Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

[Nemo14]

Since I mentioned the bear spray the other day (apparently it's pepper spray), I've been paying more attention to bear posters, and came across this one today:

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• Nemo14
• Sep 12, 2018

I'm still not sure I'd have the presence of mind to use it if I encountered a bear, but maybe...
which leads me to an observation DH and I were discussing today. Since Yellowstone is known for its bears, you'd think we would have seen one by now. We've seen signs of them, but no bears. Contrast that with all the bears I saw here when I first visited Yellowstone with my parents and siblings long ago. We saw bears literally begging on the roads everywhere, and tourists (my dad included) would toss them food. While we found it entertaining at the time, it was really such an injustice to the bears, and to the park itself. It's nice to see that times have changed, and hopefully people realize that we need to let our wildlife remain wild.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Back to the cabin for dinner, actually leftover lunch, and chillin' on the swing. Had a great day at the park - actually saw Steamboat Geyser erupt. It's the biggest geyser in the country maybe the world?), but because it doesn't erupt on a regular basis, it's not as famous as Old Faithful. Anyway we saw it steaming on the drive in, so we parked the car and quickly hit the trail and got there just in time. It was so neat!!!

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• Nemo14
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• Nemo14
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From there we drove around and saw some really pretty waterfalls:

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• Nemo14
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• Nemo14
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We ate lunch at the hotel by Mammoth Springs - it was tasty but too much food for lunch, so I have half of it saved for dinner tonight. When we left the hotel, a herd of elk made their way across the surrounding streets:

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• Nemo14
• Sep 12, 2018

OK...I'm jealous!!!!!!!!!!! Steamboat has been incredibly active this year. I think it's the first time since the 1960s that it's been like this. Of course, it didn't go off once while we were there, but I can only imagine how spectacular it must be to see it erupt in person. I was hoping to post some more on my TR tonight...and what's funny...I have this whole intro paragraph dedicated to Steamboat. Funny timing!

Looks like you made it to Undine Falls...definitely a pretty one! Also seeing much more in the way of elk than we did, but you're also there during elk rut. Have you heard a lot of males bugling?

Also interesting on the bears. I remember seeing pictures when I was young of bears everywhere in Yellowstone and now it's a much more uncommon animal to spot (black and grizzly. I kept my bear spray holstered like I was ready for some wild west shootout, yet I still had fears that I'd freeze and not react in time if I really needed it. In the end though, I agree with the changes and allowing the wildlife to be wild.

 

[Nemo14]

Steamboat was incredible - and the air was so cool this morning that the lower ends of the eruption were condensing and literally raining all around it. I'm sure all the geysers do that in the cool weather, but it was just so impressive to see. We missed Undine Falls the other day when we went by, so we made a point of seeing it today. Still haven't got into Grand Prismatic - hopefully tomorrow morning.

 

[Nemo14]

My husband took some awesome pics of the elk today, but I'm too tired to upload them here tonight. I'll try to remember to post some tomorrow.

 

[MinnieM123]

Back to the cabin for dinner, actually leftover lunch, and chillin' on the swing. Had a great day at the park - actually saw Steamboat Geyser erupt. It's the biggest geyser in the country maybe the world?), but because it doesn't erupt on a regular basis, it's not as famous as Old Faithful. Anyway we saw it steaming on the drive in, so we parked the car and quickly hit the trail and got there just in time. It was so neat!!!

O.k. That's on my bucket list!

Just a few random wildlife pictures today:

There are random bison on nearly every road we've been on, so I've resolved to stop taking pictures of them all, but I couldn't resist this pair with the baby:

LOVE all these animal photos!!! (I think the parents of the baby bison named him Kirby. That's just a guess on my part, though. )

Since I mentioned the bear spray the other day (apparently it's pepper spray), I've been paying more attention to bear posters, and came across this one today:

Interesting poster! Reminds me a little of posters in our nature areas about coyotes, etc. None of them show anything like coyote spray cans, though.

It's nice to see that times have changed, and hopefully people realize that we need to let our wildlife remain wild.

AMEN times 100 on this !!!

 

[NYwdwfan]

ALL week I’ve been thinking, “wow @Nemo14 must be tired, she’s sleeping in” and “wow @Nemo14 is up late” and just this morning it occurred to me you’re not in the same time zone as me anymore.

 

[Nemo14]

ALL week I’ve been thinking, “wow @Nemo14 must be tired, she’s sleeping in” and “wow @Nemo14 is up late” and just this morning it occurred to me you’re not in the same time zone as me anymore.

It's actually a combination of both. We're 2 hours behind the East Coast here (so it's 5:15 here), but my body clock thinks I've slept late if I'm not up by 4 MT. At night I usually don't get time to sit down and post here til 9 pm our time, but by then it's already 11 your time.

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

It's actually a combination of both. We're 2 hours behind the East Coast here (so it's 5:15 here), but my body clock thinks I've slept late if I'm not up by 4 MT. At night I usually don't get time to sit down and post here til 9 pm our time, but by then it's already 11 your time.

Besides the forum timing, what other adjustments are you going through? Do you like your local supermarket? On the east coast the NFL games start at 1pm, so that would be 11am where you are? People are friendlier? The pace of life is slower? Any of these guesses correct?

 

[Nemo14]

Besides the forum timing, what other adjustments are you going through? Do you like your local supermarket? On the east coast the NFL games start at 1pm, so that would be 11am where you are? People are friendlier? The pace of life is slower? Any of these guesses correct?

We're outside of a cute small town, so supermarkets have limited amounts of stuff (no bread yesterday), but prices are pretty much what you would expect this far away from big cities (still cheaper than WDW). Haven't had time to watch football (but my Tommy still did a good job), so I just check the scores at night. Most of the park has no wifi, so it's been quite nice not hearing the news. People in town are very friendly and love to talk to you, most of the tourists are too. We had some difficulties with an Asian tour group the first day (they nearly knocked me off a boardwalk), but most of the other people we've met have been great. It's been crazy driving at times, so I can't imagine how crazy it gets in the summer. We tend to explore little sideroads when we see them, and some of them have been really cool.

Anyway - time to go exploring!

 

[SteveBrickNJ]

We're outside of a cute small town, so supermarkets have limited amounts of stuff (no bread yesterday), but prices are pretty much what you would expect this far away from big cities (still cheaper than WDW). Haven't had time to watch football (but my Tommy still did a good job), so I just check the scores at night. Most of the park has no wifi, so it's been quite nice not hearing the news. People in town are very friendly and love to talk to you, most of the tourists are too. We had some difficulties with an Asian tour group the first day (they nearly knocked me off a boardwalk), but most of the other people we've met have been great. It's been crazy driving at times, so I can't imagine how crazy it gets in the summer. We tend to explore little sideroads when we see them, and some of them have been really cool.

Anyway - time to go exploring!

Have a great day

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Steamboat was incredible - and the air was so cool this morning that the lower ends of the eruption were condensing and literally raining all around it. I'm sure all the geysers do that in the cool weather, but it was just so impressive to see. We missed Undine Falls the other day when we went by, so we made a point of seeing it today. Still haven't got into Grand Prismatic - hopefully tomorrow morning.

I seem to remember hearing about that when we were there in 2005. It's funny how temperature can even play such a role in the experience. Of course, Steamboat's eruptions tend to last longer than other geysers, so the steam phase would also be more significant and be more likely to do that...or so I would think.

Thoughts on Grand Prismatic...obviously, I haven't gotten to that point of my TR, but from a visuals and picture taking standpoint, you may be better off going in the afternoon and parking on the side of the road vs. trying for the lot early in the morning. It looked like it was easier in and out if you park on the southbound side of the road before reaching the entrance. As you've probably noticed, steam seems to be more prevalent around all of the thermal features in the cooler a.m. hours. While it makes some things like Roaring Mountain and Norris (from a distance) look cool, it makes seeing the vibrant colors of the pools a challenge. You'll still have some steam later on in the day, but it shouldn't be as heavy.

 

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September 13th

• National Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day
• National Peanut Day
• Uncle Sam Day

 

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[Nemo14]

Thoughts on Grand Prismatic...obviously, I haven't gotten to that point of my TR, but from a visuals and picture taking standpoint, you may be better off going in the afternoon and parking on the side of the road vs. trying for the lot early in the morning. It looked like it was easier in and out if you park on the southbound side of the road before reaching the entrance. As you've probably noticed, steam seems to be more prevalent around all of the thermal features in the cooler a.m. hours. While it makes some things like Roaring Mountain and Norris (from a distance) look cool, it makes seeing the vibrant colors of the pools a challenge. You'll still have some steam later on in the day, but it shouldn't be as heavy.

Wish I had read this before we left so early this morning specifically to see it. Thanks for the advice anyway.

 

[Nemo14]

Back early today - it's been cold and windy most of the day, so we're pretty worn out. We found out the hard way today that showing up early to see the Grand Prismatic isn't a great idea. For what it's worth, this is what it should look like:

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• Nemo14
• Sep 13, 2018

This is what it looked like on this chilly morning...

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• Nemo14
• Sep 13, 2018

The surrounding hot springs were so steamy that everything there was basically in a fog

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[Nemo14]

Despite my vow not to take any more bison pics, these guys cracked me up...

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Not too much else exciting happened today - just a couple of deer, and more beautiful scenery:

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and a cute little camper.

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Tomorrow is our last full day here, so we're checking out options of what we want to see tomorrow.

 

[trr1]

gas explosions in Lawrence, Mass. 20-25 houses involved and possible more to come.
https://abc7chicago.com/at-least-20-homes-on-fire-after-gas-explosions-near-boston/4235973/

 

[Nemo14]

gas explosions in Lawrence, Mass. 20-25 houses involved and possible more to come.
https://abc7chicago.com/at-least-20-homes-on-fire-after-gas-explosions-near-boston/4235973/

Yikes!!!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

@Nemo14 it is very cool that you got to see Steamboat erupt. When we saw it a couple of years ago it hadn't gone off in about a year. Hubs and I were looking at it and it was steaming a lot and they lady ran up excitedly and looked at the steam and started shouting to her husband, "Today's the day, today's the day", in regards to it erupting. She was so excited and hubs and I were amused by her shouts. Later we saw that it did erupt, but it wasn't on that day it was two months later when we saw it on the news. So now hubs and I joke with each other "Today's the day!" when we are going to do something fun.

Also in regards to bear attacks it was just on our Minnesota news that a man was recently attacked near,not in, Yellowstone by two bears possibly grizzly bears. He and his friends were hiking on marked but backwoods areas and he was at the front of the group and encountered the bears first. He had bear spray, his friend had a picture of him holding the bear spray in his hand (I think shortly before they moved on to where he was attacked). The man was lucky, he has survived (last I heard). He himself is a doctor and one of the friends was a firefighter with emt type training. So stay safe out there.

 

[MinnieM123]

gas explosions in Lawrence, Mass. 20-25 houses involved and possible more to come.
https://abc7chicago.com/at-least-20-homes-on-fire-after-gas-explosions-near-boston/4235973/

Yikes!!!

We've been watching the coverage since I got home. Those areas are north of me, and it's a horrible situation. MA State Police confirmed 70 gas explosions and fires in 3 communities. Press conference soon (just waiting for that). Every fire dept. in the state and also New Hamphire Fire depts. are down here now. All gas and electricity in those areas has been shut down. Thousands of residents out of their homes.