Friday, October 22, 2010

Yellowstone Nat'l Park























Yellowstone covers a vast area and has numerous hot springs, geysers, mountains, gorges, waterfalls and rock formations, not to mention abundant wildlife. It is a bit overwhelming to take it all in in a few days time.

Clouds of steam rising from boiling pools of kaleidoscope-colored craters, hissing, roaring steam escaping cones of time-hardened minerals spewed from deep below the surface and bubbling mud puddles seem otherworldly. Old Faithful creates an amazing show on a mind-boggling, predictable schedule.

At the same time, one can encounter a lone buffalo meandering along the roadside, a herd grazing contentedly, a black bear munching berries on a mountain trail or a testy, nervous, bugling bull elk watching over his harem.

Our view from the Bighorn window at Yellowstone River's Edge RV Park--perfect.

The Society of Foresters National Conference in Albuquerque is beckoning Al. A retired forester yearns to be among his own kind at regular intervals.



"...Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam. And the deer and the antelope play..."

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