Hi Friends
12 of us staying in Gardiner, near the North Entrance at 1620 m, visiting 6 days Yellowstone - the World's first National Park established in 1872 , of Wyoming and Montana, viewing the various features of Mother Nature.
Organised expeditions, hiking, camping and fishing are popular routines during the opening seasons.
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https://www.facebook.com/billonho/posts/10213459556065981
Also
https://youtu.be/AKoFN9brF_Y
Itinerary showing name of place only, we drive 2 - 6 seater,
22/6 8 am drive 7 hr. from Salt Lake City to Super 8 Gardiner/Yellowstone Park Area, 702 Scott St W, Gardiner,
23/6. Upper Geyser Basin;
Yellowstone Canyon- 1200 ft. high; 500,000 years;
Artist Point- the place of natural convenience. ,
24/6 Hiking 8 km. Canyon Village at 2413 m;
Brink of Upper Fall , Lower Fall, Artist Points, Old Faithful, Osprey nest ,
25/6. Biscuit Basin, Mud pots,
Aneomo - 2 m , Plume, Old Faithful; Lone star ,
Washburn , Giant Geyser which may be tree, accumulate minerals 1 to 2 inch per year , Grotto Geyser
26/6 Steam Boat Geyser, Porcelain Basin;
Norris Geyser Basin;
27/6 showery; Watch black bear;
Petrified redwood Tree, creating "forests of stones" , Washburn trail, Tower Fall; Tower Roosevelt,
28/6 8 am, Kepler Cascades ,
Lunch at Old Faithful. Sheepeater Cliff ,
29/6 9 am
Mammoth Hot Spring , limestone;
Liberty Cap- a dormant hot spring;
A vivid calcite crust and forms,
3 pm. Back
30/6 - drive 7 hr. to Red Lion Inn, Spokane, WA 99224, no need to pack lunch,
Notes on some terms:
Yellowstone is one of the most seismically active areas in the U.S., experiencing 1,000 to 3,000 earthquakes a year — with 40 to 50 percent of them happening in swarms. The quake activity is caused by the large number of faults in the park associated with the volcano that underlies Yellowstone.
Lodgepole pine forests are the most common in Yellowstone. A lodgepole’s serotinous cones need to be exposed to the high heat of a forest fire for the seeds to be released. Lodgepoles are the only pine in Yellowstone whose needles grow in groups of two. The bark is typically somewhat brown to yellowish, but a grayish-black fungus often grows on the shady parts of the bark, giving the tree a dark cast.
In rhyolitic soils (another volcanic substrate), which are poor in nutrients needed by fir and spruce, lodgepole pine remains dominant. Rhyolite Rust , fine grain volcanic rock; kaolinite ; Kaolinite is the highest quality of the feldspar clays used by potters,
Lower-Elevation Species
Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Resembles the fir and the hemlock, hence its generic name
Pseudotsuga, which means "false hemlock"
Cones hang down and remain intact, with three-pronged bract between scales
Up to 100 feet tall
http://yellowstoneinsider.com/2017/06/20/460-earthquakes-registered-yellowstone-year/
Geyser --Hot spring has no chamber for storage of hot
Yellowstone - The evidence of volcanic events are all around you. geysers, hot springs, terraces, and other hydrothermal features.
Green thermophilic algae 38-50C,
as it sits above a massive caldera and magma plume. Scientists (and other observers) have held that Yellowstone and other sites along the hotspot track were the site of massive eruptions,
The other two eruptions associated with the Yellowstone region are the Mesa Falls Eruption (1.3 million years ago), which ejected 280 km3 of material and formed the Henry’s Fork Caldera just west of the Park in Idaho and the Huckleberry Ridge Eruption.
The Huckleberry eruption (2.1 million years ago) was enormous, spewing 2500 km3 of material, creating the Island Park Caldera, which underlies most of the southwestern corner of the Park (including Old Faithful and West Thumb).
Also seeing desert and canyons in National Parks of Arizona and Utah, USA at mid June.
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Best Regards
Bill
