old faithful

i'm having some mild depression here-THE SUN IS BACK. a few days ago we were blessed and treated with a cool, cloudy and rainy day(singular not plural.) it was heavenly bliss. my kind of weather. i was so happy and full of life. i didn't need to water my garden-wow! for you folks who don't live in nor-cal(besides the coastal areas) can you imagine not seeing, feeling or experiencing rain till the end of october? every g.d. day is clear blue sky and hot!-ugh! even when i lived in new mexico we had the summer monsoons! now, i'm not complaining-well, yes i actually am.-summer is a hard time for me. bare with me. i will take our rainy day as special treat. here is a pic. of the gorgeous sky:

i've been working a pair of green socks for st. patty's day-a special day for me-i like ankle socks. can you see the cables? i dyed this fauklands wool then spun it-and had a splendid time too!

okay back to the road trip: no trip to yellowstone is complete without seeing old faithful blow-see, even the mascots are excited.

here, they wait patiently for the special moment:

the crowd got so excited i was unable to take a picture of all three while ole faithful was erupting so i had to pick Able up and get a background shot.-look at that smile. liam and carey both got good videos of this experience.

after old faithful blew i insisted on hiking to morning glory pool-it was only 2.8 mile round trip-even though the boys were tired(it was after 5:00) i pushed. i always wanted to see this pool and never got a chance. it was a great walk-geyers galore-and they would just blast unexpectly as you walked by-how cool! like this one:

i loved evey minute-at the end the morning glory pool was a bit of a let down-the colors were not as brillant because of stupid people throwing things into it clogging up the vent-can i say it again louder: STUPID PEOPLE! they have to clean the pool out every year-this makes me sad and pissed-once again-stupid people. on the way back liam got an excellent photo of a mountain bluebird-one of my favs! ah the sweetness of life.

okay, now everywhere in the park you are reminded of this:

now we had only seen two bison from the car the whole trip-quite a let down. but as we made our way back from our walk -i was a bit tired and hungry too-we almost walked right by this guy. i looked up and there he was- i was speechless- trying to get the boys attention as they had been staring the ground too! and i couldn't remember the word buffalo or bison-i was speaking gibberish using my hands. i mean he was right there! liam didn't want to walk past him-after seeing all the caution "gorging" signs(i wish i could show you that one.). there was no choice. i was not about to walk the whole loop again the other direction. so we forged past this gentle giant. awesome.

liam also has a "poop" photo essay of the trip-this photo here is bison poop:
well, i need to get dinner started i'll have to continue later- ciao!