171014 WydahoCruise: Our recent "cruise" into Wyoming & Idaho

In the naming of this cruise, it has turned out that I was somewhat less clever than I had believed myself to be. "Wydaho" is already in use by people who live on a slice of the border between those two states. 

Anyway, we have "cruised", and we have taken quite a number of pictures. Here are some of them.

• Touring Nampa & Boise: Train Depots <https://photos.app.goo.gl/NhnSvRSjRYifxRNK2> 
• Boise: Capitol, Garden, and Wetland Walk <https://photos.app.goo.gl/otuocKpQCZ0VotS02> 
• Emigrant Springs, OR <https://photos.app.goo.gl/K1AixRncPgTod2k32> 
• Thousand Springs S.P., Hagerman Valley, ID <https://photos.app.goo.gl/JsCT1mXwRctoz8T83> 

• Malad Gorge S.P., Hagerman, ID <https://photos.app.goo.gl/HevFyTE1kfC2RZrQ2> 

• Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Great Rift volcanic zone, ID <https://photos.app.goo.gl/EgQvIeYdm1c5OSsM2> 

• Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring <https://photos.app.goo.gl/Lfh50qOdrgBT5i5F2> 

• Intermittent Spring <https://photos.app.goo.gl/FXB3p41OSLQs6uyM2> (Also locally known as "Intermitting Spring" and "Periodic Spring" This runs out of a mountain, then pauses for some minutes, then begins running again. (It _intermits_.) Quite remarkable to watch. 
• Wildlife Above Campground @ Kemmerer, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/BaYwlLheKWPLyZMk1> Pronghorn.
• Cody, WY: Museum and town, and beyond <https://photos.app.goo.gl/QXBlBpfqPR353UyJ2> 
• Buffalo Bill Cody Museum, Cody, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/3aGFQhwJmW4G8Jq63> 
• Drive to Shell Falls, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/1Qn4iGkusFOYwxUH3>
• Bighorn Canyon Loop Drive & Devil's Kitchen <https://photos.app.goo.gl/36dwgoEsel6GpW1M2> 
• Aerial Firefighters <https://photos.app.goo.gl/cTsnM11ldaUYaah42>  Greybull, WY.  <http://www.museumofflight.us>  One of these, the "flying boxcar", was used the original "Flight of the Phoenix". 
• Ten Sleep, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/87BTWFBJfUbO90wt1> Named for the Native Americans' experience of its being several days' travel from somewhere else of importance. • Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site <https://photos.app.goo.gl/8D6bs1bAWaeGnzyB3> 
• Big Horn Canyon drive <https://photos.app.goo.gl/61Lxz1DGSvXbmcUI3> 
• Antique Music, Kemmerer, WY <https://photos.app.goo.gl/P7xtSChBXONgyptH2> 
• South Pass City (ghost town) <https://photos.app.goo.gl/lMMULBkNE3nJSrtq2> 
• Fossils <https://photos.app.goo.gl/1oeCbtxbizqg5JUB3> 

Mark_
14:45 14 October 2017

21:03 15 October 2017

170423 Pictures so far

I have taken some pictures.  If you want to see some of what we have been seeing, your _Plan A_ should have been to come with us.  Here is your _Plan B_:

• Emigrant Springs State Park: <https://goo.gl/photos/ZNafDuNmCSWLmgkG9>
• Devil's Washbowl, Malad River: <https://goo.gl/photos/DeHRuongnSySqfZ19>
• White pelicans: <https://goo.gl/photos/3uoxXfauEcw3Ermr6>
• Wood-stave water pipe: <https://goo.gl/photos/erJxbV435GdQ4MGVA>
• Thousand Springs (leaking aquifer): <https://goo.gl/photos/ad4JiAVSsqo9EwSt6>
• Shoshone Falls, Twin Falls, ID: <https://goo.gl/photos/zhJENTAz8kbGFVmP6>

See?  You should have come along.

Mark_
R/V _Serenity_

TripPix: Banff 2016 UPDATED 26 NOVEMBER

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TripPix: Andy & Serenity Cruise to Banff & Jasper, Alberta, Canada

• 160831 Kilby Park & Museum <https://goo.gl/photos/jiXaYDcCkjxCmBRy9> 

• 160904 Overland Falls <https://goo.gl/photos/dhqEU6CZ5HG7Ccjp8> Added 26 November.
• 160904 Rearguard Falls <https://goo.gl/photos/1AfoKMmtp7wQAz4j8> Added 26 November.
• 160906 Edith Cavell Glacier & Icebergs <https://goo.gl/photos/ohdGQFLErACAmWpa9> 

• 160906 Maligne Canyon <https://goo.gl/photos/TrySq6fzubyCJxQu9> 

• 160907 Bears in the Woods <https://goo.gl/photos/ibLtcVaZfhQRb4aK8> 

• 160919 Tunnel Mountain Village 1 camp @ sunset <https://goo.gl/photos/Ns6u69nxMYpm9frLA> 

One hears of these places, and sees their pictures in scenic calendars and coffee-table books, but the real thing--in binocular vision--is considerably better:  more unmistakably real--and much, much, bigger.  This was a wonderful trip.  Thanks, Andy.

Mark_ 

21 November 2016

TripPix: Other

TripPix: Other trips, hikes, sightings

• 130810 Nisqually Birding <https://goo.gl/photos/gxGBofoTR3hWftZW8>
• 130818 Hiking @ Mt. Rainier <https://goo.gl/photos/2Xh4S91ZmA99hUzH6>
• 130825 Hiking Naches Peak Loop, Mt. Rainier, w/Phil & Ann <https://goo.gl/photos/2d7cuf4VrxWq4rhe9>
• 130904 Cindy @ Ft Stevens Beach <https://goo.gl/photos/4dHvmCAWrtnVoiNY7>
• 140906 Camping Quinault <https://goo.gl/photos/gAM7hs5ixBXQVR8t6>
• 150117 Grilled Cheese & Cookie Party <https://goo.gl/photos/1fCyKWJw1kKqyvYs5>
• 150202 Cape Arago & Sunset Beaches <https://goo.gl/photos/8qUo7o6P1FbeDigR7>
• 160520 Gordon House, Frank Lloyd Wright, Oregon Garden, Silverton, OR <https://goo.gl/photos/X5rj6zV5TQ4A1SNw7>
• 160619 Owls @ Manchester SP <https://goo.gl/photos/X5rj6zV5TQ4A1SNw7>
• 160621 Vista House, Crown Point, Columbia River Gorge, OR <https://goo.gl/photos/EHBj2oRWeGGpoiVk6> 
• 160803 Skyline Trail, Mt Rainier <https://goo.gl/photos/zethyEw3cYUP6QzH9> 

Mark_ 

21 November 2016

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TripPix: Rangers in Yellowstone

TripPix: Several "Rigs" of Rangers rendezvoused in Yellowstone in 2013

• 130718 West Thumb Geyser Basin <https://goo.gl/photos/r5nCi5ip36dTKCm5A>

There was much more to the trip than this little sample of pictures indicates.  It was /huge/!  (More later.)

Mark_ 
21 November 2016

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TripPix: Missouri 2013

TripPix: We visited family and friends in Missouri in 2013

• 131005 Our multi-legged Missouri friends <https://goo.gl/photos/iz4ZnXbRZAybz1kG6>
• 131011 Jazz @ 18th & Vine, KC, MO <https://goo.gl/photos/rGVxKXjPkoJDVt2d8>
• 131019 Hannibal, MO <https://goo.gl/photos/W2NmcPcQo2hBPoYN6>
• 131020 Southbound along the Mississippi, from Hannibal <https://goo.gl/photos/pxMthmhvD4DHMurv5>
• 131021 Forest Park, St. Louis, MO <https://goo.gl/photos/kW2iuae7xstzjuaP6>
• 131021 Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO <https://goo.gl/photos/dS9oc1VwevGtZ2L18>
• 131021 Historic Courthouse <https://goo.gl/photos/yfvw4DuC9HZHBHJf8>


Mark_
21 November 2016

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TripPix: Utah 2013

TripPix: Andy & Arcadia cruised to Arches and other interesting places in Utah.

• 131025 Church Rock, near Arches <https://goo.gl/photos/CKwmdGhu5c6sEU1t7>

(Church Rock @ Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Rock_(Utah)>)

There are other pictures of our Utah cruise, but they aren't online yet.  (Not that the trip was unworthy; we have many wonderful pictures of it.)

Mark_
21 November 2016

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TripPix: _Serenity_ Cruises the U.S. NE

TripPix: Serenity Cruises the East Coast 2015--NE U.S. and SE Canada

• 150808 Twin Falls, Idaho <https://goo.gl/photos/kPftRgQ7Miu383m19>
• 150818 Fort Niagara <https://goo.gl/photos/MWzYF7ZzCQBNjT3y6>
• 150819 Niagara Falls <https://goo.gl/photos/qbkJNyRLMSN8pv8c7>
• 150822 The Breakers, Newport, RI <https://goo.gl/photos/1beurLVWTLDaAvVx6>
• 150823 Marble House, Newport, RI <https://goo.gl/photos/AAYpn9Df7GjwKmh1A>
• 150825 Martha's Vineyard <https://goo.gl/photos/d9pZtUaBxRBRKRme8>
• 150827 Nantucket <https://goo.gl/photos/forM6q9ATajQ5nUd9>
• 150829 Plymouth (Rock) <https://goo.gl/photos/erxLZchbD1f52BQZ8>
• 150830 Boston <https://goo.gl/photos/o6SVWcW5wEuMTwoR7>
• 150831 Marshlands <https://goo.gl/photos/1aJjwWRw93CRghfA7>
• 150901 Boston, too <https://goo.gl/photos/Rwados2DmjTuJXrJA>
• 150905 Portland Head Light @ Cape Elizabeth <https://goo.gl/photos/8pj4xcc2R68RzBwj9>
• 150907 Bath, ME <https://goo.gl/photos/yzSJhjhWeFmhGziDA>
• 150909 Bar Harbor <https://goo.gl/photos/km95ogtuYHFBiXcE7>
• 150910 Mt. Desert Island (above Bar Harbor) <https://goo.gl/photos/3ug5jE9aMHwNzLuMA>

We had long wished to see this area--northeast U.S. and southeast Canada, with emphasis on the maritime districts--and it had been our intention to remain out longer than we ended up accomplishing.  We blame the giant storm for our decision to abandon our plan in the middle.  (Of course it turned out to be less catastrophic than the worst possible prediction, but we had not wished to be either harmed or in the way; we left for home instead of risking those troubles.

We were there long enough to see many things of historical interest, and of both man-made and natural beauty.

The Canada pictures will be posted separately.

Mark_
21 November 2016

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161030 Tidal Bore, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

During our September 2015 trip to NE U.S. and SE Canada, we visited several sites along the Bay of Fundy--famous for its _world's greatest tidal range_--including Moncton, New Brunswick.  That town, roughly 30 miles up the Petitcodiac River, is famous for its tidal bore.

In general, a tidal bore is a wave that runs UP-river because the rising tide (or other surge) at the mouth has overwhelmed the river's flow, rising past the normal surface level of the river.  It is not so unusual for the lower reaches of rivers to be tidal, but when the difference in level is significant (large and sudden) the wave forms and the river appears to flow backward for a time behind the bore, following the wave upstream for miles.  The event will have ended when the water level has equalized and normal river flow re-established.

There are several of these around the world; the Bay of Fundy's tidal swing is enormous--the world's largest, at 40 feet or so--but the bore on the Petitcodiac River at Moncton is not the biggest.  (That might be an annual high-tide, sun-and-moon alignment, Chinese bore, which kills people every year.  See the Youtube video[s].)

Even so, Moncton's is an impressive and wonderful thing as it hisses and foams along its way upstream, moving past the town at about a swift walking pace.  It's such an important tourist attraction that they built a viewing area complete with bleachers.  I made a pretty good video from there, but the file size is extremely large; it is (for the time being) trapped on my computer.  In place of that, here are links to information, explanations, and videos:

• Tidal Bore
• Bay of Fundy
• Petitcodiac River: "Before the construction of a causeway in 1968, the river had one of the world's largest tidal bores, which ranged from 1 to 2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) in height and moved at 5 to 13 kilometres per hour (3.1–8.1 mph). With the opening of the causeway gates in April 2010, the river is flushing itself of ocean silts, and the Bore is returning to its former glory." (Wikipedia)
• New Brunswick Tourism
• Moncton vids @ Youtube
• Other (all) Youtube examples

All pretty amazing.


Mark_
30 October 2016

131005 Missouri Trip Pictures 2013

In 2013 we traveled to Missouri, where we took some pictures.  Because Google's online image service does not support "sharing" access to multiple "albums", here is a list.

The 6-digit numbers are the dates of the albums: YYMMDD.

• 131005 Our multi-legged Missouri friends <https://goo.gl/photos/iz4ZnXbRZAybz1kG6>
• 131021 Forest Park, St. Louis, MO <https://goo.gl/photos/kW2iuae7xstzjuaP6>
• 131021 Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO <https://goo.gl/photos/dS9oc1VwevGtZ2L18>
• 131021 Historic Courthouse <https://goo.gl/photos/yfvw4DuC9HZHBHJf8>
• 131020 Southbound along the Mississippi, from Hannibal <https://goo.gl/photos/pxMthmhvD4DHMurv5>
• 131019 Hannibal, MO <https://goo.gl/photos/W2NmcPcQo2hBPoYN6>
• 131012 Knob Noster, MO, SP camping <https://goo.gl/photos/Gj1WUgn2achFhJ9LA>
• 131011 Jazz @ 18th & Vine, KC, MO <https://goo.gl/photos/rGVxKXjPkoJDVt2d8>
• 131007 Walking along the Little Blue River <https://goo.gl/photos/Tve3ScJrxbv4FjVb6>

Mark_
26 October 2016

TripPix: Along Oregon Highways with Guides

TripPix: Two Oregon trips this year

• 130329 Spring Break in Oregon- Beach & Trees <https://goo.gl/photos/dZ8coBtGfk2qnhdPA>

• 130908 Volcanic Observatory; Belknap Hot Springs; Clear Lake <https://goo.gl/photos/irfGgLsNXPSjFfie9>
• 130909 Lava Butte and Big Obsidian Flow <https://goo.gl/photos/LKV9tMBZaU4gX1V88>
• 130910 Metolius River, etc. <https://goo.gl/photos/coXdo7Czv3o1jgNV6>
• 130911 Redmond Caves; Mt. Bachelor; Elk Lake; High Desert Museum <https://goo.gl/photos/AXW7zciVkx1zKgY89>
• 130913 Lower Canyon Creek campground <https://goo.gl/photos/QpDqVnvjReva7sQ89>

Oregon is a very beautiful state--and we are determined to do more exploring there.  Thanks, Henry & Miriam!

Mark_ 
21 November 2016

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