Janet Jones is an 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.
Yellowstone is Closed for the 2016 Summer Season
So grateful to be able to spend the last three days of the Summer 2016 season in Yellowstone. Other than the northern part of the park (from Mammoth to Cooke City), the rest is now closed to the public. I have to say these three days – especially Sunday – were...
Mirrors Surrounding Us
The world is a mirror for each and every one of us. If we are brave enough to really look – not only at the light we see, but also the shadows – then and only then can we grow as individuals and, ultimately, as a society. The country is divided, but inside each of us...
In the Silence
Have you ever really heard total silence outside? Maybe it was after a big snowfall that absorbed and muffled all sound. Winter is a great time for silence to show up. The other day I went into Yellowstone and with the wind calm, the lake was, too. I pulled off for a...
SnowMoon Photography
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