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Mammoth Hot Springs Upper Terrace
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This huge tower of rock was created a by a
hot spring carrying dissolved minerals to the surface. It is called Liberty
Cap, because it reminded someone of the hats worn during the French
Revolution.
This feature has been inactive for two thousand years.
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This is called the Upper Terrace
located in the Mammoth Hot Springs region.
The edge of the white is a cliff.
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Gorgeous scenery and very hot.
The white bubbling stuff are mud pots. It is odd to hear the
surface of the Earth gurgle. |
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Karen had me take this picture because it
reminds me of winter in New England: lots of gray and white with
dead trees. |
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The red and orange stripes are mineral
deposits.
The white scum on the surface looked like bad skim milk.
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Hum, what happened to the path? The sign
says, Under Construction. Ha! The park is under construction,
not the path! |
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Tower Falls
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Located about 5 minutes south of Roosevelt
Lodge, this was a pretty water fall. The water fall towered down a
mountain wall. |
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Karen likes the dead tree. Go figure. |
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There is a trail down to the river that leads
to a view of the water fall. Unfortunately, the trail was closed
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Here's the river I would have been going down
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Pleasant Valley
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On Wednesday July 2nd we had dinner out with
the cowboys. We got onto a horse-drawn wagon and went out to
Pleasant Valley. |
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Bob from Texas was our entertainment for the evening. Great
guitar and vocals.
He also gave us the "orientation" before we got into the
wagons. He listed all the ways we could get hurt or killed during
dinner. Yikes! He warned the kids to not run even one step for
the rest of the night for fear of spooking a horse, and then told us a
funny story.
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These Belgium Draft Horses weigh about 1800 pounds
and can pull twice their weight. The wagon holds about 25
people. Trust me, after dinner, these horses had to do overtime.
We were amazed at the way the horses just stood there and let the kids
poke and pet and yak at them. They have sort of Golden Retriever
personalities.
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Some folks opted to ride a horse to the
cookout. |
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The food: Rib-eye steak, water melon,
AWESOME beans, salad, corn on the cob, sweet apple cobbler, and cowboy
coffee. WAY YUM!! The steak was excellent!
A teenager next to us ate three steaks!
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Here's where we ate. Who is the person
in the middle? Can you guess? |
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Pretty valley.
When we arrived, a coyote trotted down the side of the hill to check us
out.
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The reason the park service lets these guys do
this cookout trip here is that this area was already disturbed by
humans. There is a road here thru the valley and at one time a
hotel.
Have we said anything about bathrooms yet? There are a lot of
those vault type bathrooms everywhere, a little house with a toilet over a
hole in the ground. These were never stinky! The park service
does a great job. Believe me, I visited almost all of them. |
Virginia Cascade
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Located on the road between Norris and Canyon
village, this is a cascade and not a water fall. Notice it
steps down or cascades. A water fall has more of a vertical drop. |
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Stream leading to the cascade.
This woman was camping alone and came along on the tour.
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