Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Yellowstone Mammoth Hot Springs


Mammoth Hot Springs from The Old Yellowstone Trail Head. An defunct geyser cone formed by a minreal hot geyser.

Skiing to the Upper Terrace Trail leads to several very active hot springs

Mammoth Hot Springs Inn from the top of The Upper Terrace Trail


All of the trails in Yellowstone are back country with tracks cut by previous skiers or Bisons.






The White Elephant's Back Spring. Hard to see in this photo but 212F hot water was flowing from the top 
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Late November and all the trees are bare of leaves. A short stop at Jamesport confirms that Winter is not to far away.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Alley Pond

Took a short ride to Alley Pond the neighborhood ecology center in Eastern Queens. There are two trail around two tidal pools in the marshes.

This past weekend I visited the Suffolk County Historical Society they had an exhibit of Charles Henry Millers Painting of Long Island. Queen was part of Long Island at one time. I was surprised by how little the Pond in Alley Pond has changed from his painting.
Some of his other paintings of Queens

Monday, February 21, 2011

2011-02-18 See The Seals

The weather warmed up this weekend. Took the opportunity to ride to Cupsogue Beach to say 'Hi' to the Seals that winter there. Its a short walk from the lot to the lookout. I don't recommend riding on the soft sand, though some cars did make it through.