We Made it Back Home!

admin September 26, 2009 0 Comments

After a long 2 days driving back through Montana, Idaho, Washington, and finally Oregon, we made it home! Here’s a quick recap of our route – all 1,954+ miles!!!

A – Started from Colton, OR Friday morning

B – Stopped for a quick rodeo in Pendleton, OR

C – We took the road less traveled through Fairfield, ID

D – Stayed overnight to explore the Craters of the Moon

E – Met up with Cindi & Jean in Jackson Hole, WY

F – Camped in Grand Teton territory so we could drive through Yellowstone.

G – Extended the trip into Cody, WY to check out Buffalo Bill’s gun collection.

H – Traveled north to check out Butte and Missoula, MT – ending up back in Colton Saturday night!

Wild Bill’s Firearms Museum

admin September 25, 2009 0 Comments

The big attraction in Cody is the Wild Bill Museum – A collection of 5 different museums including the Firearm’s Museum, Buffalo Bill Cody Museum, and the Natural History Museum. The firearms section displayed over 1,500 guns with an addition 1,200 in a lower section of the building!

On The Road Again

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Brad and Tucker spending some quality time together on our way to Cody.

Runnin’ Wild in the Streets

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At the last minute we decided to extend our trip by heading east into Cody instead of heading back the way we came. We packed up and headed out bright and early this morning. The quickest route to Cody took us back in the south entrance of Yellowstone then out through the east- and it turned out to be our best trip through the park! We passed several elk and buffalo…. Or should I say, they passed us!

The Grand Tetons

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The Continental Divide

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After passing over the Divide no less than 8 times in the last two days, we finally managed to get this shot on our way out of the park.

Fountain Paint Pots & Celestine Pool

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More of Yellowstone’s thermal features – beautiful but deadly! Celestine Pool was the site of the most recent death by hydrothermal boiling (July, 1981 – a guy and a dog). Although the guy made it out of the thermal pool he died the next morning due to 3rd dregree burns over 100% of his body. The dog never made it out of the pool

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Fountain Paint Pots, located neart the Celestine Pool.

Biscuit Basin

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I think we all agreed that Biscuit Basin had some of the most unusual and beautiful hot springs and geysers. We even had the opportunity to take more pictures of a bison grazing in the fields near by. If you’re interested in the thermal death count, only one known death occured in Biscuit Basin – a three year old girl who became startled by a geyser (the same one caught us off gaurd, too!). She stumbled backwards into what is thought to be Shell Spring.

Sapphire Pool (located near Shell Spring in the Biscuit Basin)

Old Faithful

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We spent several hours walking around the geysers and hot springs around the Old Faithful area. True to form, Old Faithful put on a show within 10 minutes of the predicted time. Although there are no reported thermal deaths at Old Faithful, there are many reports of severe burns from visitors looking into the geyser waiting for it to erupt!

West Thumb Geyser Basin

admin September 22, 2009 0 Comments

Another great spot for observing geothermal activity. There have been at least 20  known thermal deaths in the park, several of which occurred in the West Thumb Geyser Basin. 5 occurred before the plank walk ways were built in the 1960’s.