Yellowstone
Mon 10 Sept – This morning it was freezing nearly in our cabin. Under 50 degrees anyway. Last night Mark moved to the other bed. I had to shower [first this morning]. It was so cold I took my whole suitcase in so I wouldn’t have to come out to dress. We drove north to Tower Falls and hiked down to the bottom. We made several stops and hiked on the way to Mammoth Hot Springs. We hiked all around Hot Springs.
Palette and Canary were most active.
They can deposit up to 2 tons of limestone/day! This is the most geyser-active area of the park.
Tue 11 Sept – I got up @ 6:45 and drove…to view wildlife. Saw 4 elk. At 7:30 I returned and woke Mark. Forgot to tell him about a plane crashing into one of the Twin Towers in NY.
We drove to Sulfur Basin where things were really steamy. In car we got an update on crash. It was a terrorist attack! Two planes hit the Towers. One hit Pentagon in DC. Another plane crashed in PA – unsure if it’s related at this point. On to Old Faithful for 10 am tour. Old Faithful erupted at 9:58. A lot of people went on walk.
Before it started we saw lion geyser go off. On walk we saw anemone – big and little go off several times, plume geyser and then we went and sat by bee hive geyser. We sat there nearly an hour before deciding to walk back. ...
Then we saw the indicator for bee hive erupt… ~15 min later, bee hive went off. It was magnificent. We drove north … and had lunch. Mark noticed one of the bison was limping bad. In binoculars I could see it was his left front leg. …I told a ranger about the injured bison….We saw SO MANY geysers erupt today!...
Yesterday we saw these walls left from cooled lava into perfect basaltic cubes.
My travel journal has no entry for Wed 12 Sept. I write about the day’s activities on Thurs 13 Sept. It’s just more hiking and wildlife viewing, just like any other visitor’s day at Yellowstone, no matter that terrorists attacked the U.S. just the day before. With no TVs in Yellowstone, we weren’t bombarded with images of the towers collapsing, streets filled with debris, people running frantically and crying. We were so far removed from it all and had no idea of the degree of violence our nation suffered.
Palette and Canary were most active.
They can deposit up to 2 tons of limestone/day! This is the most geyser-active area of the park.
Tue 11 Sept – I got up @ 6:45 and drove…to view wildlife. Saw 4 elk. At 7:30 I returned and woke Mark. Forgot to tell him about a plane crashing into one of the Twin Towers in NY.
We drove to Sulfur Basin where things were really steamy. In car we got an update on crash. It was a terrorist attack! Two planes hit the Towers. One hit Pentagon in DC. Another plane crashed in PA – unsure if it’s related at this point. On to Old Faithful for 10 am tour. Old Faithful erupted at 9:58. A lot of people went on walk.
Before it started we saw lion geyser go off. On walk we saw anemone – big and little go off several times, plume geyser and then we went and sat by bee hive geyser. We sat there nearly an hour before deciding to walk back. ...
Then we saw the indicator for bee hive erupt… ~15 min later, bee hive went off. It was magnificent. We drove north … and had lunch. Mark noticed one of the bison was limping bad. In binoculars I could see it was his left front leg. …I told a ranger about the injured bison….We saw SO MANY geysers erupt today!...
Yesterday we saw these walls left from cooled lava into perfect basaltic cubes.
My travel journal has no entry for Wed 12 Sept. I write about the day’s activities on Thurs 13 Sept. It’s just more hiking and wildlife viewing, just like any other visitor’s day at Yellowstone, no matter that terrorists attacked the U.S. just the day before. With no TVs in Yellowstone, we weren’t bombarded with images of the towers collapsing, streets filled with debris, people running frantically and crying. We were so far removed from it all and had no idea of the degree of violence our nation suffered.
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