July 2025
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Note 92 – Montana Adventure – Canyons, Waterfalls, Volcanoes and Lakes
Today is our last full day to explore Yellowstone, so we are heading to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and West Thumb for today’s adventure. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone The Yellowstone River has carved a 20-mile canyon up to 1000 feet deep and 4000 feet across at its widest from the Upper Falls…
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Note 91 – Montana Adventure – Travertine Terraces
We are now on Day 9 of our adventure and today’s plan is to explore Yellowstone from Madison Junction northward to Mammoth to see the fifth hydrothermal feature of Yellowstone – travertine terraces. This section of road is what is also referred to as the Upper Loop of the Grand Loop, but we are just…
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Note 90 – Montana Adventure – Grand Teton National Park
With 4 ½ days to see Yellowstone, last night we decided that today we’d do the loop drive through Idaho to Teton Pass over to Jackson, Wyoming, then up through Grand Teton National Park back to Yellowstone’s south entrance and back to the house. The 254-mile route looked something like this. And, Dave did all…
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Note 89 – Montana Adventure – Geysers, Hot Springs, Mud Pots, and Fumaroles – Oh My!
Disclaimer: I’m sticking with my “Montana Adventure” theme even though 96% of Yellowstone National Park is in Wyoming! After breakfast in town (West Yellowstone) at the Running Bear Pancake House, we joined the 4-lane line to enter through the park’s west entrance. By the last day, we figured out the rightmost lane was fastest for…
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Note 88 – Montana Adventure – Independence Day
Travel from Columbia Falls to West Yellowstone July 4th was a travel day. We had a final breakfast at our great VRBO house in Columbia Falls, did all the tasks on the check-out list, loaded up, and headed south to West Yellowstone. As you can see from the routing map – we (Dave) had another…
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Note 87 – June 2025 Books
Total Books: 4 Total Pages: 1627 Longest: 433 Shortest: 353 Genres: 2 (Biography – 1, Thriller – 3) Yes, I’m behind in publishing my June reading due to the Glacier and Yellowstone trip from which we returned a week ago and which I’m still in the middle of writing about. David Baldacci’s The 6:20…
Notes By Nancy 