Awesome place. We made a somewhat whirlwind tour of the place, but it left stuff to go back and see again some time. I look forward to it.
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There is a town you go through to get here, but then you round a corner and you see this. |
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No! Don't stop in the middle of my shot! How rude. |
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Sister and niece looking cool near the Mammoth Hot Springs. |
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The expression on my face is due to the stench of sulfur throughout this whole part of the park. |
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The cave of the dragon. |
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The steam coming out is like a dragon's breath. |
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And the occasional sound it makes is like a dragon's roar.
Me:(Actually, it's the buildup of heat and pressure that gets released as steam.)
Audience: Boo! Hiss! It's a dragon! Run away! |
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Me at some more stinky springs. It's only a few miles from Mammoth, but cold enough for a sweater. |
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Driving along, we saw this layer of pinnacles across a canyon. |
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I wonder if there are pinnacles on this side of the canyon? |
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I'm not about to climb down to find out, though. |
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And there's another layer further down. No educational signs nearby about them, though. |
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Canyon. |
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Waterfall. |
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Pretty. |
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Looking to the west. Is there a nest down there? |
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Yes. And with a nesting bird, as well. Could just barely see it with the naked eye, and even with the zoom it was hard to see. But we see it now full-size on the computer screen. |
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Nice lens flare effect, sis. See the walkway waaaay down there? We didn't go down that far. |
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Stunning scenery that's hard to capture in a camera lens. |
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Looking towards the south rim. We were hungry and tired after our first day's tour, and we had plenty more to see the next day, so we skipped it. |
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Oooh, shiny. |
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This area reminded me a lot of the Puget Sound. Calm, cold water, hazy sky, cool breeze. Islands carved by glacier. |
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Chose one:
a) Patrick is very photogenic from behind.
b) Janna is a very good photographer.
c) Both a & c.
d) Something else equally silly. |
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The lake is huge. I imagine when it's warmer it's filled with boats. |
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Yellowstone's most famous tourist trap: Old Faithful. |
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Ooooh... |
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...aaaaahhhh... |
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Is that it? |
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Niece not as cool without her shades. |
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A geyser near Old Faithful. |
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Or was it a steam vent? |
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It's eruption seemed to go on for a while. |
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The historic Old Faithful Lodge. Half the restaurants in the park were shut down (including the one in the lodge), as it was off-season. Yet the weather was so warm they had almost a full load of visitors in the park. It made finding food a chore. |