Mammoth Hot Springs, Lower Terraces

WAOUUUUUUUUUUHhhhhhhh excellent photo d'un endroit
très connu mais tu as su bien le photographier..
l'atmosphère et la composition sont exceptionnelles

des photos vraiment superbes !! le 2eme PIP me plait particulièrement

Extraordinary photo where is possible to see the aspects more interesting of this remarkable volcanic occurrences !

Thanks once again for sharing and for the very interesting notes, Ron!

Really a great series of this unique landscape...

Superbe série de cet endroit hors norme!!!!!*****

Fantástica serie. Muy buenas.

What a fantastic series, Ron! There are so many amazing things to see out west!

n excellent series Ron. Yellowstone is such a fascinating place. I will not visit so seeing your photos of the place is very enjoyable.

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Remarkable shots!

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This series is also simply breathtaking, Ron!
I am almost speechless.

Oh RON...*swoon*...there are just no words!! Totally mind-blowing series. I dearly YEARN for the chance to visit this place with Steve and our cameras. You have done such fine justice to this place, even though it's not really possible...you really do have to BE THERE to truly GET IT. Aren't most places that way though? It's just so much more amplified when it's a place like Yellowstone. I was lucky enough to visit many years ago at the very dear and tender age of 21 (heh), and it will be so great to visit again!

Thanks so very much for your wonderful comments on my pictures! :D It makes me really happy that you like my pictures enough that you're thinking that maybe visiting Butchart Gardens should be in your future plans. Let's be HONEST. You and I are exactly on par with spending money. I just can't stand it. To me, going on a $100 whale watching trip is ridiculous. Considering an excursion which included (possibly) seeing bears jacked that price up to about $200!! Out-friggin-rageous! And THEN..*begins cackling maniacally*...there are the fishing charters, which, at the lowest price was like $300 but usually about $600+. FOR 6 HOURS... OF POSSIBLY <--- catching fish! WE DID NONE OF THESE THINGS. (Though had we had the interest, I did find a reasonably prices whale watching excursion out of Anacortes for $54/ea)

There were not many things that I wanted to splurge for, but Butchart Gardens was an easy YES, (and so was visiting the nearby Butterfly Garden). The price was TOTALLY worth it. If we get to Victoria again, we'll spend another day there, happily. So from one skinflint to another, your money will be very well spent to visit Butchart Gardens! Also, your car is parked within the paid area so you can go to your car for food instead of eating expensive park food and also you can leave the park and come back the same day for free OR half price the next day. It was fantastic. We left after a few hours to enjoy our lunch at the Mediterranean Garden (outside the Gardens, next to the parking lot), and then we drove over to the Butterfly Garden, enjoyed it until we had our fill, then we returned to Butchart for more hours of glory!

I enjoyed reading about the day you spent driving your parents around. You do this every time you visit them and it is so touching, Ron. You guys do so very well by your parents. You treat them with the love and respect they deserve. It is sad, I agree, when we recognize that our parents can't do what they used to, but at least your parents still like to get out and appreciate the world as much as they can. Also...you really are amazing about visiting them as much as you do. It's just remarkable and both of you should recognize how wonderful you are to be there so often, and yet you live on the other side of the country. WOW. Every time I'm just WOW, they're visiting the parents AGAIN! I did my best to visit my dad but in my case it was not as easy because he could be very mean and cruel to me and there was never any warning about when he'd decide it was time to mentally annihilate me. So I just couldn't go see him all that much...it was too hard. I'd come home and just cry and cry and cry because my dad would say such horrible things to me. Even my dad felt terrible...he was a classic narcissist and couldn't help himself. The regret and sorrow in his eyes when he realized what he'd done showed me that he didn't mean it but wow. It was very hard for me. And yet, when dad was not being a jerk it was nice to be around him. Just not a fair balance at all. I'm glad that you don't have to deal with that!

I hope your diet is back on track so you feel better! I know how that can be. I am wise enough not to eat sugar or normal carbs like bread, corn, etc...the horror stories of people who are keto-adapted and decide they want to "take a day off"...well, they end up within the 4 walls of the bathroom...so no...not gong to do it! Still, there are rare days when my digestion isn't the best because of too much of something or other. Happily I'm not Steve...he's got very sensitive digestion and has to be very careful about what and when he eats. I'm basically bullet-proof except very rarely, especially compared to Steve.

TY for the birthday wishes! It was a really nice day and we believe in a "moveable" birthday celebration so whenever we get around to it, we'll spend a few days at Joseph Stewart State Park for my birthday adventure! :)

Steve really has embraced fishing like a fiend! In fact, right now he's working on a modified dolly to hold the boat as he wheels it down to the water. The one supplied was garbage and broke on the first use, so found someone's great idea online and went to Harbor Freight to pick up a dolly, came home, sawed off the top of the handles and is now welding them in a different position...it will be a perfect solution!

Oh, and he caught another fishie!! A rainbow trout 13" long and it was turned into more lovely tostadas, which we enjoyed last night. NOM!!!

Ok, I'm out...HAVE A GREAT EVENING!!

Une magnifique série de ce site illustre!***********************************************

Stunning series of images. Well done Ron Regards Tess.

Stunning series of a stunning place.
Have a nice weekend.