[Geysers] Trip report 15-17 July

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We stopped at WT to switch drivers on our explore-the-park day June 6  
(parking lot at least was open). I am thanking every god in every  
pantheon I've ever heard named that Paul had just taken over and was  
fresh and rested because as we started the journey up the hill to  
Craig's Pass, we had our first ever near-elk-vs-car incident. It was  
dark, the elk appeared just to be standing in our lane minding her own  
business, but it was dark, and headlights coming in your direction  
down the hill from Craig's Pass are not what you want to see in this  
particular situation. Paul managed to swerve, missing both the elk and  
the oncoming traffic, but I wondered if this was one of the cows for  
which the area was closed earlier. You're not exactly looking for  
little baby Bambis in a situation like this!
Go F&M go! (and Gemini, too; I saw my first several series of Gemini  
last year thanks to Lynn's patient instruction)

Quoting Lynn Stephens <lstephens2006 at hotmail.com>:

>
> Gordon Bower wrote:
>
>
>> West Thumb is still closed. I don't know whether this is because of  
>>  trails being underwater, or a leftover from the June elk calving.  
>> I  seem to recall high-water springs in the past where the trail  
>> was  barricaded at Black Pool and Lakeshore Geyser, but the rest of  
>> the  basin was open.
>
> At the 7:30 evening ranger program on July 17, the ranger told us   
> West Thumb Geyser Basin was closed due to a cow elk that had   
> returned and was causing problems.  West Thumb was open again on   
> Monday.
>
> I just got back from a 4-day trip to Yellowstone with my grandson,   
> which meant geyser gazing was limited and most of the eruptions we   
> saw have already been reported.  However, we did see a series of two  
>  Gemini eruptions on July 20.
>
> Lynn Stephens



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