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<DIV>Hello all, what a beautiful day in the park today. I started will 3 moose
and 70 bull elk in the Big Sky area, and then one of the largest wolves I have
seen yet, on the other side of the Firehole River 1/4 mile south of the Firehole
Picnic area.</DIV>
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<DIV>The rest of the day at Black Sand, Biscuit and Old Faithful was uneventful,
until the Lower Geyser Basin. </DIV>
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<DIV>All times are 02/21/10 unless otherwise noted:</DIV>
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<DIV>Great Fountain 10:13 ie (from the road on the way in)</DIV>
<DIV>Super Frying Pan 13:23 ie, quit at 13:29</DIV>
<DIV>Jet 13:29; 13:40</DIV>
<DIV>Kaleidoscope 13:28; 13:30; 13:32; 13:33; 13:34</DIV>
<DIV>Fountain 13:48 ns (right as we hit the
parking lot)</DIV>
<DIV>Morning's Thief 13:52; 13:57 (great view of
Fountain and the Thief from the road.</DIV>
<DIV>Sub Geyser: 13:23; 13:29 both shots were 10 to 20 about the
crater rim, I can't recall seeing Sub shoot that high before. </DIV>
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<DIV>Sure the wolf was nice, but the Lower Geyser Basin was my highlight
today. Some Bighorn Sheep and Mule Deer rounded out the day upon arriving
back within the shadows of Lone Mountain.</DIV>
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<DIV>From 02/19/10:</DIV>
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<DIV>Fountain 13:59 ns</DIV>
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<DIV>On a side note, I agree with Lynn's note about winter use. When
taking tour reservations, I have had a couple of people on the phone in tears,
because they couldn't afford to go into the park. Personally, I don't like it
that I can not afford it to go into the park unless I'm working in the
wintertime. Some side notes: the snowcoaches the environmentalists are calling
for, well mine today used 26 gallons of fuel, on a hard pack day. On a
soft snow day the coach will use about 40+ gallons, it's all about the
friction. The same van with wheels will make the same trip to OF and back
from West using 4-6 gallons. Let's plow it and get it open year 'round, and make
it affordable to the public, not just the rich.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim Holstein</DIV>
<DIV>Yellowstone Tour Guides</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>