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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 20
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 One of the office workers told Kate that there were goslings at Madison, so Kate needed to go see the goslings. It had nothing to do with getting a Madison Cancel Stamp. Really, nothing. When we got to Madison, the primary wildlife was fly fisherman. There were a few…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 19
Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 The main goal of today was to hike Artist Point, Point Sublime and Lily Pad Lake which is located in the Canyon Village area. Artist Point is on a wide paved path attached to a large parking lot on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon (of Yellowstone). It…
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Yellowstone National Park Day 13: Part 3
Yellowstone National Park, WY, May 2025 (Note: These images are just click to expand because I am trying to catch up.) After the hiking at Barnes Hole Road, we went Harlequin Lake, which is only a mile and a half from the Madison Visitor Center. On the drive to Harlequin Lake, I figure out that…
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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 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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That is not a Dessert Beetle
Guernsey State Park, WY, May 2025 Get that beetle out of your mouth this instant. We ran across this walking back from looking at the train bridge. It was at least one inch long, possibly longer, with a slight iridescence on the back. From google searching, our best guess is that this is a pinacate…
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Promachus Rufides Anyone?
Heron County Park, IL, August 2024 It sounds like it should be a cocktail, but it is a red-footed cannibalfly. They are also called bee panthers because they hunt bees. They are part of the robber fly, or assassin fly, family. The name reflects that they prey on other insects, including other robber flies, and…
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And the winner is : Mayfly
Stonelick State Park, IN, July 2024 I have heard of the Mayfly, but I have never seen one up close in person. When I was working on the RV caulking, I ran across this. With the front legs raised, it looked kind of like a winged praying mantis that needed a tan. Mayflys are also…
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I think I found your problem, Ma’am
Findley State Park, OH, July 2025 Sooo … there is a rumor that men are not good about reading instructions. There might be some truth about that, but you did not hear it from me. This is what the Sphinx Moth picture taken on my Samsung Galaxy A14 phone should have looked like. The photo…