<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> Gordon Bower wrote:  <BR> <BR> <DIV> > 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. <BR></DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Lynn Stephens</DIV> </div></body> </html>