Author Archives: yamilet

We had to go and see active Geysers which are a type of geothermal feature that periodically erupt scalding hot watert. There are many, many Geysers but old faithful erupts every 60 to 90 minutes every day and it lasts for about 2 to 4 minutes. While we were there we happen to see another … Continue reading »

While driving or walking trails you can see wild life if you pay attention. One time we took a specific trail to look for Bears and wolfs. We were half way and not sure were the continuation of the trail was. I made Mark just go back trough the same trail instead of waisting time … Continue reading »

To get to the tower of the mount washburn you needed to hike three and a half miles all uphill. It took me an hour. When I was about to get to the top the wind was strong and cold, apparently a storm was getting closer. I got little scared in a spot where the … Continue reading »

There were several trails to see the lower fall and upper fall in different angles, we went to two of them and took many pictures of lower fall. We also saw the tower fall which are the last pictures in this post. Habian algunos senderos para ver la cascada (lower) y la cascada (upper) de … Continue reading »

We arrived finally at yellowstone. I have heard so much about it and saw a video too. Well is actually a great park. Is it so big that is bigger than some states. The park authorities really try to preserve so much the park and wild life. I am not sure who is the wild … Continue reading »

I enjoyed the whole Custer State Park with it’s black hills and green grasslands. The last days we ended up seeing lots of wild life. Disfrute el parque estatal Custer con sus Black hills y pastizales verdes. Los ultimos dias nos toco ver animales salvajes.

We are creating a super athlete dog named Luke. Mark has been taking him to hard climbs but they likes to run them instead of walking them. When they come back Luke just lay and pant for a while without moving like if he was about to die. Then next thing he is running again. … Continue reading »

We visited another sculpture that is still in construction. A chief of an indian tribe meet with one of the sculptors that participated in Mount Rushmore to ask him to create a sculpture of one of their chiefs called crazy horse. He accepted but took it upon himself. He started about 50 years ago by … Continue reading »

Mount Rushmore has been one of my favorites so far. The presidents faces are huge 60 feet tall each. I have always liked art and carving is one style of art that I have a lot of respect of because is a methodical calculated art. If you carve too much you can’t put it back. … Continue reading »

There is something special about these mountains. I like that there are lots of rock formations but slightly different than the rocky mountains. You see rock climbers on them. There are also rocks kind of like marmol you even see pieces that shine on the ground when you walk the trails. There are several short one … Continue reading »