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Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

 

It will be 2 years since I have been there come September. It was my honeymoon destination. While Yellowstone was spectacular, I enjoyed Grand Teton more. Fewer people and you could easily see more of the landscape from one spot vs the programmed views in Yellowstone.

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Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

 

It will be 2 years since I have been there come September. It was my honeymoon destination. While Yellowstone was spectacular, I enjoyed Grand Teton more. Fewer people and you could easily see more of the landscape from one spot vs the programmed views in Yellowstone.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Unfortunately it was so smokey you could not see the Tetons from the highway. We spent very little time there this trip consequently.

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The one time I was there, we got to Old Faithful after sunset. So we only HEAR the geyser going off.

 

Couple of youtube videos online, first one of just a bunch of general thermal stuff, and a second of old faithful.

 

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Thanks, but its not the same as seeing it in person. :) Just couldn't believe they didn't have any lights out there.

 

Years ago, one of those hidden camera shows was out in Yellowstone. Since they know exactly when Old Faithful erupts, they had a guy standing next to it and he would turn a giant fake valve in the ground at precisely at the right moment. The geyser would shoot up, then the guy would turn the valve the other way and the geyser would stop. They filmed the tourists' reactions and it was pretty funny.

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I got to see Old Faithful, pretty sweet. Not the biggest but rather amazing to think that it is so dependable. We did get lucky and see another geyser just off some road in the park that had to be close to twice as tall as Old Faithful. Now that was an amazing sight, pulled off on the side of the road to watch. Also had to wait to keep going along the road at another spot because bison were crossing.

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Nice pics Sam. I went there in 97', tore up the rainbows at Yellowstone lake with this U shaped lure. http://www.rapala.com/Super-Duper/Super ... lt,pd.html. Sorry no pics but I caught several in the 18" +/- range.

 

Odd, they never touched a Rooster Tail or Salmon eggs which were successful for me in AK, but they just gobbled up this silly little metal lure.

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Excelent pictures. The Old Faithful picture reminded me of April, 1973 (first time I was there). We were going home from a trip to Detroit. Stopped at the Yellowstone lodge the first night it was open for the season. Had a room on the outside of the lodge and woke up to a view of Old Faithful erupting in the morning. Drove around the park, then 1200 miles to home in one very long 20 hour drive.

 

Agree with 87Warrior, much prefer Grand Teton to Yellowstone. Both are wonderful places.

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... from a trip to Detroit...

 

 

to detroit?

:dunno:

 

 

Yes, wife's sister lived in Detroit, so we drove to Detroit for a visit, the drove back to Anaheim, Ca. thru Yellowstone. Never have been back to Detroit and no desire to go there again. Yellowstone and the Tetons - been back a number of times.

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