Get to know Beehive Geyser
It’s time to get to know another geyser. In this post, I’ll share information on Beehive Geyser, one that brings a smile to many faces. WHERE IT’S LOCATED Beehive Geyser is located along the lower boardwalk path on Geyser Hill, not far from Old Faithful. The cone...
Get to know Grand Geyser
Do you have what it takes to see the tallest predicted geyser in the world? Not everyone does, but this article will let you know what to look for while waiting for Grand Geyser. ABOUT GRAND GEYSER Grand Geyser is the tallest predicted geyser in the world with many...
Get to know Old Faithful Geyser
HAPPY NEW YEAR! People that know me understand that I’m happiest with many projects on my plate. At times that helps this site, and at other times causes me to have continual pauses in posts. One of my goals for 2019 is to post more consistently to the blog and adding...
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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!
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...