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Why sketch when you can shoot?

Why sketch when you can shoot?

As I work to consolidate posts from older iterations of this blog, I’m finding some posts that I want to bring forward. This one was written back in 2010 when I lived on four acres in the Colorado mountains.  You don’t need to live in the Greater Yellowstone Region to...

2018 Summary: Economic Geyser

2018 Summary: Economic Geyser

I’ve been a bit quiet here simply because I’ve been hammering away at photo processing this past week. In particular, I’ve been diving into the Sawmill Group, but those aren’t quite ready to go yet. But I do have the photos of Economic Geyser (and somewhat of East...

Morning Glory Pool: Summer 2018 Summary

Morning Glory Pool: Summer 2018 Summary

While catching up on my photo organization, I come across so many little stories that call to be added to my journals. This week, I pulled together photos of Morning Glory Pool. While adding the photos to my field journal, I could see how a summary for the season...

Unusual Activity on Geyser Hill (part 3)

Unusual Activity on Geyser Hill (part 3)

Now that the Summer Season for 2018 in Yellowstone is officially over today, it’s time to celebrate the beginning of the Field Journal season. It’s time to get all those observations from the summer more formally put into the Field Journals. And what better way than...

Unusual Activity on Geyser Hill (Part 2)

Unusual Activity on Geyser Hill (Part 2)

I recently wrote about my observations of the Geyser Hill area before the September 2018 energy surge. It’s taken a bit to get the observations and photos together to make a better comparison. I’ve also spent time processing photos from the past to just satisfy my...

Unusual Activity on Geyser Hill (Part 1)

Unusual Activity on Geyser Hill (Part 1)

It’s often in the fall that we see some interesting changes happen in the geyser basins. This September saw a rather large change on Geyser Hill (near Old Faithful) that’s resulted in some unprecedented behavior (as far as records show). In this post I’ll do my best...

Watching elk: Future Herd Bull

Watching elk: Future Herd Bull

Yesterday, Mom and I decided to drive out South Fork to look for elk to watch. A friend had told her about spending time watching the bulls battle during the rut. That sounded like a perfect way to spend a few hours on this fall weekend. We drove down and didn’t see...

Field Journal Entry: 1 Oct 2018 Driving in to Yellowstone

Field Journal Entry: 1 Oct 2018 Driving in to Yellowstone

Route: Cody -> West Thumb Geyser Basin -> Upper Geyser Basin (including Black Sand Basin) and back to Cody Miles driven: 238 Photos taken: 1397 Weather: Clear skies in the morning with increasing clouds through the day. Wind as strong as 13 mph with gusts...

Welcome September 2018!

Welcome September 2018!

Ah – September, so glad to see you! It’s going to be a glorious month. The month started off great for me with an eruption from Giant Geyser. This is the month that we have days without a cloud in the sky, the chill of fall is in the air each morning and warms each...

Observations of Marmot Cave Geyser | Aug 2018

Observations of Marmot Cave Geyser | Aug 2018

On days in Yellowstone, I often will pick a thermal feature to sit by and observe for a short time. It helps to have a question to answer, and when I learned that Marmot Cave Geyser was seen in eruption on 7 Aug 2018, I wondered what the cycles seemed to be and to...

What is a naturalist?

What is a naturalist?

Simply put, a naturalist is someone who studies nature. If you have a bird feeder that you watch and fill with seed, then you’re a naturalist. If you fish and pay attention to the hatches while fishing, then you’re a naturalist. If you have a garden you tend – paying...

New thermal feature Near Old Faithful

New thermal feature Near Old Faithful

I hesitated in publishing this post simply because of all the drama that often surrounds any change seen in Yellowstone. Now that people better understand that Yellowstone actually is a volcano, the news of a new thermal feature of increased activity often brings on...