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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 9:17:09 GMT -5
I have shown some of the landscape around Greybull before but Jean has missed it so I am going to start over. This first group of photos is a place that I have not posted before. There are no good rocks here. My son and I went artifact hunting there and we found out that not only is there zero good rocks, there is absolutely zero artifacts. We stopped and checked the other side of the highway a while back and found a couple of pieces but there wasn't even a chip here. I think the photos show the area pretty good. I hope ya'll like them. I hiked to a small plateau and started taking photos as I was climbing to the top.  This is not a cave like I thought. It is a hole where water has entered then traveled underground. The hole is ten to twelve feet deep. They were everywhere and all sizes. I was really careful because I thought one might cave in while I was standing on it.   This is on top of the plateau. I have no idea why some of the rocks are round. It is the only place in Wyoming that I have seen them.      This is looking south toward the highway. There are similar plateaus most of the way around here.  East  This is looking west toward Yellowstone Park. If you look real close you can see faint mountains on the horizon. They are only about twenty miles away but the smoke coming in from Idaho was so thick I could taste and smell it. I am forty to fifty miles from Yellowstone Park and about thirty miles from Greybull. Cody is at the base of the mountains on the road going to the east entrance to the park. Looking north where there are these plateaus as far as I could see which is not far because of the smoke. This is some shots of the plateau to the east of the one that I was photographing from.   This area is almost like a desert but there is enough rainfall to grow some grass and a lot of sagebrush. There was still a puddle in the creek bed so the prairie maggots (antelope) have water. Antelope will not jump a fence so the bottom strand of wire on the fence by the highway has no barbs on it. Makes it a lot easier for me to crawl under also. lol Jean, this is just for you. I hope ya'll liked the documentary. I will put together another one "someday". lol Jim |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 21, 2013 9:37:38 GMT -5
Thanks for posting your story and pics, Jim! Beautiful country, I can only imagine what it would look like without the smoke in the air. Some intersting formations. One would think the plateaus would have been useful for spotting game, or watching for enemies. I'm surprised that there were not artifacts to find there...
Would there be dino bones under the surface there?
Again, thanks for sharing, Jim.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 9:51:00 GMT -5
Well... this might be for Jean. But I like it too! HA!  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 21, 2013 9:56:03 GMT -5
I'll share it with you, Scott!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2013 10:45:35 GMT -5
All of the dino bones are south east of Greybull + - 25 miles. A couple of colleges send groups of students out there for the summer. I had a guy approach me wanting to sell some bone that he had found on BLM land. HIGHLY ILLEGAL but my son knows a buyer. He has lost track of the guy though (may be in prison)lol I could have made a pile of money if I could have found someone. It was kind of sad too. The guy was about to loose his place (not sure how big) because of his wife's doctor bills. Another gvt regulation that sucks.
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 21, 2013 12:02:56 GMT -5
Great story and pics Jim....To bad we couldn't find a market for sagebrush...(besides the Indian charms).We could make a killing-LOL
Yuppers I knew a guy that roughnecked in Wyoming and took some Indian artifacts(Bowls and jewerly from a cave)- from a restricted area..He got looselips while drinking and was busted!! Did 5 years in prison! They don't fool around when it comes to laws for artifacts!
Dino bone is about my favorite,just shy of ammonites.....
Thanks Jim...Thumbs up Mike
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2013 8:18:46 GMT -5
This trip takes you to Buffalo Bill Reservoir just + - five miles west of Cody Wyoming on the road to the east entrance into Yellowstone Park. Lots of rocks and very good fishing. Two tunnels just before you get to the dam on the lower end of the reservoir.   Gazebo for picnic.  Looking past the gazebo toward the dam.  A few shots of the shoreline and lake. This first photo is looking toward Yellowstone Park    The main reason for going. ROCKS  For some reason (beyond my brain capabilities) I did not take many photos of rocks. I wasn't drunk, I swear. Maybe it was one of the four or five trips per year when I really wanted to catch some fish. I hope you enjoy Jim |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 22, 2013 9:34:43 GMT -5
I hate it when fishing gets in the way of rock hounding - or beer drinking, LOL! I spent a few days in Yellowstone over 25 years ago. It was beautiful. Wonder how much (if at all) it has changed since then?
Thanks for posting the additional pics, Jim.
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Post by grayfingers on Aug 22, 2013 11:03:33 GMT -5
Great photos, Jim! We have the smoke here too. There are five active fires in the park now. www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/upload/20130818_0900_allfirestarts.jpgAnd, there are over 20 active fires here in Montana. I have been mowing and irrigating to mitigate fire danger near us. August is fire month, the thunder storms we do get often start more fires. Some burn until snow puts them out. Jean, 25 years ago,(summer of 1988), Yellowstone caught fire. The fires, which began in June, continued to burn until November, when winter snows extinguished the last blazes. Over the course of that summer and fall, more than 25,000 firefighters were brought in from around the country. In the end, the flames scorched about 1.2 million acres across the greater Yellowstone area. It has recovered somewhat since, though the evidence will remain until all the dead stuff drops. The fires of '88 were a hellish conflagration due to the hundred year policy of fighting all fires. A huge accumulation of dead fuel was built up, and when it finally went, there was no stopping it. This was the most iconic photo. . .  |
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 22, 2013 11:09:46 GMT -5
I hate it when fishing gets in the way of rock hounding - or beer drinking, LOL! I spent a few days in Yellowstone over 25 years ago. It was beautiful. Wonder how much (if at all) it has changed since then? Thanks for posting the additional pics, Jim. We were there about 10 years ago and than again three weeks ago and I'll tell ya' what,its changed so much that it felt like we were there for the first time! Everything has updated and huge huge HUGE buildings everywhere to service the buying customers... |
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 22, 2013 11:13:03 GMT -5
Great pics Jim.......The Cody highway to the park is the only highway we haven't been on yet-that lake looks like a rockhounder dream to hit!
Sorry I didn't give you a holler while in the Park Jim,but only did two days there and we were off headed west for the rest of our vacation...
Did some panning for an hour or so,that was it for hounding...(Rolling eyes)...
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Post by jamesp on Aug 22, 2013 11:13:34 GMT -5
You got it good out there Jim. I am on my way. Lead me to the nephrite. Oh,that was for Jean. Sorry Jim.. Looks like forest fire could be few and far between if ya do not have forests!
Amazing photos from Greybill and Greybull, imagine that. Lots a Greys out yall's way:>
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2013 12:03:15 GMT -5
Great photos, Jim! We have the smoke here too. There are five active fires in the park now. www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/upload/20130818_0900_allfirestarts.jpgAnd, there are over 20 active fires here in Montana. I have been mowing and irrigating to mitigate fire danger near us. August is fire month, the thunder storms we do get often start more fires. Some burn until snow puts them out. Jean, 25 years ago,(summer of 1988), Yellowstone caught fire. The fires, which began in June, continued to burn until November, when winter snows extinguished the last blazes. Over the course of that summer and fall, more than 25,000 firefighters were brought in from around the country. In the end, the flames scorched about 1.2 million acres across the greater Yellowstone area. It has recovered somewhat since, though the evidence will remain until all the dead stuff drops. The fires of '88 were a hellish conflagration due to the hundred year policy of fighting all fires. A huge accumulation of dead fuel was built up, and when it finally went, there was no stopping it. This was the most iconic photo. . . The joke that went around after that fire was "woohoo they saved Yellowstone lake". Jim |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 22, 2013 13:31:27 GMT -5
That picture is awesome, Bill! Actually, it was over 25 years ago that I was there, before that big fire in '88. It was late October 1980, so almost 33 years ago. Since I had to open up the old photo album to get the date, here'a couple pictures I took while there. Hope you don't mind, Jim. What everybody takes pictures of when in Yellowstone.  One of my favorite, Minerva's Terrace. Can't see the color anymore in this old photo, lots of oranges and browns.  And Shoshone Lake on the morning we were heading home.  It was cool, wet and foggy, but not icy. They were just turning all the water off in the campgrounds.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2013 17:48:39 GMT -5
No problem with the photos Jean. We are all addicted to photos here as much as rocks and those old photos are way cool. I have newer color photos of the terrace that I will put up soon. I was in that part of the park about five years ago during the winter. The only place we walked was out on the terrace because it was really cold.
I was there a couple of times when I was a kid too but photos turn to dust in that amount of time. lol Hell, some rocks will turn to dust in that amount of time.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2013 15:00:59 GMT -5
YELLOWSTONE PARK. Closed for the war so I will take you to a small portion at the north entrance. Think cold. This is the only area that is kept open during the winter. This is not a hounding area but I am sure you could get away with picking up one rock. It has probably been picked over pretty good already. These photos were taken six years ago so it was before I started hounding as an obsessive compulsive. The arch in the background is Roosevelt Arch and was dedicated by Theodore Roosevelt in 1904  This is the photograph that I think was taken at the same place as the photo Jean (rockpickerforever) posted above.  More of the same.     Looking straight down into the water from a bridge.   Looking down into a dry area.  Wildlife.   I am one of the dummies that just about got too close. This guy was in the process of trying to mate and he did not like me messing with his objective. When he stopped, turned and looked at me I had a feeling that he was about to tell me to butt out in a not so friendly way. I did not argue, I snapped him and got the hell out of there. I was right across the road from him and could have used some telephoto from a little further away. I know, I know, I should have used more sense BUT I got an awesome shot and lived.   After that all we saw was a coyote looking for a handout on our trip back home.  If you have a bucket list Yellowstone Park should have really high priority. It is an amazing place and there is nothing else like it on the planet except for a small area in Russia with just a few things the same. I hope you liked the show, albeit a small one. Jim |
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Post by grayfingers on Oct 5, 2013 16:59:11 GMT -5
Heh heh, I have been chased by a bull Buffalo and a cow elk for being too close with the camera. Amazing how much energy one has when running from a big critter that is gonna kick your ass. Nice shots!
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Post by garock on Oct 6, 2013 9:47:06 GMT -5
Great Photos ! The family and I went to Yellowstone Park in July of '88. The fires caused us problems. We camped down at Bridger Park in the Tetons, went up thru the south pass in the morning. Saw some fire fighters that had been working the lines, they looked very tired. Enjoyed the day in Yellowstone but was not allowed to return to the Tetons thru the south pass. Had to go out the West Yellowstone exit to get back to camp ground thru Jackson Hole. We arrived back at camp at 2 am time. The ride around was beautiful except when it got dark. Will not forget it. We were back in Yellowstone in '94 and it seemed to be more open and recovery looked good.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 6, 2013 10:53:37 GMT -5
Some wonderful photos, Jim, worth waiting for. Yes, it looks like you have pics of Minerva's Terrace as well. Isn't nature awesome? But I got cold just looking at that white stuff on the ground, LOL! Guess you're about up to your butt in it right now, correct?
On the trip that we went, I used a telephoto on the buffalo/bison. Husband left car to get a pic of an elk that was bugling, got his ass chased, too! Could've been funny, but it wasn't really. Would have totally messed up the rest of the trip.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2013 11:04:32 GMT -5
Believe it or not I am totally snow free. Amazing. It went south of me and northeast of me but all I got was a bit of rain. Whew. Sunshine and 60 degrees today.
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