Tag: John

  • Yellowstone National Park Day 37

    Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 This was a very long day. We left at 8 am and did not make it back home until after 8 pm. We immediately grabbed our shower gear and left again. Finally, we were back in the trailer for the night around 9 pm which would 10 pm central…

  • Gull Point Drive Day 39: Part 2

    Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 It seems like any edge of Yellowstone Lake that is not perfectly round has a name. If the lake bumps out, it is a bay. If the land bumps out, it is a point. Just past Bridge Bay Campground is a two mile stretch of road called Gull Point…

  • Yellowstone National Park Day 38

    Yellowstone National Park, WY, June 2025 Yes, we can count; we skipped over day 37. John did some reading on the Canon R7 to change settings to improve the focus. There are three shutter settings – mechanical, electronic first curtain, and electronic. That list goes from slowest to fastest, noisiest to quietest, and most vibration…

  • Yellowstone National Park Day 34

    Yellowstone National Park, WY & MT, June 2025 Today’s original plan was to get up at 7 am and go wolf spotting in Hayden Valley. Kate woke up at 6:45 am and saw that it was going to rain. The plan changed and we decided to sleep in instead. At 8 am, we got up…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Happy Father’s Day!

    June 15, 2025 I know every kid says this, but you are the best Dad!! Thanks for always believing in us. We may not have enjoyed all the adventures we had as a kid. We did enjoy watching our pregnant aunt risk her life chasing a bear to get a picture of it three mountains…

  • 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…

  • 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…