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Give me a brek
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:19 pm
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Today is the 140th Birthday of the US National Park System. It was created on this date in 1872 with the creation of our first national Park, Yellowstone natioanl park. 3,468.420 sq mi. in the states of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana, this jewel is home for over 50% orf the words Geysers.
Old Faithful Geyser:
Bull Elk:
American Bison under Golden Aspen Trees:
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mikeledray
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:41 pm
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Happy b day ol boy
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mitgirl
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:45 pm
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A very happy birthday to my favorite national park!!
Norris Geyser Basin
Killdeer Plover at Mammoth
Morning Glory Pool
Grand Canyon of Yellowstone
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Give me a brek
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:48 pm
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[quote="mitgirl"]A very happy birthday to my favorite national park!!
My favorite also. I will be returning this September for my 4th trip. I can never get enough of that park.
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mitgirl
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:52 pm
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[quote="Give me a brek"] | mitgirl wrote: | A very happy birthday to my favorite national park!!
My favorite also. I will be returning this September for my 4th trip. I can never get enough of that park. |
Lucky you!! I've only been there once and would love to go atleast four times - once in each season. Some day...
Have fun :)
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whughes98144
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Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:09 pm
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We haven't gotten much right when it comes to our natural resources here in the U.S. But the National Parks are a great thing. The U.S. really has some of the most magnificent scenery anywhere in the world.
Thankfully some early thinkers realized we needed to protect it. Happy Birthday Yellowstone !
Will
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Give me a brek
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:11 pm
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| whughes98144 wrote: | We haven't gotten much right when it comes to our natural resources here in the U.S. But the National Parks are a great thing. The U.S. really has some of the most magnificent scenery anywhere in the world.
Thankfully some early thinkers realized we needed to protect it. Happy Birthday Yellowstone !
Will |
Will you have that right, we have a few future thinking people to thank for the great system of National Parks, National Wildlife refuges and National Heritge sights. A great park of our country preserved forever.
Denny
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Give me a brek
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:15 pm
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[quote="mitgirl"] | Give me a brek wrote: | | mitgirl wrote: | A very happy birthday to my favorite national park!!
My favorite also. I will be returning this September for my 4th trip. I can never get enough of that park. |
Lucky you!! I've only been there once and would love to go atleast four times - once in each season. Some day...
Have fun :) |
I think Yellowstone is a 3 season park, winter, fall and spring. The place is just packed to much for me in the summer. I much rather see the survival in the dead of winter, the new birth in the spring and the fall with its awesome colors and beautiful wildlife.
Yellowstone river as seen from the mud pots in January:
Denny
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ruxpriencdiam
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jeffbanke
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:27 pm
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Early morning is great any season :-)
The wildlife is so accessible
The gorges so dramatic
Waterfalls dynamic
A Haven for eagles
Mule deer
Bison
Elk
And so much more, I have to go back to catch the wolves
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Give me a brek
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 5:50 pm
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And so much more, I have to go back to catch the wolves |
Wolves can be difficult but sometimes you just get lucky! Early morning just above twin lakes we came accross a gray wolf howling. What a csow he put on.
http://gallery.through-my-lens.com/p572463816/h3ddc332a#h3ddc332a
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pjmorley
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:30 pm
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I think you'll find it's a lot older than 140 years old. It just went by another name before 1872 ;-)
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rinder99
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:22 pm
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copidosoma
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:57 pm
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Wonderful place. A bit too busy for my tastes but still gorgeous.
I'm a bit spoiled being so close to Banff (the one that inspired Yellowstone) and Jasper though ;)
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peteklinger
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Location: Great Place By a Great Lake
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:37 pm
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| pjmorley wrote: | | I think you'll find it's a lot older than 140 years old. It just went by another name before 1872 ;-) |
Yes I think you are correct. 1832 Hot Springs Reservation listed as the first in the Govt. book, "National Parks Portfolio" (1921)
Here's something else. I have my Golden Senior Pass and I've never been to a National Park, but I plan on it!
I've been to the National River a couple of times? ;) Valley of Fire for a couple of days. Many historic sites including my favorite, Effigy Mounds National Monument. Worked as a volunteer for Archaeological Rescue and a local museum.
It's been on the bucket list for a few years at least. I'm getting closer. And I mean the parks, not the bucket. (or both actually) LOL I need to stop working, dreaming and talking about it and Head West!
Angels Landing if it takes me all day.
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