After the Fire

After spending a few days at Yellowstone National Park the kids were getting geysered (sp?) out so I set off on a whirlwind tour of the Norris Geyser Basin by myself.  On my hike to the basin I passed through this area burnt by the fire.  It was quite eerie walking through it but the sky was incredibly blue  which made it a great day for pictures.

Great Fountain Geyser

If you have ever been to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming (and a little bit in Montana) I’m sure you have seen Old Faithful and the Grand Prismatic Spring.  Hidden off on a side road is a geyser called the Great Fountain Geyser.  It only erupts about every 12 hours and it is not very punctual.  It could erupt between say noon and 3 o’clock so many people just drive right on by.  My family and I decided to wait for it because we were told that it is spectacular.  After about 2 hours of waiting it finally started to erupt and we were not disappointed.  This is the eruption in early stages against a stormy sky.

Embarrassment

On my daughter’s 12th birthday we took her and a few friends to the Chickadee Ridge Miniature Horse Farm.  It is a “Field of Dreams” where “every young girls’ dreams can come true”.  It was a great day and we saw almost a creepy number of miniature horses in one place.  It’s funny how no matter what the animal, if you put them in a big pile or a large group they turn into a creepy mass of creatures.  One bat is o.k. but 1000 bats gets gross.  Guinea pigs are cute, but a pile of guinea pigs is weird.  Thousands of locusts in a swarm are far more imposing than a single cricket.  Anyways I think you get my point.

This picture is a cute one of a mini foal that got his head caught in the fence while scratching his neck.  For those of you horse lovers out there, he did manage to get his head out.