Yellowstone National Park

After our wonderful time in Idaho with the family we continued on to West Yellowstone where son Alex and his wife Katy and daughter Jordan met up with us and son Roy along with granddaughter J and friend Natalie joined us ... we had one day to drive through the park to see as much as possible.  Alex's family left early the next day.  We spent the next few days visiting other parts of this wonderful National Park.  One day we drove up to the Lamar Valley to find river otters. Didn't find any otters but did find a bison sitting under a tree not wanting to be disturbed.  Another day was spent at Canyon and still another just shopping in West Yellowstone.  A lot to see in a short amount of time but we did pretty good.  Earl took them back to airport in Bozeman on Thursday.  

We did take one day and go out to see Quake lake.  This lake was formed by an earthquake in 1959 - a funny coincidence by grandmother along with Aunt and Uncle had stayed there at the campground just the day before the quake.  They were so surprised to learn of the quake afterwards.  In any event, the dam above the lake held but the earth from the mountainside caused the river to back up and formed a lake.  Although the Corp of Engineers went right to work opening the river again the lake has remained and they figure in time it will go away but for now it's still there.  28 people lost their lives in that event.  Amazing to see and glad we took the time to visit.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Taliesin West

Image
We were surprised to have Earl III come down for a very short visit in Aug 2017 and took him up to Sedona and Taliesin West to see Frank Lloyd Wright's art school.  Very interesting tour and unique setting.  Of course homes are crowding in on this area now so not the seclusion that was intended when originally built.  
Read more

Hingham, MA

Image
Before leaving Hingham I finally was able to get a picture of this sign.  Massachusetts has one for each of their towns and it's such a kick to drive from one town to another and see this sign with date of settlement started.  Hard to get pictures because you don't know where the town line begins and there is no place to pull over for a quick stop and picture.  It's a bummer. On this one I was lucky enough after a month to be driving towards sign and 1st at stoplight with camera next to me. ha!  All these towns are so historic and have some wonderful history.  Too bad so many have been neglected.  Roads are terrible in most places and some are really run down while others thrive.. just like anywhere.  Just interesting observations. I was taken so much with Hingham because we lived there for 5 weeks and it was so CLEAN!  Loved the manicured yards and over 1800 historic homes and some still in residence of 13 generations!  That is something in this young country with so littl
Read more

Mr Hawk

Image
It was a bit of a surprise to see this guy swoop down on this dove at our "quail block" the other day.  He sat there looking around long enough for us to get a few pictures then flew off to eat in private.  Thank goodness he took the dove with him instead of feasting right there.  They have to eat too; and all that but it is disturbing to come out and see a pile of feathers.  I can speak from past experience they do not leave anything behind besides feathers.. no skin or bones or waste...  Pretty isn't it...
Read more