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Yellowstone National Park Day 32
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 Kate had a problem with spotting scope envy. John had a problem with lens envy, so he had to buy a bigger camera lens. He compromised and got a mid-level long lens instead of the $12,999 600mm f/4 prime lens or the $19,999 1200mm f/8 prime lens from Canon.…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 31: NSFK
Yellowstone National Park, WY, Jun 2025 Just a warning, this post may be classified as Not Safe For Kids (NSFK) and squeamish people. We are staying in a huge wilderness space, everyone has to eat, and not everyone is a vegetarian. Except for a few of the marmots, John took pictures holding the camera instead…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 30
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 We found out that the Natural Bridge Trail was open. They close it in the spring because Bridge Creek has spawning trout that attract bears. Sadly, this means that we missed the spawning trout. We used the trail at Bridge Bay Campground. The trail starts as packed dirt, but…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 29
Yellowstone National Park, MT & WY, June 2025 Nez Perce Picnic Area A couple days ago we went to Nez Perce Picnic Area and saw a Great Blue Heron nest in the far distance. Today, we decided to use a pull off that was closer to the trees in which we saw the nest. (John…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 28
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 Today was a recovery and catch up day. We got the blog up to date. We relaxed. We went owl hunting. The only thing I can say about our owl hunting is that owls are in no fear of becoming endangered due to our efforts. There were owls reported…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 26
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 John needed to make calls and deal with problems related to selling his property in Oklahoma, so we could not make it out at a reasonable hour. Rather than fight with other tourists, we waited until late afternoon/early evening to go out. The plan was to hike Cascade Lake…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 27
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 Today, we planned to sit somewhere and watch. We had talked about this a few times, but we had not done it. In Yellowstone, there is a problem with FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out. Not matter where you are in the park, there is something interesting happening somewhere…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 24
Yellowstone National Park, WY. June 2025 The weather forecast claimed cloudy and rainy, so we decided on less interesting sights. Today, we planned to check off the Old Faithful task. Kate needed a cancel stamp for the Old Faithful Visitor Center. Even if it rained, we could also watch the geyser; there is a viewing…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 23
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 We planned to do nothing today because John had to make a lot of calls. He finished them earlier than expected, so we decided to look for owls in the evening. Kate turned towards what she thought was the east entrance, but we ended up at LeHardy Rapids. This…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 22
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 There are about 9 packs in Yellowstone National Park with a total of over 100 wolves. One pack is about 1.5 hours away from Fishing Bridge in Lamar Valley. Fortunately, there is also pack in the northern part of Hayden Valley that has between seven and nine pups. This…