Janet Jones is a writer, photographer and amateur naturalist living in Cody, Wyoming.
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From the changes in the seasons to the changes in the thermal features, plus travel tips to make your trip to Yellowstone easier!
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Yellowstone 101
Get to know the Geysers
GeyserWatch
Documenting Wonder
Field Journaling
The Greater Yellowstone Area
With so much to explore, Yellowstone is so vast that one lifetime is not enough to “see it all.”
Yellowstone Communities (5 gateway and 1 in yellowstone)
Seasons (2 commercial seasons)
Thermal Features (a conservative estmiate)
Recent Articles
I write about front country geysers and hot springs, share my photography and observe the changing seasons. I also share some travel tips for Yellowstone from a local’s viewpoint.
West Thumb Geyser Basin Update Mid May 2018
Change is normal in Yellowstone and there have been changes over at West Thumb Geyser Basin. I got a chance to visit earlier this month on the 15th to see what might be happening. An early report on Facebook showed photos of Abyss Pool and Black Pool both looking...
West Thumb Geyser Basin Observations fall 2017
Yellowstone’s East Gate is set to open tomorrow morning and there are lots of interesting changes mentioned in reports I’m itching to see in person. But in today’s post, I want to share with you a couple of smaller observations of changes seen at West Thumb Geyser...
Watching Steamboat Geyser
Is Steamboat Geyser entering an active phase? That’s the question many are asking and in this in-depth post, we’ll take a closer look at Steamboat Geyser’s past behavior and learn from those who documented the behavior when it was regularly active. 35 Days 11 hours 9...
SnowMoon Photography
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