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Yellowstone National Park Day 15
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 We planned a more relaxed day since we hiked over 6 miles the day before, so we started the day out by sleeping in, which neither cat was happy about. Since both cats prefer an early morning soft food meal. Needless to say, Cleo came into the room multiple…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 13: Part 2
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 I setup my Canon XSI a long time ago. That one had a manual. The used Canon T7I that I just bought does not. It took a while to figure it out because no manual and no internet. Well, not internet at Barnes Hole, where we were testing it.…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 14
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Today’s objective was to sleep in, work on John’s new camera photos, and hike the Lewis Lake Channel Trail to, hopefully, see a loon. The Lewis Lake Channel Trail is the trail we tried to hike on Day 10 but stopped around 0.9 miles in due to the trail…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 13
Yellowstone National Park, WY & MT, May 2025 The major goal of today was to drive to West Yellowstone to pick up John’s new Canon SLR camera. It’s an updated version of his camera that has more pixels (mean more detailed pictures), better auto focus(crisper pictures), and can record video. The great part of new…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 12
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 We spent most of the morning and afternoon doing needed chores like figuring out health insurance, purchasing travel insurance for states where our health insurance does not cover us, etc. We ended up going on sunset hike hoping to see animals that are most active in the evening like…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 11: Part 2
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 This is for everyone that loves the selfies and nonprofessional looking photos from my phone 🙂 As John said in the Day 11 original, post we went through Hayden Valley first. This is a large grazing area for animals. Though no baby buffaloes. I thought you would like a…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 11
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 (Note: We think we fixed the vertical movie issue, but they are a bit larger. It might be a bit slow loading, but let us know if the vertical movies play sideways.) (Note: If you click the image, you will be able to zoom in on the photographs. Some…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 10: One out of Six Ain’t Bad?
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Task #1 – Lewis Channel Hike (Failure) The Lewis Channel Hike runs beside Lewis Lake. The first 2 1/2 miles was open for hiking but had a warning for snow covered trail. We weren’t worried about the snow and have hiked on snow before. The second half of the…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 10: Part 2
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Day 10: Part 1 – One out of Six Ain’t Bad?, will be posted tomorrow. (Note: The bird was never very close to shore, so all of these images are clickable links. If you click on the image, you can zoom in for as much detail as there is.…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 9: Part 2
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Grant Visitor Center recently opened. The building has Forest Rangers who assist with answering questions and a museum that focuses on the impact of forest fires on the park. The chart below displays the fires by year and the impact. A key to helping get control of the fires…