In depth recounting of my global wandering
The South Rim hike. I hope you’ve prepared yourselves because, as promised, this is the section where I’m going to delve into the geology of Yellowstone. But I’ll start with a small artistic diversion. Those of you who have traveled …
If I thought it had gotten chilly overnight when I was in Jackson, when I woke up Tuesday morning, it was as though Yellowstone was telling me, “Those wimps down in Jackson don’t know what cold means.” The windows on …
Lone Star – No Show. I’d started up the trail at a moderate pace and after a few minutes came to a dividing point. It seemed that the main trail went to the left but I recalled, and spoke aloud, …
At various points as you transit around the Yellowstone NP, you’ll see signs like this one:. The signs differ principally in reporting the elevation – which ranges from just under 8,000 feet to nearly 8,400. This continental divide is the …
It had been another chilly night and when I left Jackson Monday morning I thought the gray-white clouds obscuring the top third of the mountains was fog from the condensing dew. I’d learn later that no, it wasn’t only dew, …