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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 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 Today was a beautiful day to wake up in Yellowstone. The temperature was 28 degrees or less last night, but it increased to 32 degrees by 8 am. Yeah!! We did the typical morning breakfast – pancakes, eggs and bacon (just had to make your mouth water :-). Then,…
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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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Family day at the beach
Guernsey State Park, WY, May 2025 I never said it was my family. My family would complain about it being cold, damp, and windy. Sadly, goose children listen to their parents better than human children. When the parent goose honked, the children ran back to them. This might be directly related to how likely they…
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I found Robin, …
Guernsey State Park, WY, May 2025 but where is Batman?
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Sometimes, Your Neighbors are a Bunch of Turkeys
Guernsey State Park, WY, April 2025 It all started in the morning. John pushed the cat food bowls aside, and they made a “Gobble Gobble” sound. He poked the bowls a few more times, and they did not continue to “Gobble Gobble”. He told Kate that he thought we might have turkeys in our campsite.…
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Animals at St. Vrain State Park
Longmont, CO, April 2025 St. Vrain State Park is about 50 feet from highway 25, a major north/south route in the area. You can hear the traffic on the highway 24/7. The only exception might be when they close the road in the winter. For being as urban as it is, the park has a…
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Rocky Mountain National Park
Estes Park, CO, April 2025 Rocky Mountain National Park is about 35 miles west of Longmont, CO. (Longmont is about 40 miles north of Denver.) Due to the winding roads, the drive to the park takes about an hour from Longmont. Some of the views on the drive were stunning. To get to the eastern…