Around the lighthouse in West Seattle - Timothy finds a dead crab | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02183.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_1100.jpg) | Flying to Yellowstone | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02209.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02215.jpg) | First day in Yellowstone, first bison! | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02222.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9142.jpg) | Our first hot spring | | At Gibbon Falls, they set up these great boulders for kids to climb on |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9143.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9146.jpg) | | | We hiked up to Monument Geyser Basin - the first part along the river was the most beautiful. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9150.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9151.jpg) | The kids were pretty hot by the time we got to the top | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9156.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02285.jpg) | | | Back at the riverside |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9166.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9170.jpg) | At Artists Paintpot | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9179.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02319.jpg) | The bubbling mud pits were some of our favorites | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_1238.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02339.jpg) | | | The next day, at Fountain Paint Pot |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02349.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02376.jpg) | You could easily feel the heat | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02406.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02414.jpg) | Midway Geyser Basin, with the Grand Prismatic Spring | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_20140718_103111.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_3261.jpg) | | | Excelsior Geyser |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_1269.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02444.jpg) | Fountain Paint Pot | | Sapphire Pool - this would be SO much fun to go swimming in, if it were about 100 degrees cooler! |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02457.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_3258.jpg) | We waited a while until this one erupted | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_20140718_104312.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02481.jpg) | | | Hiking up to Mystic Falls |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_1388.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02487.jpg) | Waiting around for a geyser to erupt | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_20140718_120950.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_20140718_130632.jpg) | | | Michele |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_20140718_130858.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_3312.jpg) | Enjoying a hot foot bath where a hot spring empties into the river | | At Firehole Canyon, we were able to go swimming in the river, and a few of us went down the rapids |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02528.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_3333.jpg) | I went down the rapids once, wiht lots of encouragement, I think Jeannette went down 4 times. | | Made it! |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02533.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9186.jpg) | | | Next day - we were old hands and didn't stop for just one bison anymore, there had to be a whole group |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9196.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9202.jpg) | We took a short hike around these rocks on our way to Mammoth Hot Springs | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02618.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9205.jpg) | Mammoth Hot Springs. There were a lot of "extinct" geothermal features here. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9212.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02644.jpg) | This whole area was previously active, but is now a white chalky wasteland | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02679.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_3366.jpg) | There's a resident elk herd at Mammoth Hot Springs. We ran into them on our way to get some ice cream. | | The last stop of the day was a swim at the Boiling River - where a boiling hot river empties into the Gardner River |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02699.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02702.jpg) | | | You need to choose your spot with care, so you don't freeze or get boiled! |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9243.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02749.jpg) | We wanted to check out the Obsidian Cliff area, but it was closed | | The next day, we got a VERY early start - in the car by 5:05. Saw some wolves way off in the distance (with Jeannette's telephoto lense) |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02757.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9264.jpg) | The light was beautiful so early in the morning | | A bison jogged along the highway next to us |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9271.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9273.jpg) | In the Grand Canyon area of Yellowstone | | And then we had our bear encounter, right in the overlook parking lot! |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9278.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_3426.jpg) | Yikes - here he comes! | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9290.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02830.jpg) | Apparently the park rangers were concerned about the bear being so close | | Everyone looks like they've been up for a long time |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02864.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02868.jpg) | A treat for the kids - we cooked hot dogs for lunch on a fire at a picnic area | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02884.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02895.jpg) | At Yellowstone Lake. We were too tired to do much besides stumble out of the car at a pull-off, but it was beautiful. | | Stopping by Old Faithful on the way home |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9312.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_3474.jpg) | | | For dinner - ribs! |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02929.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02940.jpg) | Our last day together in Yellowstone - a short hike to Harlequin Lake | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_1657.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9330.jpg) | | | We had lunch around the Ojo Caliente springs area |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9347.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_dsc02981.jpg) | | | Stopping off at Old Faithful again... |
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| ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_9356.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2014/07-13-2014-yellowstone/gallery_img_3479.jpg) | | | On our way home! | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |