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4th June, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Today its up to the top circuit, "Canyon", "Tower-Roosevelt" and then up into the Lanmar valley where it is reported we will see huge herds of Bison and other animals, we are especially looking for Bears.
No Bears but saw the herds of Bison, Spika dear, Elk, Moose, Canadian geese, and a Pelican
Came back around the top of the circuit, stopped at "Monmouth" for lunch, great little lunch bar and food excellent.
After lunch it was up to the Monmouth Terraces (thermal) for a walk around the boardwalks. The Terraces are mainly dead silica as the springs have reduced their flow (1998) and only a small area is still living, would have been very spectacular prior to the change as the terraces are huge and stepped with silica terraces.
And then the Thunderstorm arrived, it thundered, lightning struck and it poured, so we called it a day and headed back to camp.
Dinner, and by then it had cleared so we went for a drive towards the east entrance, saw a Marmot and some Elk but again the Bears eluded us. We stopped at a layby to view the Lake and opposite in
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One petrified tree, there used to be three but people stole the other two bit by bita pool of water there were the noisiest frogs we have ever heard, and they were tiny.
Then up to Lake Sylva which is still frozen, starting to thaw, would have been a great skating ring.
Yellowstone Park forests are mainly made up of Lodge-pole Pines, approx 80% of the forest. These are the pines the Indians used to build their Lodges, they are very straight, but only have a shallow root system due to the thin soil , therefore they fall over in strong winds. They have a very strong cone which is opened by fire, thereby allowing the forests to regenerate.
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