| Zach and I just returned from a whirlwind five-day trip to Montana, where we visited my brother Christian, who works at Yellowstone National Park (department of inventory— you never think about how many office jobs are needed to sustain a park of that size). Although it rained on and off the whole time we were there, we still managed to get in a few hikes and a bit of sightseeing. Here are some pictures! |
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| The next several pictures are from the Beaver Pond Loop near Mammoth Hot Springs |
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| Beautiful gumweed was growing everywhere! |
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| Driving toward the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone |
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| Grand Prismatic Spring! We had never seen it before. Although we weren't able to get parking at the boardwalk that takes you to the edge of the spring, we were able to hike to this overlook. |
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| Grand Prismatic Spring from ground level |
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| We drove past this smallish male right after seeing a gigantic bull further up the road (and a stupid tourist standing ten feet away to get a good shot). |
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| Driving down toward Mammoth Springs |
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| Mammoth Hot Springs! |
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| Looking up a hill toward the mountains swathed in clouds— this was on a hiking trail just outside of Gardiner, MT |
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| Cactus! |
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| Sunset on the Columbia River on our drive home |
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