bHsD3o8cxQM37hAw9yCCSKTx2t7XiqCWZCrH3zkfAMhaSw5y9QFpMQFFp4uR3UUPftpUaMk-9RBZijaN2BoZuRPvisI/s400/Week+8+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099460749102791938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">When we got to Grebe Lake we saw a ton of ducks, Barrow's Goldeneye and even a few Loons, swimming about under the sunset.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNxAxhP0UUyKwa3y6WVpEn3QVwM3WwBV2sa2Tu7vlbuY1KEpVSJSj8OuqaYp8ufP7SoDquQrP9V3lHneaOpU1Zv-l-uSvbHPLykTfyzQWHBUe7szGHkAi7PnCCfXhmYsKR7Bihog9HkA/s1600-h/Week+8+065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNxAxhP0UUyKwa3y6WVpEn3QVwM3WwBV2sa2Tu7vlbuY1KEpVSJSj8OuqaYp8ufP7SoDquQrP9V3lHneaOpU1Zv-l-uSvbHPLykTfyzQWHBUe7szGHkAi7PnCCfXhmYsKR7Bihog9HkA/s400/Week+8+065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099461530786839826" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">When we woke up in the morning we tried our hand at fishing, but the wind soon picked up and made any attempts at throwing a fly futile. So decided to just lounge around on the beach. Overhead we saw bald eagles, ospreys, and hawks flying about. It was nice.<br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Around 1pm we left our campsite headed back to Cascade Lake to camp there for the night. Just as we were leaving the lake behind, we saw two ospreys flying really close together overhead. Then out of nowhere a small hawk, not sure of the type, came in flying right at one of the osprey. Turns out the second osprey and the hawk were trying to steal a fish that the first osprey had clutched in its talons!! The osprey and the hawk locked talons twice fighting over the fish and plummeted to the lake below only to let go and fly up just before hitting the ground!! This happened over 5 minutes until the osprey with the fish was able to fly high enough to make its escape.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf6L06-hcYdX_qYDvFkeeZvofQJqwbZeBd3dJN69NczkzyjMsIQnIcmCqxr1fRruBQgY4IvFwamwKIZmVyeVw99PSue_AYmKh-8q14zwR8to3u_fSLz2ZCOe4RlLpOFANeDV8Sk5fBds/s1600-h/Week+8+070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf6L06-hcYdX_qYDvFkeeZvofQJqwbZeBd3dJN69NczkzyjMsIQnIcmCqxr1fRruBQgY4IvFwamwKIZmVyeVw99PSue_AYmKh-8q14zwR8to3u_fSLz2ZCOe4RlLpOFANeDV8Sk5fBds/s400/Week+8+070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099462381190364450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">About half way to Cascade Lake, Sue Mae saw a large bird fly across the trail in front of us. As she was showing me where, another huge bird fly right overhead not more than 10 feet above me!! The birds turned out to be a pair of Great Grey Owls, the largest and one of the rarest owls in North America. They sat in two trees "talking" to each other as they let us take their picture. Then fly off a bit towards what sounded like another owl. Sure enough, there was a third owl a little bit away in another tree. I'm guessing it was their baby as it was a bit smaller than the other two. We ended up watching them for over 30 minutes as they called to one another, some of which I have on video. It was awesome.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9AShf8H_syl1iakeQBQNfnX9pVzLuy0VY86lAYMPfB6O3-Pds7-8ZWoj0-GJm0nXa-rEw7-ak49yKBTedOWjqzebcSX-nFDbYEynwojXPOafSz6rIitGYt-_kp6HvDfPuAJhzp2DpSY/s1600-h/Week+8+072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9AShf8H_syl1iakeQBQNfnX9pVzLuy0VY86lAYMPfB6O3-Pds7-8ZWoj0-GJm0nXa-rEw7-ak49yKBTedOWjqzebcSX-nFDbYEynwojXPOafSz6rIitGYt-_kp6HvDfPuAJhzp2DpSY/s400/Week+8+072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099463652500684082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9a3ZQDD7vUTH9Ko8j2b5G4Q2XvTyjtrtfjkyBNm7Gh9I1ISMPSxKGqxA1olylI2H8rhKujxDR1RdR2p7R31qtJ_euTUYaHRvDfHaCT3dBFAX5OEgwDUL1dr5L0OSOMunfsNRiRylkyEU/s1600-h/Week+8+093.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9a3ZQDD7vUTH9Ko8j2b5G4Q2XvTyjtrtfjkyBNm7Gh9I1ISMPSxKGqxA1olylI2H8rhKujxDR1RdR2p7R31qtJ_euTUYaHRvDfHaCT3dBFAX5OEgwDUL1dr5L0OSOMunfsNRiRylkyEU/s400/Week+8+093.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099464953875774786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3ng1b9M7w23wKCNlKj6prWkHTVrkOkrFf4TGwmHX3mxNYjXUJjH6lHgA95NAy5a2bcgyxzHnag7LEFsoFybOAjDP3js1AC8dU0z0qhU2JvjQnyJqNKSU4mieodseX2_Wkmb9K785ang/s1600-h/Week+8+099.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3ng1b9M7w23wKCNlKj6prWkHTVrkOkrFf4TGwmHX3mxNYjXUJjH6lHgA95NAy5a2bcgyxzHnag7LEFsoFybOAjDP3js1AC8dU0z0qhU2JvjQnyJqNKSU4mieodseX2_Wkmb9K785ang/s400/Week+8+099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099465971783023954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49G0JvqQ-pUvbc8IHzIL-PJQ1dPROPTglJNQqUEp9DHhHO8H0TLmujGRDzMD90rKCJGtdMiu6cY6zU0CMkC5h4e0_bf1WCpkv5ZY2f-nvhFBqgPG0CkGR8kwzcywz4BawqN2M6GNCXv4/s1600-h/Week+8+104.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49G0JvqQ-pUvbc8IHzIL-PJQ1dPROPTglJNQqUEp9DHhHO8H0TLmujGRDzMD90rKCJGtdMiu6cY6zU0CMkC5h4e0_bf1WCpkv5ZY2f-nvhFBqgPG0CkGR8kwzcywz4BawqN2M6GNCXv4/s400/Week+8+104.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099467376237329762" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">When we finally reached Cascade Lake, we set up the tent and went to the lake to filter some water. There we saw two mother ducks, maybe blue winged teals, with their ducklings in two right next to each other. What was odd was that another baby bird was swimming right beside them. It was a Western Grebe and almost looked like it was trying to be a duck. It was follow the ducks, then the ducks would follow it. Too cute.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKE2pponyd_u3zdYVtiKq5pJ9mWoDfsoJ9DSxXACPM0NMiQd2R0pHSuaLBvPXENj6Jvz-Rs3X8iTEGrwuXchZPOzjJw1IhkSRnPvxrG4ahjfvHaowBLXQMc8hyu8XJnihjPFOXf0spBw/s1600-h/Week+8+114.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKE2pponyd_u3zdYVtiKq5pJ9mWoDfsoJ9DSxXACPM0NMiQd2R0pHSuaLBvPXENj6Jvz-Rs3X8iTEGrwuXchZPOzjJw1IhkSRnPvxrG4ahjfvHaowBLXQMc8hyu8XJnihjPFOXf0spBw/s400/Week+8+114.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099468441389219186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicj2zu5kUGn7jJ_SpKWl6Roz6jNcO1X_rh6diRBIJFB0ppBwfgPEGu0yULvTpE7QqMgnhz_hsKUpqiootdCmICxNEese0ixCxhO1fFCoxpvlIAjlQ_7MeIEw2aKR-Re87dyjGCF1Dr6eA/s1600-h/Week+8+115.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicj2zu5kUGn7jJ_SpKWl6Roz6jNcO1X_rh6diRBIJFB0ppBwfgPEGu0yULvTpE7QqMgnhz_hsKUpqiootdCmICxNEese0ixCxhO1fFCoxpvlIAjlQ_7MeIEw2aKR-Re87dyjGCF1Dr6eA/s400/Week+8+115.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099469278907841922" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The next morning we left the campsite as two blue herons fly over some lily pads. It was an amazing trip!<br /><br />Also my spotting scope came today. Can't wait to try it out!!<br /><br />37 days...<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-29809960592041597762007-08-09T10:43:00.000-06:002007-08-11T01:51:35.209-06:00What a drive<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Pictures coming when the Internet stops being so slow. Sorry.<br /><br />So last night, my friend Megan from Kentucky and I were sitting at dinner ruminating about how we had nothing to do that evening. I had 4 1/2 hours until I began work at 10pm, and was looking for "anything" to do. I offered up a drive into Hayden Valley to possibly see the wolves, which Megan hadn't done yet.<br /><br />So we get in my car and head on up to the valley. About halfway in we spot the largest traffic jam I'd ever seen in the park. My first thought was that it's bears, as in the area you sometimes see them. Sure as shit, when we get out and approached the horde of people with spotting scopes we hear bear talk. But not just one bear, or even two bears, no. The people there have seen 5 days throughout the day! Why you ask? Well a large bull bison decided to die on a hillside about 250 yards off the side of the road and grizzlies were scavenging it! When we were there we saw 2 male grizzlies feeding on it. Take a look. (The carcass is under the bear to the bottom right of the picture, with all of the ravens around.)<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULQwM4CfFbUTHjb3MpVSGp0afyajcrUZASUx_Z0rXVB7xBacB56QBL7Ze32dn5nAJ2kLU7HSMM0beBwla1MXdtVkiTnD9YAE0s34OchfTJICLzqT_mD4uu2r2utcHC3J1tjuDpzRp3LQ/s1600-h/Week+7+060.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULQwM4CfFbUTHjb3MpVSGp0afyajcrUZASUx_Z0rXVB7xBacB56QBL7Ze32dn5nAJ2kLU7HSMM0beBwla1MXdtVkiTnD9YAE0s34OchfTJICLzqT_mD4uu2r2utcHC3J1tjuDpzRp3LQ/s400/Week+7+060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097342566192664546" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The one bear in the middle kept chasing the ravens away, it was pretty neat.<br /><br />After the bears we went to see wolves, but saw nothing. So we continued on towards Canyon. At that time for some reason I was feeling very adventurous so I decided to head west out of Canyon and drive the entire lower loop of the Figure-8 of roads through the park which is about 107 miles! On the drive we saw 2 coyotes, tons of elk, including two huge bulls that were together as seen by the picture below, bison, an osprey, and dumb tourists. Not to mention amazing scenery. It was a great drive!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1BC7yNQ5wgMPwslz6v_8iUfQiLZsOU1NikYVylJcyB2w5szqYOekIz6OquYFaBqIKGl9mzOgkd0eJxDJ74qvBhHQmo2gcLRLs4HRahkV2YtfwtIHBNvjCOsVHF-JbLcq8Y4scZR5MMg/s1600-h/Week+7+067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1BC7yNQ5wgMPwslz6v_8iUfQiLZsOU1NikYVylJcyB2w5szqYOekIz6OquYFaBqIKGl9mzOgkd0eJxDJ74qvBhHQmo2gcLRLs4HRahkV2YtfwtIHBNvjCOsVHF-JbLcq8Y4scZR5MMg/s400/Week+7+067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097347226232180722" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Also last night I decided that I had had enough of having to borrow someone's spotting scope to see bears/wolves/etc...and I sometimes am alone and want one, so I bought one online last night. It's nowhere near top of the line (I don't have the $3000 for that) but for $175 I picked up a really good scope with an 80mm lens and up to 60x zoom. It's the Celestron Ultima 80mm Angled Spotting Scope. I'll let you all know how it works after I try it out. Hopefully in Glacier National Park next week!<br /></span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-12077144373445850472007-08-07T22:56:00.000-06:002007-08-07T23:27:25.613-06:00A walk with Jenn<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So today Jenn and I were feeling pretty bummed that Hilary was gone for the summer, and we decided to take a walk along the lake to raise our spirits. Turns out that that was a fantastic idea of I ended up taking 60 some odd pictures of what we saw on our little hike that took us no farther than 1/2 mile from Lake Lodge.<br /><br />First we got to the lake and tried skipping stones, but the waves prevented any records being broken. But we did stumble upon a really neat occurrence. If I threw a large stone into the lake and it made a big splash, the splash would create it's own little rainbow! Too cool. Unfortunately we were unable to get a picture of our man made rainbows. We had to settle for this amazing real-life one instead.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg_vcucap6mWrkJbyuYWFij31Ij98JcrT1M-C2n6-7yzVZ2r-d_eimCJqwmYkQQVLgAqZsp-XdsczPUFrB8GcbQtt3YZ6NOH-oolYLQ7yj1u0tUQPdirbGrbaAUZDYMjzCESi8zPwUyI/s1600-h/Week+7+012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNg_vcucap6mWrkJbyuYWFij31Ij98JcrT1M-C2n6-7yzVZ2r-d_eimCJqwmYkQQVLgAqZsp-XdsczPUFrB8GcbQtt3YZ6NOH-oolYLQ7yj1u0tUQPdirbGrbaAUZDYMjzCESi8zPwUyI/s400/Week+7+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096193937318891362" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">A neat picture if I do say so.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOExVpC9jiLngcQ4LPL6jX8MIkqAkHw6AfYrYnaUTOJVhyf3VVWDrZEr3lh-wFwh3pul6KUqoXZQcJSm7GB8hW1NsgfcmWwqZvDGP825TkzBjAfka1U_CB-YqGzdC_RH4rPm3u4qcjbM/s1600-h/Week+7+026.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOExVpC9jiLngcQ4LPL6jX8MIkqAkHw6AfYrYnaUTOJVhyf3VVWDrZEr3lh-wFwh3pul6KUqoXZQcJSm7GB8hW1NsgfcmWwqZvDGP825TkzBjAfka1U_CB-YqGzdC_RH4rPm3u4qcjbM/s400/Week+7+026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096193945908825970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Farther down the beach we came across an old abandoned building with this sign on it:<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hH91TQELQxDvIUi-outh1VLezfF2vIToPmp7Sympaei58wt1nOwnoDmQ0gU9zMzzggttlmNeq0cjTXf6zsP-Lt4ZM_GeQ8z4jjgoike0q1VDDDERr9sPXMIjgH6-I_UPb6iqncSdB5E/s1600-h/Week+7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hH91TQELQxDvIUi-outh1VLezfF2vIToPmp7Sympaei58wt1nOwnoDmQ0gU9zMzzggttlmNeq0cjTXf6zsP-Lt4ZM_GeQ8z4jjgoike0q1VDDDERr9sPXMIjgH6-I_UPb6iqncSdB5E/s400/Week+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096193950203793282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">This building must not be molested?? That's just asking for some hot man on building action!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzx7JrDV1qrJCt3lCKysvgYHPPdsNWwcUhZ2rrsSqHbgM7k6yqul-atBlWl9KOVXFW1Rx68njQ4HmgrpOZLlt6BShX0c9z_z5dYbLeF7xmU3AOjLAaKEIOYjDCSFzGucKPFolG32DpDUI/s1600-h/Week+7+035.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzx7JrDV1qrJCt3lCKysvgYHPPdsNWwcUhZ2rrsSqHbgM7k6yqul-atBlWl9KOVXFW1Rx68njQ4HmgrpOZLlt6BShX0c9z_z5dYbLeF7xmU3AOjLAaKEIOYjDCSFzGucKPFolG32DpDUI/s400/Week+7+035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096193958793727890" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Just past the building was a little pond that we never knew existed, and it was teaming with life. We saw a family of sandhill cranes, two adults and a fledgling, a muskrat, and a family of ducks. All the while dozens of swallows were flying overhead. It was a neat place that warrants another visit soon.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUhFGfIU75fdspChC1jpLaxEODVsQcETaHiYDJ0wP7mgKPAXT1mTJXGSfYIYEXmpUrtguxK7ZUWPQIN8d21KcLHy9TI2PAWW5ch1y_8naHrVdbv8zS8TSpNMy0kG7Ylz2mQmntxQlkwM/s1600-h/Week+7+038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUhFGfIU75fdspChC1jpLaxEODVsQcETaHiYDJ0wP7mgKPAXT1mTJXGSfYIYEXmpUrtguxK7ZUWPQIN8d21KcLHy9TI2PAWW5ch1y_8naHrVdbv8zS8TSpNMy0kG7Ylz2mQmntxQlkwM/s400/Week+7+038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096196157816983458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFwADYT1kri2TH9ZcTQtKG_ZB9Oj4-8LNbdgcs0fRXRSoTfybvKGolRL4psxwVrtcZ08g857WHhnSDEr-GALeRNJ2sPhlCscJrpzXC9Tnadf4UZSKrQzzwGW36gKhyphenhyphen2AXZz2-CkAFIUY/s1600-h/Week+7+041.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFwADYT1kri2TH9ZcTQtKG_ZB9Oj4-8LNbdgcs0fRXRSoTfybvKGolRL4psxwVrtcZ08g857WHhnSDEr-GALeRNJ2sPhlCscJrpzXC9Tnadf4UZSKrQzzwGW36gKhyphenhyphen2AXZz2-CkAFIUY/s400/Week+7+041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096196166406918066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDlrJifbjqOMJBDW5cZduoilJ1bw3ApbpnbvX7a_1Ec4_pb6UO6KiBmZeodyw2b3sGWz-eGXZ9Vl1gRQXz4udm1DiAnECMihSFArnvwSyd3LRpF0dc0ODtBMWW-e4_iwSG_ouHyHqDtA/s1600-h/Week+7+048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDlrJifbjqOMJBDW5cZduoilJ1bw3ApbpnbvX7a_1Ec4_pb6UO6KiBmZeodyw2b3sGWz-eGXZ9Vl1gRQXz4udm1DiAnECMihSFArnvwSyd3LRpF0dc0ODtBMWW-e4_iwSG_ouHyHqDtA/s400/Week+7+048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096196170701885378" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Then on the way back, the sky has some really neat cloud formations that warranted pictures.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWy5AU5vTqmNdkM5LfboYWunHju-ZAVVgbqhrde_8nP9bl04G5HQk6gDLaMF7deIBpJd2WgO-S2sSBOfjfAt7VOuXBI5-7EU2lv2wmDwdEEk-mQMM2kzP8MXX58Vso-eURJFgegVwf10/s1600-h/Week+7+056.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWy5AU5vTqmNdkM5LfboYWunHju-ZAVVgbqhrde_8nP9bl04G5HQk6gDLaMF7deIBpJd2WgO-S2sSBOfjfAt7VOuXBI5-7EU2lv2wmDwdEEk-mQMM2kzP8MXX58Vso-eURJFgegVwf10/s400/Week+7+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096196174996852690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Not too shabby for a little hour and a half walk.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Go Go Gadget GPS Locater!!</span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-88421073511978216272007-08-06T18:09:00.000-06:002007-08-06T19:02:28.168-06:00Days with m' kin<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On Wednesday my dad and brother got here after leaving Ohio on the previous Friday and seeing the sights along I-90 in South Dakota and Wyoming.<br /><br />The first day that they were here we went on a 10 mile hike in Pelican Valley to Turbid Lake, an area that is supposed to be full of bears. But alas, no bears. We did however see a wolf print on the path that was pretty cool.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYEjZ7I3_MUF04ABrZ1eyDlF1Iz0IgC7xSaoj-ydbrUrS935qn66o8bsAOKfRc-GSbWt1eUTa9vJ4UYqUtcj7rBH70Cwbso53EmgOptirOJsPQ27khwfL8mrmyYo1HrWsjFOf1f82lq8/s1600-h/Week+6+098.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIYEjZ7I3_MUF04ABrZ1eyDlF1Iz0IgC7xSaoj-ydbrUrS935qn66o8bsAOKfRc-GSbWt1eUTa9vJ4UYqUtcj7rBH70Cwbso53EmgOptirOJsPQ27khwfL8mrmyYo1HrWsjFOf1f82lq8/s400/Week+6+098.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095752504875175634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdpHi2cyFdxRhaWGojFjhmXPLPx2ugMQDQbeAH4phw1wCs9wTaquweADaQxRpd8viM4EG_eccjoDGjri81D3JJOZV4DUU1B6ao4s4eHlTH9Uni9a_hxHB0t0ABCAEMPydw9nivjnB_iE/s1600-h/Week+6+103.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdpHi2cyFdxRhaWGojFjhmXPLPx2ugMQDQbeAH4phw1wCs9wTaquweADaQxRpd8viM4EG_eccjoDGjri81D3JJOZV4DUU1B6ao4s4eHlTH9Uni9a_hxHB0t0ABCAEMPydw9nivjnB_iE/s400/Week+6+103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095752517760077538" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">After the Pelican Valley hike, we traveled north to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and saw the Upper and Lower Falls which are huge.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdcM3ZRXQIdPuIsH3LLVHbv1it9RECXDvF9DBnqUX45CmmaXAyTNulkSaEDEwBVHG1eadAMS01U-nM1gjwUxmxYVvVP9y1ucy_vScPhOCJOxEMmVEAuLbLJ978VDuOtmRRAO8Aqw_zCA/s1600-h/Week+6+116.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdcM3ZRXQIdPuIsH3LLVHbv1it9RECXDvF9DBnqUX45CmmaXAyTNulkSaEDEwBVHG1eadAMS01U-nM1gjwUxmxYVvVP9y1ucy_vScPhOCJOxEMmVEAuLbLJ978VDuOtmRRAO8Aqw_zCA/s400/Week+6+116.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095752522055044850" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">After that we went farther north to Tower Falls where we did a little off path hiking onto a sweet rock bank along the Yellowstone River.<br /><br />Then finally we traveled even farther north to the Lamar Valley and may have witnessed the first attempted buffalo sexual act of the season! And we got to see two Proghorns running at near top speed as one was chasing the other. Plus a coyote sighting.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQRA6Q1DuXhMzUl7dx6vaquNK-iZTuicwP08SEJkW5RSg_7xrWX6mcEX-1cJ3_aH3N6mwyrGZVZmzFKQojqSbVdFBOQSHvvIfXb3dP9T_u8aJ18F3f3HQxZLAtXdM4NeTNPglSP9z-Vs/s1600-h/P8020223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqQRA6Q1DuXhMzUl7dx6vaquNK-iZTuicwP08SEJkW5RSg_7xrWX6mcEX-1cJ3_aH3N6mwyrGZVZmzFKQojqSbVdFBOQSHvvIfXb3dP9T_u8aJ18F3f3HQxZLAtXdM4NeTNPglSP9z-Vs/s400/P8020223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095752530644979458" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The next day we decided to climb Mt. Washburn at an elevation of 10,243 ft. The hike up and down wasn't particularly hard but I did get quite sunburnt. We also got to see 5 bighorn sheep ewes on the north slope of the mountain and 2 blue grouse. Then since we exited at a different trailhead than the one we started from, I had to hitchhike 5 miles back to the car and then drive back to pick up my dad and brother. Met a nice couple from Darbershire, England.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7kJIcL0Amc-1rxWFBpHoJnLta1-YyODPX1HGjBUWkp7ykBjR7G5efiEJFEZx3NFqcUZaePbrNNhP82QWI5EG4MM-Jb4oi-9k6_Vz-RuwW8OOB1HAysHaiBk4Kih5n7HjgN-_qzsHn38/s1600-h/Week+6+131.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw7kJIcL0Amc-1rxWFBpHoJnLta1-YyODPX1HGjBUWkp7ykBjR7G5efiEJFEZx3NFqcUZaePbrNNhP82QWI5EG4MM-Jb4oi-9k6_Vz-RuwW8OOB1HAysHaiBk4Kih5n7HjgN-_qzsHn38/s400/Week+6+131.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095752539234914066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nA4yDAwUoxgki9TrtfMie1L-metlx4CYTqP_WyGS-qstpBAB9o90ZdNSY4p5Vlkecm9VZdTCvOGYlInEnD1ce-vDRylqEgD0EenJTP12-Ucdt2E9uGTfzclbzAd4BugNwG6Siw-AuM0/s1600-h/P8030267.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nA4yDAwUoxgki9TrtfMie1L-metlx4CYTqP_WyGS-qstpBAB9o90ZdNSY4p5Vlkecm9VZdTCvOGYlInEnD1ce-vDRylqEgD0EenJTP12-Ucdt2E9uGTfzclbzAd4BugNwG6Siw-AuM0/s400/P8030267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095756572209205026" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On Saturday I had to work, so the two of them went off on their own thing. In the afternoon I went on a hike of Pelican Creek with Jenn and Hil. </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">We saw some cool views and a gnarly tree on the hike. </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">It was sad though as it was our last hike with Hil as she left this morning bound for home in Michigan.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisf7Eqe9rpQfCbmE1aJRj9Aozi8jhioboP8t9AmcRLhuqlByS81N8qSRUxW1VUREdd6fbi1GsIR44aXESfBOpZGjQY8JkkrGVMjA6cLCfwETVWOBZvreAQVBA5XE6YLordW3abelAcWfA/s1600-h/Week+6+172.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisf7Eqe9rpQfCbmE1aJRj9Aozi8jhioboP8t9AmcRLhuqlByS81N8qSRUxW1VUREdd6fbi1GsIR44aXESfBOpZGjQY8JkkrGVMjA6cLCfwETVWOBZvreAQVBA5XE6YLordW3abelAcWfA/s400/Week+6+172.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095756580799139634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3EI1LlCv6mA1NST-C1fd_VY5ImvkzfY7-onpSCeHTTx-Fg-t8BiLHLcEdavWjlrvyyhtYHLE1QfYASsBQyJiVbluhoQl_lyvpRBJnlvRnenc2c_68pkMauqai2DP3iIWDj9fby3e90s/s1600-h/Week+6+188.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3EI1LlCv6mA1NST-C1fd_VY5ImvkzfY7-onpSCeHTTx-Fg-t8BiLHLcEdavWjlrvyyhtYHLE1QfYASsBQyJiVbluhoQl_lyvpRBJnlvRnenc2c_68pkMauqai2DP3iIWDj9fby3e90s/s400/Week+6+188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095756585094106946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51); font-family: times new roman;">Well that's what I've been up to recently. Now, does anyone know the way to Old Faithful?</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQmfS7kMPEmVvjsBkF1QbM6if0WgW1ajxxAlgG5Nd1Sbgd5w843RjZLnx3S9ce2JOlhzNYI10XargCeLRqSp9_99gbzRhrNEnzdaLyQ3HoKrjZKg5a56olK4dpVbDOpCMUx_9JMgOT64/s1600-h/Week+6+201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQmfS7kMPEmVvjsBkF1QbM6if0WgW1ajxxAlgG5Nd1Sbgd5w843RjZLnx3S9ce2JOlhzNYI10XargCeLRqSp9_99gbzRhrNEnzdaLyQ3HoKrjZKg5a56olK4dpVbDOpCMUx_9JMgOT64/s400/Week+6+201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095756597979008850" border="0" /></a>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-54041202877703729732007-08-02T00:41:00.000-06:002007-08-02T00:57:07.951-06:00Fire and Sunsets<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Three days ago, there was a fire burning across the lake from where I work. After work Hilary, Jen, and I decided to see how close to the fire we could get. Turns out, not very close as there is a little bit of a mountain range in the way. But I did get this shot from across the lake.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu7F10tgQsDTMDM1cu68FKTmzTyYgGeTyU1p8hDn-Tc22nruWCJK5lZ4IQLJweX_b_3Y391lnqPG-aW3TdvFisF5Uude-dOHXYVmzfyqlWqB-EPTXl9BQzj0MAdLG-yCy13VRgZ2FDOg/s1600-h/Week+6+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu7F10tgQsDTMDM1cu68FKTmzTyYgGeTyU1p8hDn-Tc22nruWCJK5lZ4IQLJweX_b_3Y391lnqPG-aW3TdvFisF5Uude-dOHXYVmzfyqlWqB-EPTXl9BQzj0MAdLG-yCy13VRgZ2FDOg/s400/Week+6+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093992083679891074" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />On our ill-fated drive, we ended up stopping at the Lake Butte Overlook as the sun was going down and I snapped these sweet looking pictures. Enjoy.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhD2sUcMrZFXylec3MbXOAV9D3818JELU6LR-Z9B1ngLkZdFoyu-bpljwvgsyKwzP6DvdZwteuHH-41HT9dV0Yt7hOm7BmYgZ5tJZOzvZdYaJ6L5IPSybU1QDZgoRl3MHa6se-83jeLx0/s1600-h/Week+6+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhD2sUcMrZFXylec3MbXOAV9D3818JELU6LR-Z9B1ngLkZdFoyu-bpljwvgsyKwzP6DvdZwteuHH-41HT9dV0Yt7hOm7BmYgZ5tJZOzvZdYaJ6L5IPSybU1QDZgoRl3MHa6se-83jeLx0/s400/Week+6+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093992092269825682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgatoW_HQ4HZyYcFcsTrDeORkk9ImrKBp_axRxqstdfuhCjeUtLzcSP8MKigrREeNuBPhJzx8792C6z_erLX5bR1zzrGuKXH70XbudYi1XiWWMI077W8ElUc7uaeaIdrLDYCYjvf4DvA/s1600-h/Week+6+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgatoW_HQ4HZyYcFcsTrDeORkk9ImrKBp_axRxqstdfuhCjeUtLzcSP8MKigrREeNuBPhJzx8792C6z_erLX5bR1zzrGuKXH70XbudYi1XiWWMI077W8ElUc7uaeaIdrLDYCYjvf4DvA/s400/Week+6+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093992100859760290" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJJhUSMLpGBksRlMVrhGAPddyvLw2oaw6CKp5cZIWjXjjYx6ZS1pQo0FmMvXod3Eoxoxtcow-Emday-ICOaK47RTowW3BCpNIZHuNqxcrCLWyrrV7kiAav-JcPQry2ppeE3yZzMHghcw/s1600-h/Week+6+040.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJJhUSMLpGBksRlMVrhGAPddyvLw2oaw6CKp5cZIWjXjjYx6ZS1pQo0FmMvXod3Eoxoxtcow-Emday-ICOaK47RTowW3BCpNIZHuNqxcrCLWyrrV7kiAav-JcPQry2ppeE3yZzMHghcw/s400/Week+6+040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093992109449694898" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">This one was shot through a tree that had been burned in two by a forest fire. It felt like Styrofoam.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXsOvoM6_0nmtrU6vJ6n-fWPXx2QAVdy0ZolA6a9L3fzbiEfgvzNWRKoyP_rpbJgNbPQCOHvZoV3fVNOVD508bI_5meXnMgiH9VUvNspRgxIT3-F9HaG2UmuF6QB81H2lBV0Prfcvgik/s1600-h/Week+6+048.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXsOvoM6_0nmtrU6vJ6n-fWPXx2QAVdy0ZolA6a9L3fzbiEfgvzNWRKoyP_rpbJgNbPQCOHvZoV3fVNOVD508bI_5meXnMgiH9VUvNspRgxIT3-F9HaG2UmuF6QB81H2lBV0Prfcvgik/s400/Week+6+048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093992122334596802" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">My dad and brother arrived in Yellowstone this morning and on our first drive to Hayden Valley we not only found ourselves in the midst of a bison herd, but we also got to see wolves. Hells yeah. More on their visit to come.<br /></span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-587318203342622522007-07-28T11:40:00.000-06:002007-07-28T12:37:44.402-06:00Bozeman and Bears. Wolves too.<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So yesterday three Czech girls, Bada, Mischa, and Mirka, and I went to Bozeman, MT. They were shopping, I was picking up some things from Wal-Mart and the like that I needed. Despite the fact that it was hot, it was a nice day and an even nicer drive.<br /><br />Once back in the park, instead of taking the way we took to get to Bozeman, I took a different and longer route figuring that we might have a chance to see some more wildlife. Boy was I right. After eating eating in Mammoth, we set out towards Tower-Roosevelt and not more than 3 miles East of Mammoth we came across a big traffic jam with people getting out of their cars right in the middle of the road. I said to the girls, "This is a bear." Well I was partially right as it was just one bear, but a sow black bear and her two cubs! The sow was pretty small but totally unafraid of the people who were only 40 yards away. Her cubs were playing around and one even went up a tree!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1wqwNGffBM9LMiyTTixT-Ynp9jvnmfbkcEDjRQZQdjMXu5dlei-dVmf2yEbqbdqk2W735Z_WRLTiwc_DFT3_EGDBrjTZxsZ0gzTxX7eIsJvROUuT82prAJq52qIP8FEBlig0xXC_b5I/s1600-h/Week+5+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1wqwNGffBM9LMiyTTixT-Ynp9jvnmfbkcEDjRQZQdjMXu5dlei-dVmf2yEbqbdqk2W735Z_WRLTiwc_DFT3_EGDBrjTZxsZ0gzTxX7eIsJvROUuT82prAJq52qIP8FEBlig0xXC_b5I/s400/Week+5+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092313979827801682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKw8uSjZi-qQhv5ma5sJETHGfHI2_21-rgD1HXz5CF7jDu5_4zQJc6UYyalgWHCDfQO-rBoSFlKiFsvHCiWTsVg7yh__MP9BaKHf2nE3ygNE8N6tPy5rS7xtN8soicHmhrLLflygZP3RU/s1600-h/Week+5+026.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKw8uSjZi-qQhv5ma5sJETHGfHI2_21-rgD1HXz5CF7jDu5_4zQJc6UYyalgWHCDfQO-rBoSFlKiFsvHCiWTsVg7yh__MP9BaKHf2nE3ygNE8N6tPy5rS7xtN8soicHmhrLLflygZP3RU/s400/Week+5+026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092316123016482402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5DfcRsngmjLVy-B__DHdpcWh0tszS_3QBs23Ic-mg5ILuN9F2RKNIxO9Xfx_0z3GYez1i2nFxqjOVE7J4C9XZWojEFsz9y3pRceUUdUWeKWsBVriniZyguLmygIK5ryOBHxcrIIjDgY/s1600-h/Week+5+029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5DfcRsngmjLVy-B__DHdpcWh0tszS_3QBs23Ic-mg5ILuN9F2RKNIxO9Xfx_0z3GYez1i2nFxqjOVE7J4C9XZWojEFsz9y3pRceUUdUWeKWsBVriniZyguLmygIK5ryOBHxcrIIjDgY/s400/Week+5+029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092318420823985778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">After that awesome encounter we continued onward and just South of Tower we say another group of people stopped along side the road, and it was another bear. But I only saw the butt of this one for about 2 seconds before it disappeared into forest so no pictures.<br /><br />Then about 15 minutes later on our drive up the side of Mt. Washburn we see even more people stopped on the side of the road. Now I knew ahead of time that this area is great for seeing grizzlies, at a distance, so I figured it was one of them. It was but unfortunately not 3 minutes before we got there the grizzly had gone into some trees and couldn't be seen. We waited 15 minutes, but saw nothing so we moved on.<br /><br />About 30 minutes after that we were driving through the beginning of Hayden Valley just south of Canyon. This is the same area where I had seen the wolves last week, but from which they were supposed to have moved. We apparently they moved 2 miles further south and about a half mile off the road because as we rounded a turn I saw the kind of mass stoppage that only wolves can create. Sure enough the same wolves from last week were out in the valley across the river.<br /><br />At first I only saw the two Alphas lying down which only looked like two gray patches in the grass. But then about 15 minutes after we got there, two puppies came out from the woods and began playing with each other. It was awesome. Because they were over a half mile away, I have no pictures, but through the spotting scopes that people had set up you could see them perfectly. The two I saw were both gray and black and about 25 to 30 pounds. They were very rambunctious and having a good time.<br /><br />That drive home ended up being a lot more interesting than I had anticipated, hopefully I can have another one like it soon.<br /></span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-63716478512390240392007-07-25T13:30:00.000-06:002007-07-25T18:26:54.096-06:00My Peeps<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Since I've been talking about them since I've arrived, I figured that I should post up some pictures of the friends I've made since I've been here.<br /><br />Here's Josh from Memphis, TN just after he's had a drink which apparently didn't agree with his stomach all that well.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruaSeFIbmNvQ1BHlsrh4hn-_yrtCjX1axyUoojjp7F_g84BGvVZIcFbYlKJzCGXIpkBVoorHKcxXqoNa53hndsBcEW-s42cVG5N4uNIONbcmLRCsHvt1inuy8cZXEdsynBWilj6iXW2I/s1600-h/josh+after+first+shot.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruaSeFIbmNvQ1BHlsrh4hn-_yrtCjX1axyUoojjp7F_g84BGvVZIcFbYlKJzCGXIpkBVoorHKcxXqoNa53hndsBcEW-s42cVG5N4uNIONbcmLRCsHvt1inuy8cZXEdsynBWilj6iXW2I/s400/josh+after+first+shot.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091220841931492882" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Josh, 25, is a pretty cool dude who now plans on moving to Montana to finish up college.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Jen(nifer) from Billings, MT shows us how the EDR food can be used as a super strong adhesive when you need it.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj863EUL4fHyDuCnNkPYPsNl0j6uui2DLRQMH-wRTpKutRStTcrf7LJBTim_p5I7_XVCKx3tmz67-a7T8odH71LsQtwYXhuuhuuXFSuS8gjug-eowrWIM8OBBFmAOSJprQYCO6B_5Xx66g/s1600-h/Week+5+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj863EUL4fHyDuCnNkPYPsNl0j6uui2DLRQMH-wRTpKutRStTcrf7LJBTim_p5I7_XVCKx3tmz67-a7T8odH71LsQtwYXhuuhuuXFSuS8gjug-eowrWIM8OBBFmAOSJprQYCO6B_5Xx66g/s400/Week+5+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091220850521427490" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Jen, 25, has become like a sister to me since I've been here as we have very similar personalities and senses of humor. Basically the two of us like to gang up on and make fun of the others, but always in good taste.<br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Robyn from Helena, MT hiding in a burned out tree on our Fairy Falls hike.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKZpBwB8cj4iYSwYLrCku8X5pzDz0g3CGBSfdovGzCvAsOtrbCm1D_fFHbolvlxgr7hFcrfELDI8jU4gH2dl-jDjEtnnWBwnU6x3XON9uSFOllF15DT-xfjwtbnHrUNe3EjtJXfdv2ao/s1600-h/Week+5+018.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKZpBwB8cj4iYSwYLrCku8X5pzDz0g3CGBSfdovGzCvAsOtrbCm1D_fFHbolvlxgr7hFcrfELDI8jU4gH2dl-jDjEtnnWBwnU6x3XON9uSFOllF15DT-xfjwtbnHrUNe3EjtJXfdv2ao/s400/Week+5+018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091220863406329394" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Robyn, at 20, is the youngest in the group and by far the most innocent and is a never ending source of laughter.<br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Hil(ary) from DeWitt, MI shows us the proper technique to randomly point at nothing in order to cause tourons to stop.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjxOimSGJy77KQ318dZusfUs1aEKOsctbGysB87wLyzrKcmHc50qMyoc7GLDcLzKqCs3P_onfxe2Avsj-8zgrN5D8XSbx2GAbniYTOv7OjENan9nC_g7WdHVy4O8_FmbJz7IgW3bphxc/s1600-h/Week+4+022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjxOimSGJy77KQ318dZusfUs1aEKOsctbGysB87wLyzrKcmHc50qMyoc7GLDcLzKqCs3P_onfxe2Avsj-8zgrN5D8XSbx2GAbniYTOv7OjENan9nC_g7WdHVy4O8_FmbJz7IgW3bphxc/s400/Week+4+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091220876291231298" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Hil has that typically Michigan girl attitude and doesn't take shit from nobody, which makes her an absolute blast to hang out with as she's always in a great mood.<br /><br />Well they there are, me peeps in Yellowstone.<br /></span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-90481411338072122282007-07-24T19:31:00.001-06:002007-07-24T20:04:00.609-06:00Fairy Falls<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">This morning my friend Robyn and I hiked to Fairy Falls, the 4th highest waterfall in the park. It was one hell of a hot hike as the temperature at 9am was already nearing 90 degrees. On the trail about a mile in we came across a bull elk who was blocking our path, and did so for fifteen minutes. We got pretty close to him too, but he didn't seem to mind our presence.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19g2-Qx4Jti7UWxqaa2Zce7QGdpSC662i42ZkJBm1d4czpV7TYc4vgpOgWSowrpNX8HNCsuNydUh4mfVRL5q0NWIOLU2cHMpvnfCoLK7Cg21umKwsUXzr2kXEObBwUAITTLfoBjHl0XA/s1600-h/Week+5+007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19g2-Qx4Jti7UWxqaa2Zce7QGdpSC662i42ZkJBm1d4czpV7TYc4vgpOgWSowrpNX8HNCsuNydUh4mfVRL5q0NWIOLU2cHMpvnfCoLK7Cg21umKwsUXzr2kXEObBwUAITTLfoBjHl0XA/s400/Week+5+007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090946350571605426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfEiE8LyuOFxwUhTYPmI2AreX4FGqVtuhRtwaLo08HFkA3QvwjiQUQe5twMjoXo2aj5sPnRkZsxZ4nliyqv83BxPJmHDqXgLzg88-L28HokIoursgBiLDoj9nnrKW6UVao5m8DR7j-yY/s1600-h/Week+5+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfEiE8LyuOFxwUhTYPmI2AreX4FGqVtuhRtwaLo08HFkA3QvwjiQUQe5twMjoXo2aj5sPnRkZsxZ4nliyqv83BxPJmHDqXgLzg88-L28HokIoursgBiLDoj9nnrKW6UVao5m8DR7j-yY/s400/Week+5+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090946367751474626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm34SPyGE0QomYvJvC8NVPVfqvUXN_gW6eroopPjBvGy88dAG7_67e3qcZSNKriMC9Tyo1jAqkCGnCcijJJ7i4ZwNrACIEngICub2BOde3VPXCBsADoz4n6vvlUjMu9XDdKdcDEGqTDP8/s1600-h/Week+5+014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm34SPyGE0QomYvJvC8NVPVfqvUXN_gW6eroopPjBvGy88dAG7_67e3qcZSNKriMC9Tyo1jAqkCGnCcijJJ7i4ZwNrACIEngICub2BOde3VPXCBsADoz4n6vvlUjMu9XDdKdcDEGqTDP8/s400/Week+5+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090946380636376530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rIBbfcLY7uyGf2TyISFEZ-LFeZg2qEZO8ly2PznTarzQv_68JwT1dJgfVZoShWDD-04tiF67KHSCwmmEHUA2Vl2_9vfxMqCkiJh9gA3Ho1E79m5Wp21fFvZeLjHS7EDpJXT6nRxdPOU/s1600-h/Week+5+015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rIBbfcLY7uyGf2TyISFEZ-LFeZg2qEZO8ly2PznTarzQv_68JwT1dJgfVZoShWDD-04tiF67KHSCwmmEHUA2Vl2_9vfxMqCkiJh9gA3Ho1E79m5Wp21fFvZeLjHS7EDpJXT6nRxdPOU/s400/Week+5+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090946393521278434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYmQrzn-oKvzrgn0NHv_T8ahr95dTsKPNmLJxue78U6b7rTSIHEmcw31BADbk2lszymr_28Ajvl9K6oYSWuYl-yAlxmEKgD0rx0MeXDmPgAyWmusjEpEUnUEn1yI9bXgHsvU8FZjE-K4/s1600-h/Week+5+016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYmQrzn-oKvzrgn0NHv_T8ahr95dTsKPNmLJxue78U6b7rTSIHEmcw31BADbk2lszymr_28Ajvl9K6oYSWuYl-yAlxmEKgD0rx0MeXDmPgAyWmusjEpEUnUEn1yI9bXgHsvU8FZjE-K4/s400/Week+5+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090946423586049522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Just a bit past Fairy Falls was Spray Geyser which is a peculiar little thing as it never gets more than 6 or 8 feet high, but is going off continuously.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJfW2abRlCacf_SZMc1DSQmjfWqL8sIg7X7KPAu5cqzw9JZOPpXPXVRhGdMBGzWoqlKQUEwvMEt5bXDZZ0QW_KsH4YsI20BH6d5mB62RpN16CdCtHPaMZoD9QAjhT2ux2vUlhelitOtI/s1600-h/Week+5+020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJfW2abRlCacf_SZMc1DSQmjfWqL8sIg7X7KPAu5cqzw9JZOPpXPXVRhGdMBGzWoqlKQUEwvMEt5bXDZZ0QW_KsH4YsI20BH6d5mB62RpN16CdCtHPaMZoD9QAjhT2ux2vUlhelitOtI/s400/Week+5+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090949103645642242" border="0" /></a>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-50571024742095286732007-07-23T00:19:00.000-06:002007-07-23T00:50:26.989-06:00(Tom?) Riddle Lake<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">While no mystery, I hiked to Riddle Lake Friday morning and took some nice pictures.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzL7aty06-MEtYVriyVJr8b8mw4KMuLjdTZSuFPy0Irwl46J2YCgbu6byoyaRrppptFHteofHs8_pTZ6uUizjtXr8Vuhh5ncznH5ukIaff9OYfcJk_RrMLB9Q3fxl3qp9nEtXjwjF1yM/s1600-h/Week+4+079.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzL7aty06-MEtYVriyVJr8b8mw4KMuLjdTZSuFPy0Irwl46J2YCgbu6byoyaRrppptFHteofHs8_pTZ6uUizjtXr8Vuhh5ncznH5ukIaff9OYfcJk_RrMLB9Q3fxl3qp9nEtXjwjF1yM/s400/Week+4+079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090278002120740226" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Date of Photo: July 20th.<br /><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2h5gXOYCUrg87izexcAckePFY49z3vsEG4TK5yVs1Y10glErbrSwqK8qOOArn8deSfrmI5JbOGdIwQDPg4z3_y9DRoJMOzqeuYvx0btVgMSbva244gtQ_m8C08Jcal3CJcGzw0q-btI/s1600-h/Week+4+072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2h5gXOYCUrg87izexcAckePFY49z3vsEG4TK5yVs1Y10glErbrSwqK8qOOArn8deSfrmI5JbOGdIwQDPg4z3_y9DRoJMOzqeuYvx0btVgMSbva244gtQ_m8C08Jcal3CJcGzw0q-btI/s400/Week+4+072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090277976350936402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhVOHDc1KJTiazfy66cCWTXs0ViFKC7xsi674B0ahn1guH5dLqmll-7jkqANz3MsyYraJoEgJT7Y-WoJPGsOvpgJzKxirhmh7JuXJPJOhu0vXq1HBNELXKg8jJ8PrLluh3ed-ww6r5S4/s1600-h/Week+4+078.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhVOHDc1KJTiazfy66cCWTXs0ViFKC7xsi674B0ahn1guH5dLqmll-7jkqANz3MsyYraJoEgJT7Y-WoJPGsOvpgJzKxirhmh7JuXJPJOhu0vXq1HBNELXKg8jJ8PrLluh3ed-ww6r5S4/s400/Week+4+078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090277993530805618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0P9-6o_wS-8_crpp4L3v-AODxEl7Vp0nIv4IHpLli9qblwmaf-l-1xUBeyBEBsSa7txM-gE0RHMTf4u0xomWJ53ifvOl_IKZiFOTh6_gRSi9Di0mMyQe2b7wa2ek0lt_eEIPiNGx3lWs/s1600-h/Week+4+074.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0P9-6o_wS-8_crpp4L3v-AODxEl7Vp0nIv4IHpLli9qblwmaf-l-1xUBeyBEBsSa7txM-gE0RHMTf4u0xomWJ53ifvOl_IKZiFOTh6_gRSi9Di0mMyQe2b7wa2ek0lt_eEIPiNGx3lWs/s400/Week+4+074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090280935583403426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvhpmGUbf0Ohh1uuYRmk16pgSqEUvANgq5eNz5gGLXk_xFy6Y4C8iRqUyKfQxGpx2W5AGb0qoZ8p0BpdmEKnaCWO9fXHlcxmhqw0vVlcSny5_8zk4ritwX5crZgv5y-4UOvH1UUQXmso/s1600-h/Week+4+081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvhpmGUbf0Ohh1uuYRmk16pgSqEUvANgq5eNz5gGLXk_xFy6Y4C8iRqUyKfQxGpx2W5AGb0qoZ8p0BpdmEKnaCWO9fXHlcxmhqw0vVlcSny5_8zk4ritwX5crZgv5y-4UOvH1UUQXmso/s400/Week+4+081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090278010710674834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Friday night I went to the Columbian Independence Day party at our employee pub. Let's just say I had a great night and a not so great morning/early afternoon on Saturday.<br /><br />Then basically Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening I began and finished reading the seventh Harry Potter book which I had delivered to me here at the park. No spoilers, except to say that it was a great ending to the series.<br /></span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-31349181377288045402007-07-20T14:02:00.000-06:002007-07-20T16:20:03.303-06:00More Wolf Sightings<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So after first seeing the one wolf Wednesday night, I've been back three times; Thursday morning and night, and Friday morning. On Thursday morning, I saw the Alpha Male and Alpha Female of the pack hanging out on the hillside. They were just lounging around and then got up and left around 10:30am, two hours after I had gotten there.<br /><br />In the first picture, the Alpha Male and Female can be seen lying down in front of the double-trunked tree at the top of the small hill just inside the shade behind some sagebrush. It's hard to tell as they look like gray rocks, but compare the photo the the following ones and the difference you see is the wolves.</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRn6IGa8itFHZbvnPZ3NMPtLS0CAf6XBYo4UkyFbOH5DubPGP7Xo8xcvRLa1zLBKbCqfCW5kt3GZZlH04kls9zL8H24C46bzUCKw3xlPkhOGbFy2NkAy_Dcz0Vkxyw0t80Qoy02ccFJA/s1600-h/Week+4+055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRn6IGa8itFHZbvnPZ3NMPtLS0CAf6XBYo4UkyFbOH5DubPGP7Xo8xcvRLa1zLBKbCqfCW5kt3GZZlH04kls9zL8H24C46bzUCKw3xlPkhOGbFy2NkAy_Dcz0Vkxyw0t80Qoy02ccFJA/s400/Week+4+055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089385204323092386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">In this photo, the the right and in front of the double-trunked tree, the Alpha Female is standing up. Again, due to the distance she appears to be a gray rock.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dEFRNmbcdF62PcTeNXow2dR_wc4dl9rwznkwZ51K_piDGS60MiSebju4tEO0X70_KEYN5b5j0Z566FN36P_qieztsrXLYduKqGco9vO4J72bj2NXyBLYe4TAcCtEoEuJpZM_HOlZ_Nc/s1600-h/Week+4+056.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2dEFRNmbcdF62PcTeNXow2dR_wc4dl9rwznkwZ51K_piDGS60MiSebju4tEO0X70_KEYN5b5j0Z566FN36P_qieztsrXLYduKqGco9vO4J72bj2NXyBLYe4TAcCtEoEuJpZM_HOlZ_Nc/s400/Week+4+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089383971667478418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> In the next two shots, I hope the wolf in the picture is pretty evident. It's the Alpha Female just before she took off. I missed a picture of her as she passed across the lit up green area in the foreground, but she was lit up all white like a ghost. It was awesome.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ImnEaYZrTNlVIpSiRpPUFw8pucI08LiAa_Mg0W9jm6jupdON6QTTes_p02yzjK03cDjjfaQ0MnZajgV3R9bipUfUDDcIng3hjZi9zxQ6YK_KeR7F8Qu-wSg2vQI3dvlNlRkBVx7T0TM/s1600-h/Week+4+057.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ImnEaYZrTNlVIpSiRpPUFw8pucI08LiAa_Mg0W9jm6jupdON6QTTes_p02yzjK03cDjjfaQ0MnZajgV3R9bipUfUDDcIng3hjZi9zxQ6YK_KeR7F8Qu-wSg2vQI3dvlNlRkBVx7T0TM/s400/Week+4+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089382262270494594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fyq5YvVqC8RAmdnlH0-bGqpm0xJUAkE8VBgB5yw9F2i_XtevA_rJ5FKI7BaQdexbb70dLCwMfrhB6aRGSIvWu8lnENH0Vn_ooq5Ae7rJDdEdYjh9HM9ev_y2GtVBj7a9yUQIUMzRY-w/s1600-h/Week+4+058.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fyq5YvVqC8RAmdnlH0-bGqpm0xJUAkE8VBgB5yw9F2i_XtevA_rJ5FKI7BaQdexbb70dLCwMfrhB6aRGSIvWu8lnENH0Vn_ooq5Ae7rJDdEdYjh9HM9ev_y2GtVBj7a9yUQIUMzRY-w/s400/Week+4+058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089380183506323314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" >Last night, I saw the two beta wolves of the pack, but only for a few fleeting seconds as they dashed across the little valley. I didn't have time to react, let alone get a picture. But just before I saw them, you could hear a faint wolf howl. Very sweet!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" >Sadly though, this morning the wolves were gone. Just before I got there last night, two pups were seeing crossing the little valley in the pictures. Then about 9pm, after I had left, the people there saw two hikers on the other side of the river, on a closed trail in forbidden territory to protect the wolves. That was the second night in a row with hikers. And also last night a male wolf, the beta, was seen near the road but some people watching got out of their cars and approached them and spooked him. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" >I was talking to Bill, the head wolf ranger this morning, and he's worried that the increased human activity has spooked them away from their den and primary rendezvous site, and that they now have moved to their secondary site about 2 miles away in Hayden Valley where the closest view of them is about 1500 yards compared to 200. So that really sucks that some stupid people had to ruin it for everyone else. Oh well.<br /><br />This is a picture of the people who were watching for wolves last night.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYIEtT0ZcNDROqknsXcZln7JfQ9im9uDupZOckKq8_WF4lvo5LoqVwB_Dc5jiE6w93kqyfyIdRfh4mo3Nfff7aRnTXAwqmGfqoc7iLu6V8ggfuBr9xcm0Scq2eeqsXi1Jctr0lNlfIWA/s1600-h/Week+4+080.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUYIEtT0ZcNDROqknsXcZln7JfQ9im9uDupZOckKq8_WF4lvo5LoqVwB_Dc5jiE6w93kqyfyIdRfh4mo3Nfff7aRnTXAwqmGfqoc7iLu6V8ggfuBr9xcm0Scq2eeqsXi1Jctr0lNlfIWA/s400/Week+4+080.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089406889612969906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" ><br />Tonight, I'll post up some artsy-fartsy shots of the scenery that I've taken. Later ya'll.<br /></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-12648050031574104822007-07-18T22:26:00.000-06:002007-07-18T22:46:31.301-06:00Wolves and Reflections<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So for the past few days my friends and I have been hearing that wolves have been spotted at a place called Otter Creek (about 15 miles north of where I'm at). So tonight we decided to drive on up there to see what we could see. And that turned out to be the Alpha Male of the wolf pack!! He was huge, about 130 pounds, and was gray with a little bit of red/brown on his shoulders. I had to borrow someone's spotting scope to get a good look because he was about 300 yards away across the river.<br /><br />I took some pictures with my camera, but he was laying down and my camera doesn't handle low light well so they all came out grainy. Sucks. But here is one of the area.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUaLAFYBocpuM1HKE2QcnDZhJXJcolf2UW2Xr6LjMZB1zYs-L7pkIFpe5yM9BES-S55DccFdpnfmrkhm92o32bnaAOJiXhP3EvlxDYqbvZTLWKico6W3v0bDAC-_BQvkjLddVINZmZIE/s1600-h/Week+4+032.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHUaLAFYBocpuM1HKE2QcnDZhJXJcolf2UW2Xr6LjMZB1zYs-L7pkIFpe5yM9BES-S55DccFdpnfmrkhm92o32bnaAOJiXhP3EvlxDYqbvZTLWKico6W3v0bDAC-_BQvkjLddVINZmZIE/s400/Week+4+032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088764177821894482" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And a close up with the wolf lying down circled in red. He's the white dot.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvGWEFu8Cz9V0iLZsfMraueI-5hyS5eJC0R5NKY_t8nYq1psIkrx9Ft7sA1rmXU6f46bnwDtPcyJ2TWhunuJaHYrurV3vTJpwEL8wjBOPBgpJGnAZ6WiXkzD1ytZYpQUExomqtsxraqo/s1600-h/wolf+circle.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvGWEFu8Cz9V0iLZsfMraueI-5hyS5eJC0R5NKY_t8nYq1psIkrx9Ft7sA1rmXU6f46bnwDtPcyJ2TWhunuJaHYrurV3vTJpwEL8wjBOPBgpJGnAZ6WiXkzD1ytZYpQUExomqtsxraqo/s400/wolf+circle.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088764177821894498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Which brings me to my next point: Colin needs a new Digital SLR camera with a huge ass telephoto lens. Send donations to the address listed in a previous entry. Thank you for your contributions.<br /><br />Also on the way there the Yellowstone River was absolutely calm so here are some really beautiful photos I took of it.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXypjGiwutskhkjgbMjTxYKBkSMqC1qcP2dSgd7L3wo5AKLtekaMZxR6iFUz4UtL5iz0C5IuOxt25NJA66dyhHlJWCdJ5Wh34Maw9kkN89LomyjX4T-IKBbKbZMf_lnI118ZMAZ-ZF7I/s1600-h/Week+4+018.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXypjGiwutskhkjgbMjTxYKBkSMqC1qcP2dSgd7L3wo5AKLtekaMZxR6iFUz4UtL5iz0C5IuOxt25NJA66dyhHlJWCdJ5Wh34Maw9kkN89LomyjX4T-IKBbKbZMf_lnI118ZMAZ-ZF7I/s400/Week+4+018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088764156347057954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCOcIlgvROlJYHk8nK81wLXQ3VsXlUJaWIQ4V8LzUkFRNrS6QM_vMCaQhAPNhZ2jrAOkxBR8Rzm8lWLfuRx-lDY-q5MJrw_qaZWgO6pD3-2Dro8Jpaqwm4E_1GgRcnI9GPvFc2hEQYUM/s1600-h/Week+4+019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYCOcIlgvROlJYHk8nK81wLXQ3VsXlUJaWIQ4V8LzUkFRNrS6QM_vMCaQhAPNhZ2jrAOkxBR8Rzm8lWLfuRx-lDY-q5MJrw_qaZWgO6pD3-2Dro8Jpaqwm4E_1GgRcnI9GPvFc2hEQYUM/s400/Week+4+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088764164936992562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MZUR9jaFURmMGfFVo-L3LgBLKn5m-KrTRTA_SOsINnAOW4uaIiFPHHR7uehh5Z7BOlWoppjkSvIS-qrYqemEURW1Th45RT56Uvi4mGjxjFQW1lWrJgM6z4lAA8BgaeOrYa2rM2kBMRw/s1600-h/Week+4+021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MZUR9jaFURmMGfFVo-L3LgBLKn5m-KrTRTA_SOsINnAOW4uaIiFPHHR7uehh5Z7BOlWoppjkSvIS-qrYqemEURW1Th45RT56Uvi4mGjxjFQW1lWrJgM6z4lAA8BgaeOrYa2rM2kBMRw/s400/Week+4+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088764169231959874" border="0" /></a>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-15109180993423944852007-07-17T10:42:00.001-06:002007-07-17T10:53:43.642-06:00Buffalos and Other Things<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Not much of a story to accompany this pictures. Just that when I was working yesterday, a small group of 8 buffaloes decided to walk right by the dorms and settle down in front of the dorm I was cleaning.</span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSHtr3rf70hN4c77dQpIagROKliIRFOYZ9ELiX3Nd5P2nUsgcZc-qNNhsYAua2VHBCxoccRUryuLlFCWI2aUD7OXjh49pt7no7pNyBcBIWDFBENmvVk6AK1qGC6jExpqYoKm0OUHywF4/s1600-h/Week+4+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSHtr3rf70hN4c77dQpIagROKliIRFOYZ9ELiX3Nd5P2nUsgcZc-qNNhsYAua2VHBCxoccRUryuLlFCWI2aUD7OXjh49pt7no7pNyBcBIWDFBENmvVk6AK1qGC6jExpqYoKm0OUHywF4/s400/Week+4+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088209164968036050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4O4Wg_p-O25R1RpJiatQRdioLivvv_weV7Bh1vvN0rQEMyCUUAM1nqbj5ulDUmh6ydmpbp2nm2UQMeVJ8dYEXL8JQRGUCO05Ju0cssH78Fy3A9xtTBAxGjgckIOAN-ZcU9vhOSp8HBA/s1600-h/Week+4+006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4O4Wg_p-O25R1RpJiatQRdioLivvv_weV7Bh1vvN0rQEMyCUUAM1nqbj5ulDUmh6ydmpbp2nm2UQMeVJ8dYEXL8JQRGUCO05Ju0cssH78Fy3A9xtTBAxGjgckIOAN-ZcU9vhOSp8HBA/s400/Week+4+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088209177852937954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXS5QBp_FFHsKWFvZizSxAQR58ARpawHjpX2Gk2PFNhIg_2auiFzQPjG4TZajYmkm9sd-jJdmrjWFs6qXJ-VM1-FYJ31My3iT-bbcyUyQPHSdd9DJTZqwz7loMwGmHk7bGkNzTA2wuWdc/s1600-h/Week+4+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXS5QBp_FFHsKWFvZizSxAQR58ARpawHjpX2Gk2PFNhIg_2auiFzQPjG4TZajYmkm9sd-jJdmrjWFs6qXJ-VM1-FYJ31My3iT-bbcyUyQPHSdd9DJTZqwz7loMwGmHk7bGkNzTA2wuWdc/s400/Week+4+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088209186442872562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">This morning I went on another short hike of Storm Point, this time with my camera. No awesome sunset, but still some good pictures.</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDs_m68Tfys_3iqy0VOK4F2OnXIoJ0dpBWjxp-bJaYMgKJXiSiB8N7x_v1tTOMAsQ_YoJHk_OU3n7etw9ArORTg5yM6Nx9OqiMsCRtV29q7joZdM7juh6v1uPSE-XPSzxiAIuShVdr5yE/s1600-h/Week+4+009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDs_m68Tfys_3iqy0VOK4F2OnXIoJ0dpBWjxp-bJaYMgKJXiSiB8N7x_v1tTOMAsQ_YoJHk_OU3n7etw9ArORTg5yM6Nx9OqiMsCRtV29q7joZdM7juh6v1uPSE-XPSzxiAIuShVdr5yE/s400/Week+4+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088209195032807170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJUCi4pOo8HPY1rVKqmdlCquq42IK_tmP-peshfXRCywYajHXLuFkOxSdhWzjI4YtuqXfFAn5AmkZg_I7L1grG-S7qvdiZocMG3s-n4RtjdOYsSSyDCC6V3PdWvYlWd533WGwNqA1jcU/s1600-h/Week+4+013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJUCi4pOo8HPY1rVKqmdlCquq42IK_tmP-peshfXRCywYajHXLuFkOxSdhWzjI4YtuqXfFAn5AmkZg_I7L1grG-S7qvdiZocMG3s-n4RtjdOYsSSyDCC6V3PdWvYlWd533WGwNqA1jcU/s400/Week+4+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088209199327774482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-51644659427387424062007-07-14T13:26:00.000-06:002007-07-14T14:12:01.696-06:00The End of Third Week (with lots o' pictures)<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">After my sprained ankle healed up, I was back on the trails. Me and Hilary, a girl from just north of Lansing, MI, went on a hike yesterday. On the way there we saw two elk. One with a huge rack, the other standing in the middle of the Yellowstone River.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__ReYgw3sgT0_gL3ynIp32M0LmUEaYtpUmRBTqkWZY9g4zT05deCWeBZEL5k8W5KKz-xn-kq4aH82R4NEwm50OFp52-E_BE9DVmThhNnEQxPzU8CYzaGS3v-aJossXX2E_6TUlF23gcw/s1600-h/100_0490.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__ReYgw3sgT0_gL3ynIp32M0LmUEaYtpUmRBTqkWZY9g4zT05deCWeBZEL5k8W5KKz-xn-kq4aH82R4NEwm50OFp52-E_BE9DVmThhNnEQxPzU8CYzaGS3v-aJossXX2E_6TUlF23gcw/s400/100_0490.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087140461140674098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" >Nice Rack</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2Z-VLQytM9D99cfzTYDEaR2q7YgY254ta6Jtz3iDpkEbXsoVhx2PCjQEIMOlPrVCUrYgSNn75v35cuAzi_0x_KsX2hu39iHI-jmq9GmdA9g5uyDUYfJoA7-0s9PBE1OgzmDXe3bH_-U/s1600-h/Week+3+007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2Z-VLQytM9D99cfzTYDEaR2q7YgY254ta6Jtz3iDpkEbXsoVhx2PCjQEIMOlPrVCUrYgSNn75v35cuAzi_0x_KsX2hu39iHI-jmq9GmdA9g5uyDUYfJoA7-0s9PBE1OgzmDXe3bH_-U/s400/Week+3+007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087140469730608706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The trail we were going to hike was the 15 mile long Howard Eaton trail that connects the Canyon area to Fishing Bridge. We had to turn around only a mile in because a buffalo herd was directly in our path. The trail in the picture below is the one we were supposed to follow.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLGLPfliVXU_8ocCDaYFfoBUSNBijiJD1_3PG3LtLuZcufYXf6SSGyPjNvvBOPbsb2fU0fNIVjKD9A4I542mTMoJIcYkVvObod8a6yHZEvi9hu5UPtqxZz8aAmbVxtb3Cuty5EZjW3Mk/s1600-h/Week+3+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLGLPfliVXU_8ocCDaYFfoBUSNBijiJD1_3PG3LtLuZcufYXf6SSGyPjNvvBOPbsb2fU0fNIVjKD9A4I542mTMoJIcYkVvObod8a6yHZEvi9hu5UPtqxZz8aAmbVxtb3Cuty5EZjW3Mk/s400/Week+3+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087141878479881810" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Yeah, we turned around.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />So instead we decided to hike Grebe Lake. On the way, we saw a coyote as it crossed the road in front of us.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeMaDfz6A8jmiA-soIPO60PokUq4ErjajxL3ER1GMIJrGgYR-Z8lp6MliHBpK3A6no3pzhkHTlZo7I2-Jf0_FUTFA6_0ZFOaXdHr7nmIwNxvvJaKBm7bJSecCT1ePg5gXwMRyKiABzE8/s1600-h/Week+3+013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeMaDfz6A8jmiA-soIPO60PokUq4ErjajxL3ER1GMIJrGgYR-Z8lp6MliHBpK3A6no3pzhkHTlZo7I2-Jf0_FUTFA6_0ZFOaXdHr7nmIwNxvvJaKBm7bJSecCT1ePg5gXwMRyKiABzE8/s400/Week+3+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087141887069816418" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />The path on the way to the long went through an area of forest that had been decimated in the '88 fires, and it was kind of creepy.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJPg4UTBAYK-nS6J4ogpYNmsml42384ApdEShCoZ2AS6Ut5aWViBE3b_S2fIBxCN4wxiVt1NEaSIFQn4cSCbhzJ-X0g_g3UYsig7AkjBVQlERC7wwXdXkVw5NLf0eqd6OZFASL4T03-M/s1600-h/Week+3+014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJPg4UTBAYK-nS6J4ogpYNmsml42384ApdEShCoZ2AS6Ut5aWViBE3b_S2fIBxCN4wxiVt1NEaSIFQn4cSCbhzJ-X0g_g3UYsig7AkjBVQlERC7wwXdXkVw5NLf0eqd6OZFASL4T03-M/s400/Week+3+014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087144532769670770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The lake was really tranquil, but full of horse flys, which sucked. At the far end of the lake we could see two Trumpeter swans (highly endangered) but we were too far away for a picture that would be more than just two white dots.<br /><br />After the lake hike on the way back to our dorms, we stopped at the La Hardy rapids on the Yellowstone River where some pelicans were hanging out looking for some trout to snatch up.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcBwdp05uEUUk3morhABZWKRVbeBqG7Rg2Ok4ahlORmPPAjsrDEf9_dsez1xERonBm30UK7rXlMqZH6G4-DdgOSKWmB8Wh8sZDzA0dL20ryZ6nLt8UEcydERtOWA0oeIg5cz2rVJbsFk/s1600-h/Week+3+015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcBwdp05uEUUk3morhABZWKRVbeBqG7Rg2Ok4ahlORmPPAjsrDEf9_dsez1xERonBm30UK7rXlMqZH6G4-DdgOSKWmB8Wh8sZDzA0dL20ryZ6nLt8UEcydERtOWA0oeIg5cz2rVJbsFk/s400/Week+3+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087144545654572674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9Z4VPrLMvGjmF5hoAO2ByC5oeHrp3Lr3GrMbnsJyPW4PglVEPvQnd8wM5ZMBWZgdbXlOYMBLw0ycc4xYYzn0jMtx7O71tv-g5IJgO2XhWz3g-zoAFn2eG-vSIJ6fSWpHMWYgcbPaaQ4/s1600-h/Week+3+017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9Z4VPrLMvGjmF5hoAO2ByC5oeHrp3Lr3GrMbnsJyPW4PglVEPvQnd8wM5ZMBWZgdbXlOYMBLw0ycc4xYYzn0jMtx7O71tv-g5IJgO2XhWz3g-zoAFn2eG-vSIJ6fSWpHMWYgcbPaaQ4/s400/Week+3+017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087144554244507282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">-------<br /><br />This morning Hilary, Jen, Josh, and I hiked to the Lake Overlook near Grant Village where we got an awesome view of the lake and even the Tetons. At the top we even saw an Osprey nest.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fKwEdn8kM8GabqoggDYv2HFM4iDiPaB15joHAC2mNMkE-pal1FyMfRb4YELCUQgPUFOxftxy_odL36QMwuexoELnArdVQX6GZBvvLBN-i3zb-JY9GrFL2yjTG1OHi5W3IiR7wGh65cs/s1600-h/Week+3+027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6fKwEdn8kM8GabqoggDYv2HFM4iDiPaB15joHAC2mNMkE-pal1FyMfRb4YELCUQgPUFOxftxy_odL36QMwuexoELnArdVQX6GZBvvLBN-i3zb-JY9GrFL2yjTG1OHi5W3IiR7wGh65cs/s400/Week+3+027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087146349540837026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1SEEWK1iO9C0DcFeydGUe0hrB-BF7XPB0MPk7ALErgdDXtUbvfV3dNUqsIrccU-H7CtjdDoZoiwd0oN8TGE_raP3pSo4sWkVuOo-m3vqht4cCiu9V6aA476Bhku2i1NL_dWbCRM_ENU/s1600-h/Week+3+031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1SEEWK1iO9C0DcFeydGUe0hrB-BF7XPB0MPk7ALErgdDXtUbvfV3dNUqsIrccU-H7CtjdDoZoiwd0oN8TGE_raP3pSo4sWkVuOo-m3vqht4cCiu9V6aA476Bhku2i1NL_dWbCRM_ENU/s400/Week+3+031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087146366720706226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Then the clouds started to roll in with the thunder and the lightning and it was time to go. We ended up getting drenched for about a half mile of run/walking.<br /><br />Well that's the end of my third week, more to come as I've bought myself a fly-fishing rod and reel and am going to start fishing as soon as possible. Later.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Hiking in Yellowstone makes you dirty as my bathtub can attest.</span></span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4p7uPLWWyixA1R_LVKzH7kPserjPxG49-8xnGfmmTLedpRWdyZyqmf3aaevHCrOtZeXg9wcGeicfAlA6mJTUr4px_iQ1krt_7SQr1gapETjCQT8eHs-f2zdklDulDwUBeCqldR38P6k/s1600-h/Week+3+035.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4p7uPLWWyixA1R_LVKzH7kPserjPxG49-8xnGfmmTLedpRWdyZyqmf3aaevHCrOtZeXg9wcGeicfAlA6mJTUr4px_iQ1krt_7SQr1gapETjCQT8eHs-f2zdklDulDwUBeCqldR38P6k/s400/Week+3+035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087147174174557890" border="0" /></a></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span></span></div>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-41105165700475250652007-07-10T16:55:00.000-06:002007-07-10T22:13:55.740-06:00Swollen Ankles, Beautiful Sunsets<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So somehow Saturday evening or Sunday morning I managed to sprain/roll my ankle without knowing it. On Sunday morning I realized that my ankle hurt. Sure enough it was pretty swollen and stiff. How I did it, I don't know, but here is a picture of my big ankle. On the left is my normal ankle, on the right the sprained ankle. Fun times!!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuCVLxaa2I5jyz8yYCDS4s-_XOu943GI31uVzCANU19USaIHSdE7zHuKMwOmLWsM4FIO7gjW75mR5sh3WkQtZUenRd4RWXQuLYMVPg-BHVcJ8byVJE_wG64s-0dMGOh5kPc1AtQGKbxM/s1600-h/Week+3+006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuCVLxaa2I5jyz8yYCDS4s-_XOu943GI31uVzCANU19USaIHSdE7zHuKMwOmLWsM4FIO7gjW75mR5sh3WkQtZUenRd4RWXQuLYMVPg-BHVcJ8byVJE_wG64s-0dMGOh5kPc1AtQGKbxM/s400/Week+3+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085783976509639794" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Also two nights ago we had a really neat looking sunset. Here are some pictures of it.<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbFQYsY75fiZXpmhZRtQ4TEtmriXT4Adhdpr6BkIneu8JO2VByeUvzzCe7tCpvealjq7MbkwyR2hrUTDXg49lvXDgA27HFgRrPakXlcxvzk_HgV7Cgr0xXUKHHwuQjGYXWcP-zULgIqg/s1600-h/Week+3+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbFQYsY75fiZXpmhZRtQ4TEtmriXT4Adhdpr6BkIneu8JO2VByeUvzzCe7tCpvealjq7MbkwyR2hrUTDXg49lvXDgA27HFgRrPakXlcxvzk_HgV7Cgr0xXUKHHwuQjGYXWcP-zULgIqg/s400/Week+3+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085785535582768258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiL6rz9iDEQ5qbq9TokJvaQhQqAAkM6ypsVrGDTLK20gWrsRt6LG8IPMYPAsn-xNRCu2OggatJKARoMRqW7BBSZNWQ-g0_-UT6yrN0P53avKt1kAymDMAu4opufqkmakdnbnxC1A2HGQ/s1600-h/Week+3+004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiL6rz9iDEQ5qbq9TokJvaQhQqAAkM6ypsVrGDTLK20gWrsRt6LG8IPMYPAsn-xNRCu2OggatJKARoMRqW7BBSZNWQ-g0_-UT6yrN0P53avKt1kAymDMAu4opufqkmakdnbnxC1A2HGQ/s400/Week+3+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085785544172702866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Also I've been contemplating trying to change jobs here. The RC job, while easy and higher paying than most, kinda sucks for a 22 year old. My nights are shot 5 days out of the week and the hours are really screwy. Basically I came here to have fun while also working, but the work is becoming too much of the central part of my stay. I'm thinking of joining the housekeeping staff at the Lake Lodge, where most of my friends work, where I know I'll have a better time despite the harder work. More to come on this for sure.</span></span></span><br /></div></div>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-6154476084273946622007-07-08T23:18:00.000-06:002007-07-09T00:55:08.202-06:00Hikes and Headaches<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So over the last 4 days, I've gone hiking each day. Unfortunately for me though, I've also had an almost constant headache during that time as well. I don't know if it's something in the air, the altitude, or what but it's really starting to bother me and Ibuprofen has proven useless.<br /></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Anywho, the hikes I went on were awesome.<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The first hike was Wednesday morning when me and Josh hiked to the top of Elephant Back Mountain. It's just behind the dorm where I live and after a 1,000 ft climb shows a great view of the</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> lake.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtJUdasgk2UofATiS8i7hnfxStEkSfEDtVYTY_vhuEMW_4szn_9kTdQtSu81AIbGFKvJpdVeABDIinvtCTB6Q_S8KLNuGTTBSPRYuiYxgshJU85HVk-UELxaaP5IOEPEJuCkF3I_jcv0/s1600-h/100_0538.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtJUdasgk2UofATiS8i7hnfxStEkSfEDtVYTY_vhuEMW_4szn_9kTdQtSu81AIbGFKvJpdVeABDIinvtCTB6Q_S8KLNuGTTBSPRYuiYxgshJU85HVk-UELxaaP5IOEPEJuCkF3I_jcv0/s400/100_0538.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085072266068954082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The darker patterns in the lake were being caused by wind over the lake and I could see them move with the wind. The building on the right is the Lake Hotel and just in front of that, the brown buildings are my dorm complex.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />On Thursday evening Josh, Jen, Robyn, Hillary and I went hiking to Storm Point which was just awesome. The sun setting behind the clouds was amazing, but unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me as I didn't know I was going on the hike ahead of time, I just kind of fell into it. Maybe I'll get one of the other's pictures to put up here.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Then on Friday the same group as before went hiking up around the Roosevelt area of the park and went on the Lost Lake/Petrified Tree trail. It was pretty strenuous at the start, gaining about 800 feet in less than a quarter of a mile but soon leveled out. But man was it hot. The petrified tree was pretty neat to see and was a redwood over 50 million years old.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINcirWkQ8wO9vLlVMsHWPUUZRg7aZ-7O7Frqiax6d2WLm9gai-H3Ov8i_fT9MqHMNqMwrmF-mzLHkxvN677xvkwIWtQmmU23VVNFtRcAm0WM9-J9_F4YVwvEOo1yuRXQAJrYqMTjj6C4/s1600-h/100_0541.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINcirWkQ8wO9vLlVMsHWPUUZRg7aZ-7O7Frqiax6d2WLm9gai-H3Ov8i_fT9MqHMNqMwrmF-mzLHkxvN677xvkwIWtQmmU23VVNFtRcAm0WM9-J9_F4YVwvEOo1yuRXQAJrYqMTjj6C4/s400/100_0541.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085072811529800690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">This is the last standing of 3 petrified redwoods found on this site. The other two had been destroyed by people talking off chips of them for souvenirs, hence the fence around this one. The girl see up top is my new friend Robyn from Montana.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Lastly, on Saturday me and Josh went on a 6 mile hike on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. We started out in some meadows, walked through a wasteland, and finally walked along the rim of the canyon and saw the upper and lower falls.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnAfqPNBUxY4nimcypxNgzsacM-JPjjjNBE3DDou5miDichfLxyZrJOfoVt5ztLRrUGPV4BC-OQ75sowfg4AHAGbUM1lWX-n7DPKXsRbIcz1xt0C3Enwru1-3LMHtBYeOtt-VhZk49Q4/s1600-h/100_0549.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnAfqPNBUxY4nimcypxNgzsacM-JPjjjNBE3DDou5miDichfLxyZrJOfoVt5ztLRrUGPV4BC-OQ75sowfg4AHAGbUM1lWX-n7DPKXsRbIcz1xt0C3Enwru1-3LMHtBYeOtt-VhZk49Q4/s400/100_0549.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085074486567046146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">This wasteland was created by the thermal features found here as they killed off all of the vegetation. You can see how it is completed encircled by the forest. There was steam vent holes here that were over 20 feet across!<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1cE9GhF2rRqajfX7RpHj6Vwf6sDl4FuWgrRZjZ4iVK2S4Oxlyczbm-70RhzZMLHX2-qLVxq4gE99DS_NlQckDdq57qOgoDaDq5BdBpTIOV1R_gFIGqSThJdEmdwarv5OP7j0FaGs_8c/s1600-h/100_0557.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1cE9GhF2rRqajfX7RpHj6Vwf6sDl4FuWgrRZjZ4iVK2S4Oxlyczbm-70RhzZMLHX2-qLVxq4gE99DS_NlQckDdq57qOgoDaDq5BdBpTIOV1R_gFIGqSThJdEmdwarv5OP7j0FaGs_8c/s400/100_0557.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085075895316319250" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> An Ansel Adams-esque shot of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5TSbfyvU72xoSy-hMRy_-BPtmAAYKCLXdxkYhZVqarxl14Bp1AxXZKLxyWjXfgH-qb16iACeojNOmvgqnPv8IdYDWJQSGj1WJ4R5SWC6vPwcP7qKS3zVOEb4iRfKQGFKCB-Eo_skKDI/s1600-h/100_0559.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT5TSbfyvU72xoSy-hMRy_-BPtmAAYKCLXdxkYhZVqarxl14Bp1AxXZKLxyWjXfgH-qb16iACeojNOmvgqnPv8IdYDWJQSGj1WJ4R5SWC6vPwcP7qKS3zVOEb4iRfKQGFKCB-Eo_skKDI/s400/100_0559.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085077222461213730" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">If I were to step off the back of the boulder I'm standing on, it would be a 2,500 foot sheer drop to the canyon floor. Fortunately I'm pretty surefooted.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xMS5F4S53qCJ3Ym1zkl4ZZxl1eiqHDUJ8ZYrI8UcIn-hpyJgZsR2WPhOXns4nKiDXngJNV8Iha_NYLYIT29OWnb9VR_hJW9hSYds95KhipZwK2gZB4euc2pF81bRsq6JIGZylus2V3I/s1600-h/100_0562.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xMS5F4S53qCJ3Ym1zkl4ZZxl1eiqHDUJ8ZYrI8UcIn-hpyJgZsR2WPhOXns4nKiDXngJNV8Iha_NYLYIT29OWnb9VR_hJW9hSYds95KhipZwK2gZB4euc2pF81bRsq6JIGZylus2V3I/s400/100_0562.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085080546765900850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYLpghd5jcg6pAnu_Ij5Ozj7228soIt1XN8zOFYlILMRbzexV0UOF4T3d7aMnnjvC7-BKIlVBAQRediI96noEXdZkxNooN5N2t2855gT-gteog4f3qyqSpiZAZzeqlnRfWvNNpQSqzWM/s1600-h/100_0567.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYLpghd5jcg6pAnu_Ij5Ozj7228soIt1XN8zOFYlILMRbzexV0UOF4T3d7aMnnjvC7-BKIlVBAQRediI96noEXdZkxNooN5N2t2855gT-gteog4f3qyqSpiZAZzeqlnRfWvNNpQSqzWM/s400/100_0567.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085082449436412994" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> The Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Later that evening I went for a drive to pick up Robyn and Hilary who had went on a long hike (28 miles) for the day. They ended up being almost 2 hours behind their scheduled time due to a storm and 2 bear encounters. Fortunately for them the bears (1 black, 1 grizzly) in both cases were afraid of the girls and ran away. And fortunately for me, I got to spend some more time along the Eastern edge of the lake where I took this sweet shot of the sunsetting. The little black dots you can see are actually gulls as there was a huge flock of about 100 gulls in front of me when I took the shot.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjP3wlC-aI_DKWQBmvGofigx7mmWGef0PhSE1oCt_ur4cxfiIvP0mJmCZZq4N3WaLfsUCoC1ThIIrXgjJVLdNCIdJAs2aZnIcFabLBi4cjUerC2Ivc67o8gZ17Jzs2pBvgWEVe_bonmo/s1600-h/100_0573.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjP3wlC-aI_DKWQBmvGofigx7mmWGef0PhSE1oCt_ur4cxfiIvP0mJmCZZq4N3WaLfsUCoC1ThIIrXgjJVLdNCIdJAs2aZnIcFabLBi4cjUerC2Ivc67o8gZ17Jzs2pBvgWEVe_bonmo/s400/100_0573.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085084283387448402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Well that brings an end to my second week away from home. Time to start the third and hopefully find an end to all these damned headaches.</span></span></span><br /></div></div></div>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-78322703142238037712007-07-04T16:41:00.000-06:002007-07-04T16:44:18.392-06:00In case of emergency, or just to talk<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">If anyone ever needs to get a hold of me for an emergency situation, or if you just want to talk, my dorm lobby has a pay phone. More than likely there will be charges, just fyi. Anyways, here is the number:<br /><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">307-242-9922<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"></span></span></span></div>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323216625037287762.post-47927816814060953622007-07-03T11:34:00.000-06:002007-07-03T11:53:57.709-06:00The last couple of days<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So during my first few days at my job I did a bunch of cool stuff. On Friday, I went boating on Yellowstone Lake with some new friends; Josh, Jen, Robyn, and Christina, in a rented power boat.</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> That was a blast.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iKCwPep6tIYoXVj-1gWAoWLZSF9E7A8xKI8m6Sks8EPolQX2cJ62vDb8XhQpZ66rLWMU7-y9bivKdVko5lw2iFmCpoHofBNRGrefvp4ertgTIG8O4olieBOxyN0z0FX5zgjNutmLLbs/s1600-h/Week+2+006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iKCwPep6tIYoXVj-1gWAoWLZSF9E7A8xKI8m6Sks8EPolQX2cJ62vDb8XhQpZ66rLWMU7-y9bivKdVko5lw2iFmCpoHofBNRGrefvp4ertgTIG8O4olieBOxyN0z0FX5zgjNutmLLbs/s400/Week+2+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083029734241799058" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />After that we went swimming at Moose Falls which was amazing. Upstream from the fall is a hot spring which heats Moose Creek, and by the time it reaches the falls it's the temperature of a backyard pool in the summer. Awesome.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HAYFvyU4tNMED9VJdSxjmmDk30VrdJkcZiWyO25qhZKAGiypmzV96pW_ja6kf4oygNeX5jpVxIcQzjD7rYfncwvWU0arY13qW0Jv-zHNuOUxtI1lUcnHtGWMGWNxfuAraAHct6mpGj8/s1600-h/Week+2+008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5HAYFvyU4tNMED9VJdSxjmmDk30VrdJkcZiWyO25qhZKAGiypmzV96pW_ja6kf4oygNeX5jpVxIcQzjD7rYfncwvWU0arY13qW0Jv-zHNuOUxtI1lUcnHtGWMGWNxfuAraAHct6mpGj8/s400/Week+2+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083029742831733666" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br />Then just this morning I played some Pickleball, which is really fun. As I walking on a trail </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">back to my dorm I saw two doe mule deer. When I moved closer I noticed that one doe had two fawns with her. Here again are the obligatory cute baby animal pictures.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ibSP85h3ppIBSOhHvOQSRkx6BZBUtqWHfr6zp57gZVs3G_5yAaKAS7BgD7qApmn3ePLw_iUoggGQUddDD88P7xc_Gm3XwBeokk34CoulsgVHbZl3hC2CVk55v_bX6WxgCBU6Aq1psT8/s1600-h/Week+2+017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ibSP85h3ppIBSOhHvOQSRkx6BZBUtqWHfr6zp57gZVs3G_5yAaKAS7BgD7qApmn3ePLw_iUoggGQUddDD88P7xc_Gm3XwBeokk34CoulsgVHbZl3hC2CVk55v_bX6WxgCBU6Aq1psT8/s400/Week+2+017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083029751421668274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKSeMoqi76GpgaQI7jNWirY5JcHoBae2ONeYWLR-lN9XVBlCLMTeD7dhxUS1yJmOt8QzqRx8igQbFXYK2CsmstyLwRPgjJAaCBcOJgbZdIgrU0NrSqZqlh6nCI4TEhawCMo9hyphenhyphenl_AoXQ/s1600-h/Week+2+023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKSeMoqi76GpgaQI7jNWirY5JcHoBae2ONeYWLR-lN9XVBlCLMTeD7dhxUS1yJmOt8QzqRx8igQbFXYK2CsmstyLwRPgjJAaCBcOJgbZdIgrU0NrSqZqlh6nCI4TEhawCMo9hyphenhyphenl_AoXQ/s400/Week+2+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083029755716635586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpad9OMX7mbdRb_6NMlLdU1jRQgv3Ei5zDw6cWt1-4eLHC6JTbV9FVPoVTIM3tC_x_V-P88XFz13R6OSPus-Zvc9qOBRyrWxnM-I-2fzvxhGttS1f24qpfpHydmdSb0hVq0p3iQoTBVvs/s1600-h/Week+2+026.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpad9OMX7mbdRb_6NMlLdU1jRQgv3Ei5zDw6cWt1-4eLHC6JTbV9FVPoVTIM3tC_x_V-P88XFz13R6OSPus-Zvc9qOBRyrWxnM-I-2fzvxhGttS1f24qpfpHydmdSb0hVq0p3iQoTBVvs/s400/Week+2+026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083029764306570194" border="0" /></a>SkinnyFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13162496013734033854noreply@blogger.com0