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Yellowstone National Park Day 9
Yellowstone National Park, May 2025 Since we didn’t get back to the trailer until 10 pm last night and wrote the blogs for Day 8 until after midnight, we didn’t get up until late. We planned on having a more relaxing day. Today we focused on going to West Thumb to walk the boardwalk around…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 8
Yellowstone National Park, May 2025 Today we tried to get out a little earlier, but we were unsuccessful. This was mostly because I couldn’t find my keys, and it took a while to locate them. Once we did get out, our first stop was to hike Storm Point. My main purpose was to see the…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 8: Part 2
West Thumb Geyser Basin, WY, May 2025 Kate wanted to take a break after the Storm Point hike to wait for most people to leave the park. After coming back, we received a unannounced visitor … (dun dun DUN!) Kate answered the door, and it was park maintenance. It turns out that the water spigot…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 7
Yellowstone National Park, May 2025 Todays plan was to get things done around the trailer and visit the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center. The fishing Bridge Visitor Center was built in 1930 / 1931. The structure helped define what was called the National Park Service Rustic style. This building design was then used in other national…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 4: Part 2
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 As promised, (a day late and a dollar short,) here are some of the videos of the river otter and grizzly bear from Thursday. The Sony Handycam that we have produces low resolution videos (720×480), so there is not a lot of detail. On the positive side, the videos…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 6
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 Today’s plan was simple. John had to do a few quick things in the morning, go on a hike longer than a mile, and visit the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center. We opted for the Howard Eaton trail that was right beside Fishing Bridge, less than a mile from our…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 5
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 (Note: The animal pictures are set up as links to the pictures because you need to zoom in to see the details. This requires the back button to return to the page. The other pictures are embedded. Just click on them to return to the page.) Today was a…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 4
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 (Note: The animal pictures are set up as links to the pictures because you need to zoom in to see the details. This requires the back button to return to the page. The other pictures are embedded. Just click on them to return to the page.) This morning started…
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Bighorn National Forest: Part 1
Bighorn National Forest, WY, May 2025 At a population of 4,400, Buffalo is one of the largest cities we have stayed in this year. Okay, that is stretching it a bit. We did stay in Denver, CO and just south of Oklahoma City, OK, which are large cities. We have also stayed in several smaller…
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Run Away Truck Prevention
Bighorn National Forest, WY, May 2025 On the drive into Bighorn National Forest, we saw this odd concrete corral that looked like excessive protection for a scenic view. As we drove by, John saw a sign with something about trucks, and he deduced it was a run away truck pull off. At the first scenic…