Category Archives: Going South, 2012

It was overcast for most of the day, true clouds this time and not just smoke haze.  It has been warm here, in the high 20’s C every day, but it gets much cooler at night, going close to freezing.  … Continue reading →

We hiked along the Green River this morning north from our campsite to the Split Mountain group campsite.  There is a large section of this campsite that is closed and hasn’t been used for a long time.  The rest of … Continue reading →

We drove east this morning to the very small town of Dinosaur, Colorado, where we turned north, re-entered the National Monument and drove up the Harper’s Corner road.  We stopped at the information center to pick up a tour booklet, … Continue reading →

I have never seen so many dinosaur bones in one spot, actually I’ve probably never seen as many total dinosaur bones, as there are on display in the dinosaur quarry at Dinosaur National Monument.  We arrived at the visitor center … Continue reading →

I had read on the Internet that Highway 191 between Rock Springs, Wyoming and Vernal, Utah was the “scariest highway in the United States”.  Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet!  The road is really beautiful, and not a … Continue reading →

We had plans to be in Grand Teton National Park until next Sunday, but forest fire smoke has changed our itinerary.  We awoke this morning to a cold, but nice sunny morning in Yellowstone.  Our plans were to do our … Continue reading →

After a week of viewing geothermal formations, it would be easy to skip another, yet each one has something different to offer.  Today was no exception as this afternoon we visited the West Thumb Geyser Basin which is right adjacent … Continue reading →

Once again we spent the day at geothermal features as we drove north past Old Faithful to some of the geyser basins we hadn’t yet visited.  It wasn’t nearly as cold overnight and was about 4 C when we left … Continue reading →

Every day has brought us something new in Yellowstone National Park.  Today our plan was to go to Yellowstone Canyon, and we did get there.  However along the way there were a great number of very interesting things to observe. … Continue reading →

We left a bit earlier this morning than we have been, to drive north all the way to Mammoth Hot Springs.  Because it was earlier, it was also colder.  Steam was thick as we drove through the upper geyser basin … Continue reading →