Sept 25-Fri-day 50
West Yellowstone, Montana
Weather-low 32(0C) to high of high 70s (25C) clear and sunny with smoke sifting in from a fire in Yellowstone Park



Ahhhh….rest day, doing the blog, going over the photos and did I say resting? Oh, and the Pbase site has been down for 24 hours and we’re not sure when they will get it fixed so it won’t be possible to see the blog for --?



Whoa…..3pm and it was time to go to the park. We drove out the Madison, up the Firehole and into Firehole Lake Drive. We arrived just as one of the largest geysers was about ready to show off. It was well worth the 30 minutes we waited to see the show. The geyser’s eruption was apparently only 75% of its normal height, but it was impressive as it exploded time and time again to heights of over 100 feet. Ooops… I got so involved with photographing the geyser that I forgot to get some shots of the spectators getting soaked. The wind was blowing hard enough that it carried the water from the eruption towards the benches and completely soaked most of the ones that were filled with spectators. Oh well, Racine was shooting from another direction so we had good coverage.



We left the Firehole and chased the sun on the way back to West Yellowstone. We just missed the evening light in the Firehole Canyon, when we got to the Madison the sun was disappearing and as we headed toward West Yellowstone the sun had almost set. We made it to the west end of town just in time for Racine to get a few shots of spectacular sunset.



We wanted to fill the Red Rocket with fuel for tomorrow’s drive and as we drove towards the gas station we saw a fire truck and firemen lighting a huge bon fire in an empty field. It was for the West Yellowstone High School Homecoming Weekend celebrations. Now this was exciting…..some new subjects and different lighting challenges. After about an hour of shooting, the fire started to die down and the celebrates started to leave, so we returned home, anxious to download our photos. You just never know when you will get photo opportunities. The adventure continues….



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