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THE CHRONICLE OF AN AUTO-CAMP TRIP BOOK I

At Obsidian Cliff there were exh hits or this black volcanic
, called obsidian. lso long geo‘ogical descriptions of its
Across the road was a. high clirr
of this black glass.
origin.
Farther south 2. Sign along the reed said look for mouse. At
s particular place there was a broad meadow on some tnll
bushes in it.,".:oere were shout e dozen moose in this meadow and
we attempted to take their pictures. Thotos 72 and '73 are pictur-
es of noose hut s, negnirying gloss must he used in order to see
them.
ext we saw elh. s e nhntos 7/. and 75. "-he conera was closer
to the elk but they ca een hotter with a glass.
interesting. :t
\'.' s a large hody of
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:xeaver Lake was qu
water held by s dm nsde ty heavers. ”he dam was snout 430 feet
long. '.e did not see any of these animals hecsuse they cone out
only at night.
At flooring Mountain an imense chunk of the mountain side
had been washed or blown away. steam was snouting or roaring from
a dozen different vents in the ground. it .as something to see
hut not much to our liking for one wondered just how soon would
it erupt again. :ot soon we hoped and moved on.
When cane: Norris "veyser :asin where there was a hoard walk
to the principal geysers. They were nearly all named and posted
with signs telling about their hahits. cone erupted while we were
there, sending a few squirts of hot woter nhcut ten feet high. it
was somewhat interesting but nothing real hapnened. dloeh Growler
steam Vent roars continuously end is the hottest vent in the nsrk
at 234 degrees.
Beyond Norris Junction the road parallels the Gihhon River.
Along; this road we saw a Sign that pointed to the trail to Chin»
ney Geysers. 7e parked the car and started to kike up a mountain
side. The trail wound around and zigzagged high shove the valley.
After a very tiresone climb we can: to a t’ny vslley where the
geysers built their cones shout two feet in diameter and ten feet
high. Water trickled over the side of some while others just
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Later we took another trail to the Paint Pots. This trail
was nearly level. These pots consisted of pools of mud, each one
had s particular color. There were pinks, reds. hrowns end grays,
mud and some even throwing nod which formed a soft
all bubbling
m'd cone. it was just the place where one would like to poke into
the mud with u long stick.
Gibbon Falls, with en ighty foot drop of the Gihhon River,
is a very pretty fall of a fast flowing river. At l'adiscn Junc-
tion we followed the West Entrance road along the dimer: liver.
This was a very oretty drive with the river and valley heconing
quite broad. Saw a row beer and several elk. stopped and inspect—
ed the eerie at the West intrance with the intension of using it
for our last night in the park.
Returned to Madison Junction and drove south on the main
loop road. ".e stopped at the Lower Geyser Basin, which, like the
Norris, was s very large area on which there was no Vegetation
and the soil hsd a grayish white annesranoe. There were many gey~
sers in this has n hut none erupted while we were there.
Then on to the 11923:: Geyser hssin, the largest
and most
interesting. hid not leave the car but continued slowly to the
Old Faithful Auto Camp. This made a very nusy and interesting
day. The weather was so nice that we did not bother setting up
the tent.
The feature geyser of the Upper Basin and the park is old
Faithful. It was close to camp. Photo 75 was taken as it started
to erupt. Note that the people sitting on the log are on the
windward side. Photo 77 was taken during the same eruption and
shows it in full. This fellow throws a three root diameter of
water to a height of 150 feet fur a duration or four minutes, and
at sn intervsl 0f 65 minutes hetween eruptions. The temperature
or the water is 200 degrees.
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We saw this geyser eruyt many
times and enjoyed its erfomance
eeoh tine. ‘ oto 7:1 ' a closer
view or (71:! F‘zilthful's cone which
it has built up during the ages. so. 79
After one of its spouts we walked
up to its crater and looked down, hut could not see very far.

A trail leads around to the jrincipal zeysers in this hesin.
izeerly all have signs on which are names zmd some description of
its behavior. cne describes t, e story of a chinemer. in this hesin
using a tent as a shelter, maintained a lsundry. He always seemed
to ‘h: sitting out in front of his tent, hut was never late in his
deliveries of clothes. ne day there was a violent eruption of
water under his tent nhlci- sent it and the chinanen 5.1"}: in the
air. Since it has been known as C‘rlnaman Spring. "he one that
sends the water i *gzdest 's ”viant ":eyser. It snouts e large column
2m to 9 n reet'in the air for e durntinn of ac minutes. The in-
terval between eruptions is irregular.
Word was sent around to the auto camp that Riverside "reyser
was due to eru‘pt et a certain tine and nearly every one at camp
went to see it. its crater is at We edge of Tire‘rale River and
slopes a‘aout an degrees with s horizontal. "'r'is one sent its
stream of hot water,731 degrees, out over the river nd about 10:)
feet high it played shout 15 minutes and averages '7_ hnurs be-
tween eruptions. Photo 79 was taken at the start of its eruption.
a“... Talthful Auto Camp was pretty well filler‘ wit. csmners
end beers too. Tore was a‘mut one bear to eac'u outfit. So mny
”at we got sort of used to them. But one had to constantly watch
his mod Snpplles so as not to have it stolen by than. "here is a
scng known as "’1': Fear Sang" sung to the tune of '73] “minis Lies
Over "the Ocean . lt is very popular :oere rind its words are:
"new: on the Vellowstone '{ively
.erc the campers are thicker than f3 Exes,
Dug n‘nout 15‘ o'clock midnight,
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"Bring hack, hr..
"or. bring back my baoon to no, to me.
"Bring; back, hring hook,
"0h ‘vring hock my 'oaoon to nee."
At this can p we heoone aooneinted with :r. and :rs. m, a young
couple from fies Loines, Iowa. "hey o hsen on the trail three
h:-
months and mostly in the southwest. .ve enjoyed nzmy pleasant
hd‘rs with them. Their only shelter was their oar w .6}: is not a
had idea if one confines his cam ing to the southwestern ststes.
:17 e that we did not u.e our tent.
The wgtPEr lad been so
and as a rutter of fact, it so not set up aCain until we visited
the next n'ztional park. >e drove eastward over
liter
nore d' eye at this
our
2; few
the southern part or the noin loop to "71L": Junction and its car
on the shore of Yellowstone Lake. on the ey the Continental Div-
ide was crossed at two places, the first at P." and the next at
8360 feet. This was est point that we had heen so far.
While driving alrmg 7 son .l large hird alighting on a nest in a
tree top and asked l'. to take its picture. "es nhoto 80. it was
Tn osprey and tank off just as she snapped it. in the haokground
t! u the t_ees is Duck Pond.
AL Tun Geno there was
the most norsistant old hear
who iust Kept coming toward
us while to tried to score
im away I first? stones at
l; and he watc! then roll
‘ny and tent oon- .5. We were
Just about to jump in the
car and drive owav when le
turned and walked hock lot
the woods. Late in the after
noon campers came in with
Large strings of trout.
sveryons seemed to have lad
good luck. Hear camp was
onother grouo or colored :lo. so
pa' t pots, that ‘vehaved
like those that we sow near Norris Junction.
The South Entrance approach road joins the n in loop system
at Thum Junction Wis road leads to Grand Tutor: v rk
and the Jackson .ole section and is only so miles away e road
had not yet heen Opened due to earth slides from the n st winter.
.itonoed over night at Thun Camp and drove over tie main 1001) read
to Lélee Junction and 652115;? Bridge .tuto Camp. . no nighway was
along the regular shore line of 'rellow stone Lake. This lake is
10 les wide and 15 miles long. Its maximum depth is 330 reet
and the elevation of the water surface is 775/) feet. on the way
we stopped at fishing reyser, wh oh is in the lake and about nosed
frum th shore. its oone is shout two feet ooove the level of the
lake and large enough for one to sit and fish. So without moving
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The outlet or the lake forms the Yellowstone River. Fishing
ridge Auto Camp is along the lake and near the vwiver. it is tle
most popular one in the park. 3'any campers were here during our
visit who intended to stay the entire summer. Tn; hears did not
hother us here. "he main pastime is fishing. nome few hire hosts
and fish in the lake, others wade the river, hut the nest of it
is done from Tishing Bridge, which crosses the Yellowstone 'Iiver
a short distance from camp. "an fish per oerscn is the
fishing license is required
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lin't for a day's catch. At the bridge the water was about threefeet
deep and flowed
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many as .o to 100
&one time, using a small spinner. T‘ e current of the river made
the soinner work. u. joined the group and caught a. 1’7 inch rain—
how trout which was large enough for a meal for both or us. she
was proud of her catch and justly so, for it was a beauty. where
were nany fish caught and one wonders if they were all eaten. Fut
of all things, 15. and I got our foreheads and noses so sunburned
that it hurt. .e had heen living outdoors more than eight months
and now to get sunhurned. "'ne reason was that at higher elevations
one sunburns easily and painfully hecause or the rarity of the
atmosphere and the intense hrig tness or the sun
flow for some ore sight Seelng. "‘ook the main road north-
ward. stop d at ' d Volcano which was a large not of boiling mud
133 degrees. ‘Iearby was the Wragon's out)‘ at tie base or a large
overhanging rock and in a cave. It roared as it helohed steam and
muddy water at 107 degrees. "I5 arrived at the store at Canyon
Junction just as two hears were tearing a box of! the running

hoard of a car. They were chased away hut stooned as soon as they
here on the other side of the road where 2". took their picture.
See photo 8L
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Another wonder was unfolded to us as we walked out on
inspiration )‘olnt nd looked down nearly vertically to the Yell-
owstone River 5. thousand feet helow in the Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone. photo on was taken from this yoint. in the near dis-
tance the Balls of the "ellowstone, son root dron, seems to come
out of the ice code. "he cascades and rapids were jalainly seen
from this ooint. A oartio—
uiar feature of this narrow
gorge was the various
hright colors or its sides.
The prevailing color is
yellow, but there are
whites, reds and shades of
reds to hrowns.
on the other side or
the canyon is Artist‘s
Point from which another
good view can he had. See-
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There were trails on each rim of the‘ canyon and we took one and
were treated many more views of this deep cut.
Upon another uccnsion‘ we drove to the grizzly bear feeding
pictrorn on a branch road off the main rond toward Canyon Junc-
tion. The rangers were armed with high powered rifles which lent
a sort of danger to the ,arty. Several hundred visitors gathered
to see the show. Perhaps it was too early in the season for
grizzlies so we only saw one. A shaggy cld rascal, who came slow—
1y out of he. words and was near to use matron». xv on he turned .
and ran hack into the woods.
The many wild snimsls that can be seen, are as much a feat-
ure of this park as are the hot water springs and geysers. It is
a vast gene refuge.
1n the park nay ‘bc round the following trees; lodgeycle pine
lim‘ber pine, white bark yine, alpine fir, douglas fir, engelnsnn,
syruce, rocky mountain juni'per, aspen { he only common bread leaf
tree}, narrow leaf cottonwood, red birch and elder.
\mr sight seeing had j st shout ended for we had seen the
wonders which were accessible ‘hy road. The Park is such a tremend—
ously large wilderness that one could never in no to see it all.
our next part of call was dryce ~ nyon notioncl Park in
southern Utah. It is a canyon lled with exquisitely colored
pinnaclus. Drove to t? auto can at the west Entrance by way of
Canyon, Vorl‘is and 11addison Junctions.

t e park the reed crossed Beaverhead
mountains and the Continental Divide, thru Targhee Pass. ”‘6
cli lb was easy enough for we reached the ten in high gear. Rack
on the Pacific ' afiershed again. (Mr course was generally South.
The high mountains of Ycllawstone were visible.

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i’hotu 85 is Angel's nding, a giant monolith TiSiflfi 1425
feet above the floor of the Valley. It was taken from our tent.
2mm 57 is snot}! 1‘ View of ‘nzel‘s Landing taken “ram the road.
ltz‘. t is accessaule hy ‘vl i1. Photos HE and 85 are of' the Great
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‘ Ate Throne, an immense truncated dome risk)” 2,"? feet a‘vvove
the flour of the Valley. It an“ (an be a. w its mass resting or)
a red base. Only one person has cvar clim‘ved to its tn“. ‘TD. 36
made a very nice enlargement.
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grazfl natural amphitheater enclosed ‘.'.‘J' t! ' \ walls. re a rang-
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firm. had been seen on this
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we creek are we walls of c c car‘on. “syond me Narrows: me
canyon )5 so to "5 fer t wide nd 15m feet teen on the average.
It may re entered with a qualiried guide and on Horse‘nack.
Photo m is of I'ount Zion taken at sunri e on La day we
left the park. 1v. was across Le valley fro: camp. "he tap it;
an; feet n‘mr the first.
Mote n: 1.5 we ”res atrium a. e farthest one rises
$7}: fact :vae w. floor. "have are manj more of‘ erase pro enc—
es Rich help to farm the side walls of tile c2 '03.

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many suu‘lfi, not only to use we val‘ lnit the deer, "revs :"as: c.
18rd ii the vulLey.
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