| 2013-5-27 (Mon) |
Vacation trip to northwestern U.S. Yellowstone National Park |
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(cw_4749) Whenever there is a bear along the road, everybody stops.
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(cw_4780) Old Faithful Geyser is erupting behind me. It erupts every 90 minutes.
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(cw_4789) Emerald Pool. If there had been dark blue skies the pool would have looked greener.
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(cw_4794) The steam from the hot pools and wind blow my hair. The smell not good with the sulphur smell.
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(cw_4818) Big herd of bison.
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(cw_4842) The mud-like soil behind bubbles with hot steam coming from underground.
(cw_4846) Depending on the mineral content of the water produces different colors of pool. Here it looks like dirty laundry water.
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(cw_4851) Notice his new antlers coated with velvet. During the summer he will rub the antlers on trees to produce a shiny finish.
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(cw_4903) Here I am watching a herd of bison to make sure they do not wander onto the highway.
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(cw_4919) Algae in the boiling hot water. It takes a special kind plant to survive in such hot water.
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(cw_4931) Camping out with a fire to keep warm. With no Costco nearby we were forced to live on tortilla chips and that
wine bottle on the table.