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!
Yellowstone Travel
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.
Watching “N.O.T. Geyser” Grow at West Thumb
UPDATE: This thermal feature has a new nickname of "Waterfall Geyser" given due to the fact that numerous visitors when seeing this geyser in eruption commented about the waterfall of water from this geyser into Thumb Geyser's crater. This summer a new geyser broke...
Around Here – Late Nov 2016
Around here I’ve been quiet online because I’m happily buried in photos, observations, notes and research. This is my happy place and sometimes I just get lost there. There’s a piece I’m working on with details on the development of the new geyser over at West Thumb...
Trumpeter Swans – Fall 2016
Trumpeter Swans return to winter in Yellowstone every year. Back in the 70’s they were fairly rare to see in the summer as they are now, but I do remember my ‘extra grandmother’ (my grandfather’s first cousin) being so excited to get a few photos of a pair that nested...
SnowMoon Photography
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