Gentle viewer -- As noted before, while in Yellowstone, I discovered that it didn't make sense to record things simply in static images because I often ran into situations where there were sounds and motion needed to make a scene whole. So, I took massive advantage of the video feature on my camera and made many short (and the occasional not too short) film clips. The film clips have thumbnails that are much smaller but should play as videos easily if your browser is properly configured.

Our third day in Yellowstone was to be our last. We had arranged to go on a ranger guided hike early in the morning which made sense given the heat and had a few geyser basins to see before we began the trek back to Jackson and civilization and eventually home. To make the hike, we got up early, perhaps a little too early because I forgot to reset the flash ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130695 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130696 and so it wasn't until these pictures that you can see Suzanne's eggs ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130697 Ben's pancakes ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130698 and my vegetarian breakfast tacos. We were all too early in the day to have ourselves recorded while eating. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130699 We drove to the start of the hike which was in an area of lodgepole pine forest where there had been damage in the fires of 1988 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130700 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130701 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130702 but it was explained to us that this pine cone which hadn't been exposed to fire was too tightly wrapped to allow its seeds (potentially 50,000 of them) to escape and plant new trees (so fire can be a good thing). ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130703 We made our way to Ojo Caliente Spring ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130704 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130705 and watched it bubble ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130706.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// and then after a wildflower picture ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130707 we saw the Firehole River ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130708 and this buffalo poop ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130709 before coming across the first mud pot of the hike. Because of the dry conditions, the mud pots we were to see were not as impressive as they might have been but we were still impressed. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130710 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130711.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// As we learned about mud pots ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130712 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130713 we also looked out at geysers in the distance ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130714 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130715 and trees that had been destroyed by thermal patterns ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130716 with a pause to record this pine cone that will (or has) released its seeds to make new trees. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130717 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130718 As on previous hikes, we saw a variety of thermal features but what made these different is that they were off the tourist trail and so were not labeled and were there just for us (we didn't see other tourists on our entire hike). ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130719 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130720 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130721 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130722 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130723 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130724 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130725 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130726 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130727 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130728 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130729 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130730 with the occasional movie of something bubbling ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130731.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// typically with geysers nearby ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130732 and wildflowers somehow surviving ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130733 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130734 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130735 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130736 as the geysers ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130737 and springs were all over the landscape ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130738 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130739.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// and beyond the bubbling were the mudpots ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130740 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130741 which were impressive on their own. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130742.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130743.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// and we were able to notice bacterial growth ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130744 the edge of the region in the great distance ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130745 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130746 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130747 and some more wildflowers ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130748 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130749 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130750 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130751 along with this skull of a baby bison ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130752 amid a group of wildflowers ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130753 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130754 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130755 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130756 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130757 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130758 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130759 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130760 We took a break and the ranger guide explained the eating habits of grizzly bears ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130761 and showed the impact of the volcano under Yellowstone and its impact on the local ecology. There was also a discussion of people who bring lawn chairs and sit by a geyser all day to record precisely what happens. Such people are called geyser gazers. Of course, we were able to generalize this idea to the notion that when they get older they become geyser gazer geezers. And, of course, there are people who watch them and are geyser gazer geezer gazers. And when these people get old ... geyser gazer geezer gazer geezers, etc. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130762 After looking upon some dead and dying trees close by ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130763 and living trees behind ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130764 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130765 we began to focus on mud pots ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130766 though these people in the distance were in our midst killing exotic (i.e. non native) plants ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130767 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130768 before we settled in on a mud pot ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130769 and its actions ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130770.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// and made our way through various mud pots recording their images, their actions and their sounds ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130771 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130772 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130773 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130774.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130775 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130776 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130777 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130778 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130779 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130780.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// and then the collection of trees and tree remnants that had been done in by the thermal action of the mud pots ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130781 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130782 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130783 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130784 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130785 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130786 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130787 and back to mud pots ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130788 and trees ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130789 and then more mud pots ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130790 and their actions ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130791.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// as we made our way to the so called mother of all mud points ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130792 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130793 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130794 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130795.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130796 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130797 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130798 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130799 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130800 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130801 and these bones ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130802 which were on the way to the spitting mud pot ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130803.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// followed by some more bones ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130804 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130805 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130806 thermal features mixed with the damage they make ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130807 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130808 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130809 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130810 more bones ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130811 wildflowers ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130812 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130813 and then a collection of bones that once were assembled to make a bison ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130814 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130815 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130816 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130817 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130818 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130819 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130820 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130821 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130822 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130823 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130824 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130825 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130826 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130827 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130828 including some skin ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130829 and a final bone ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130830 after which we viewed the expanse and thanked the ranger for a wonderful tour. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130831 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130832

On our way to the next geyser basin, we stopped to learn about the Nez Perce campaign with Ben taking these pictures at the road side pull out ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130833 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130834 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130835 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130836 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130837 and these pictures of his parents in the car ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130838 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130839 before we reached Biscuit Basin ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130840 and promised to obey the rules ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130841 as we came to Black Opal Spring ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130842 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130843 and Avoca Spring ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130844.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130845.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// Mustard Spring ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130846 or Must Ring according to Ben ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130847 as it bubbled ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130848.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// as Ben ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130849 Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130850 and I watched ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130851 these eruptions of Jewel Geyser ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130852.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130853.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// which goes off frequently ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130854 After a visit to the Sapphire Pool ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130855 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130856 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130857 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130858 we headed back to the car for the journey to our next stop. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130859

This crow greeted us in the parking lot ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130860 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130861 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130862 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130863 at Black Sand Geyser ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130864 where we began with Emerald Pool ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130865 and its description of life on the edge ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130866 before we recorded life on the edge ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130867 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130868 and moved on to Sunset Lake ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130869 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130870 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130871 and Cliff Geyser ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130872 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130873.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// and Sprouter Geyser ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130874.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130875.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// and on to Opalescent Pool which was the last of the features. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130876 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130877 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130878 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130879

We drove back to the Lodge at Old Faithful where these were our lunch choices ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130880 and this salad ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130881 was Suzanne's choice ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130882 as this personal cheese pizza was for me ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130883 and Ben had chicken tenders with macaroni and cheese and potato salad. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130884 As I took this self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130885 we watched Old Faithful get ready through the window by our table ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130886 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130887 and then went out after lunch to watch the geyser develop ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130888 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130889 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130890 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130891 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130892 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130893 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130894 and captured this picture of Ben with Old Faithful ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130895 as the geyser kept going ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130896 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130897 so that David could be photographed in front of the geyser ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130898 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130899 and then as the eruption waned ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130900 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130901 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130902 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130903 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130904 Suzanne and David posed in front of Old Faithful ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130905 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130906

Next we did the Geyser Loop around Old Faithful ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130907 starting with Pump Geyser ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130908 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130909.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// and then moving on to Sponge Geyser ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130910 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130911.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// where we found this bison poop ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130912 even though conditions would suggest it wasn't a good place for the buffalo to roam. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130913 Together Ben and Suzanne changed this sign ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130914 but not the thermal feature ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130915 and we made our way to Doublet Pool ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130916 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130917 and Aurum Geyser ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130918 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130919.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// followed by the Lion Geyser Group ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130920 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130921 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130922 pausing to look back at the Inn ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130923 before Beehive Geyser ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130924 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130925 and Anemone Geyser ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130926 which was supposed to be getting ready to explode ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130927 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130928.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// so we waited and surveyed the scenery ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130929 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130930 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130931 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130932 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130933 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130934 taking pictures of Suzanne and Ben ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130935 and Old Faithful ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130936 and the background ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130937 and even my shoes ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130938 before Suzanne and Ben began totem pool pictures ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130939 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130940 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130941 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130942 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130943 before the geyser behind us magically had a series of 4 eruptions, the first 3 of which I caught in pictures ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130944 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130945 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130946 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130947 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130948 and the fourth, equally spectacular became a movie ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130949.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// while Ben came back ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130950 to Anemone ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130951 which did its thing ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130952.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// as my battery died ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130953 but we were able to complete the picture (so to speak). ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130954.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell// After some final wildflower pictures ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130955 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130956 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130957 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130958 we began the trip south stopping in Colter Bay to put gas ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130959 into the car at the store ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130960 as Ben watched ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130961 and then went to the Cafe ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130962 where Ben had an ice cream sandwich ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130963 Suzanne had diet coke ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130964 and I took this self portrait ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130965 before Ben properly posed his lemonade with his ice cream sandwich ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130966 and Suzanne's drink ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130967 accompanied Suzanne. ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130968 Ben and Suzanne posed outside the cafe ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130969 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130970 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130971 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130972 and after some wildflower pictures ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130973 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130974 we found our way to room 26 at the Parkway Inn in Jackson ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130975 where this was our room ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130976 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130977 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130978 and later we made our way to the Blue Lion Inn ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130979 where Ben ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130980 Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130981 and I were having a dinner ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130982 that started with a martini ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130983 and a cosmo ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130984 before the bread came ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130985 and then Ben had vegetable soup ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130986 as Suzanne and I had salads ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130987 and wine with dinner (white for me, red for her) ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130988 and our main courses of chicken ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130989 tuna ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130990 and risotto ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130991 before Ben took these artistic pictures ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130992 ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130993 we decided to forgo the dessert tray (but not pictures of the dessert tray ../../../Sabbat/2007/07.11-21.07Wyoming/07.20.07YellowstoneDay3--MudPotsGeysersAndFarewell//P1130994 and we went for a short walk where Ben met a bear as our vacation drew near its end. 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