My Life and Travels
Today is in camp day.
Got my new telescope out to see what kind of pictures I can get. The focus is still a challenge but that could be a function of distance, just to close for a 110mm telescope. I’ll have to do some more research about the distance on earth I can see using this telescope.
Normal camera shot across the valley.
300mm shot.
Telescope shot, this is the rock point about the center of the above picture.
Trees on the ridge line.
Headed south of Madison area to see pools, geysers and the mighty Old Faithful.
We also got to see many people taking pictures of themselves. Oh what I would have done for a selfie stick cutter.
This is the slow season.
Posing is a popular sport, this can take a while to get just the right pose.
This is what I call the Ipad squat, a very common sighting in this part of the world.
Set though two eruptions of Old Faithful, they are 90 minutes apart +or- 10 minutes. These pictures are from the second eruption. The wind changed just before the first eruptions and we ended up being down stream of the steam.
I got up at 6:00 a.m. and headed back to Norris Geyser area. I spent a couple of hours looking around and taking pictures, only saw one other person during the first hour and a half.
In the afternoon Jean and I want over to Canyon Village to the Visitor’s Center.
Road buffalo.
On the way back we spent some time watching a coyote hunting in the tall grass. We got to watch him get four of these voles or moles whatever he was eating.
Map
Today’s travel.
Norris Geyser Basin
Jean and I went exploring with the RV’s today (Richard and Vickie). Headed north on the west side of the park to Mammoth and back. We saw bison and elk along with the Norris Geyser Basin and walked some of the Upper part of Mammoth Hot Springs, back to camp by 4:00.
Formation inside of a pool.
Mammoth Hot Springs.
Norris Geyser.
Mammoth Hot Springs.
Maps
Today’s travel
Some of the walking around Mammoth Hot Springs.
We left Lewis and Clark Caverns this morning with a little excitement. When leaving the motorhome this morning I stepped down onto the automatic retractable steps just before they locked into the out position. This sheared 3 of the 4 mounting bolts for the motor off it’s mounting plate. It keep the steps up while we drove to Yellowstone I used 2 of Richard’s ¼ in zip ties. If you cannot hold something in place with Duct tape or zip ties it should go directly into the trash.
We got to Yellowstone at 1:30, got our campsite for two weeks, set up camp and pulled the steps apart. We could use the steps fully extended when they were braced up with my tool box and a leveling block, at least we could get in and out with no problem for the next two weeks. Richard and I took the step motor into West Yellowstone and found Jake at one of the auto repair businesses who very nicely took the three sheared of bolts out of the motor. We than went to Ace Hardware and found the three bolts we needed. It took a little pushing and adjusting to the step motor installed back into the step bracket however we were done by five and the steps work great.
We are staying at Madison Campground 14 miles into the park from the west entrance, in site E196.
Great view from our site.
Maps
Today’s travel.
Madison Campground.