swalker
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Thanks for the comments on the pictures.
My wife and I have had one or more siamese cats for most of our married lives. The only breaks have been when one dies and I am just not ready to "replace" them just yet.
In this case, our wonderful cat died almost 3 years ago. About 2 years ago, Lori found the two cats in the pictures and watched them closely as they were born all the way through getting close to being ready to be placed with their new owners. She visited them several times and fell in love with them before she even was able to bring them home.
The large, lighter colored one is a male lilac point siamese named Po. He is by far the largest cat we have ever had. He is intelligent, lazy, loving, and stubborn!
The darker colored one is a female chocolate point siamese named Kei. She is small, sweet, curious, cunning, and very naughty. She likes to play. If you are not willing to play with her at the moment, she will do something she knows she is not supposed to do just so that you will pay attention to her.
I will try to post a few more pictures of them on this trip.
As I described earlier, the weather was wonderful for the first 3 days of the trip. We tried to spend time walking/rolling around the Upper Geyser Basin while the weather was good. We brought my wife's bike so she could ride alongside me (where the park allows it). Otherwise, I kind of get excited about seeing the next great thing and seem to leave her behind.
This is what we were doing the day the weather was supposed to change. We saw many geysers erupt, which I really enjoy. I have many favorites, and one of them is Grand geyser.
Grand is the tallest, predictable, fountain geyser in the world. It is set at the base of a hillside, which makes for wonderful viewing.
The Grand complex consists of quite a few geysers, with Grand being the largest. It includes Vent, Turban, Grand, West Triplet, Percolator, The Sputniks, and Rift.
Grand has a major eruption about every 5 to 7 hours. Looking at the pattern of recent eruptions, it is pretty easy to narrow down the likely window for the next eruption to an hour or two.
While waiting for a Grand eruption, there are many things to see. Often, there are marmots running around on the hillside behind Grand. It is common to see Ravens and an Osprey or two fly by. In the meantime, there is a pattern of thermal behavior to see. Various thermal features in the Grand complex have behavior that lets us know when an eruption of Grand geyser is likely imminent.
The day the weather changed for the worse, we were waiting at Grand geyser for an eruption as threatening clouds blew in from the west. The temperature dropped significantly while we waited. Eventually, Grand erupted and the scene was fantastic, with Grand erupting in front of ominous clouds, then Turban erupting, and then Vent erupting. What a spectacle. I have attached a picture that does not do the scene justice.
This was just one of the many geysers we saw during the 3 days of good weather. After that, we transitioned into wildlife watching, which kept us in the car as we drove around Yellowstone in nasty weather. I will describe more about that in the next post.
Steve
My wife and I have had one or more siamese cats for most of our married lives. The only breaks have been when one dies and I am just not ready to "replace" them just yet.
In this case, our wonderful cat died almost 3 years ago. About 2 years ago, Lori found the two cats in the pictures and watched them closely as they were born all the way through getting close to being ready to be placed with their new owners. She visited them several times and fell in love with them before she even was able to bring them home.
The large, lighter colored one is a male lilac point siamese named Po. He is by far the largest cat we have ever had. He is intelligent, lazy, loving, and stubborn!
The darker colored one is a female chocolate point siamese named Kei. She is small, sweet, curious, cunning, and very naughty. She likes to play. If you are not willing to play with her at the moment, she will do something she knows she is not supposed to do just so that you will pay attention to her.
I will try to post a few more pictures of them on this trip.
As I described earlier, the weather was wonderful for the first 3 days of the trip. We tried to spend time walking/rolling around the Upper Geyser Basin while the weather was good. We brought my wife's bike so she could ride alongside me (where the park allows it). Otherwise, I kind of get excited about seeing the next great thing and seem to leave her behind.
This is what we were doing the day the weather was supposed to change. We saw many geysers erupt, which I really enjoy. I have many favorites, and one of them is Grand geyser.
Grand is the tallest, predictable, fountain geyser in the world. It is set at the base of a hillside, which makes for wonderful viewing.
The Grand complex consists of quite a few geysers, with Grand being the largest. It includes Vent, Turban, Grand, West Triplet, Percolator, The Sputniks, and Rift.
Grand has a major eruption about every 5 to 7 hours. Looking at the pattern of recent eruptions, it is pretty easy to narrow down the likely window for the next eruption to an hour or two.
While waiting for a Grand eruption, there are many things to see. Often, there are marmots running around on the hillside behind Grand. It is common to see Ravens and an Osprey or two fly by. In the meantime, there is a pattern of thermal behavior to see. Various thermal features in the Grand complex have behavior that lets us know when an eruption of Grand geyser is likely imminent.
The day the weather changed for the worse, we were waiting at Grand geyser for an eruption as threatening clouds blew in from the west. The temperature dropped significantly while we waited. Eventually, Grand erupted and the scene was fantastic, with Grand erupting in front of ominous clouds, then Turban erupting, and then Vent erupting. What a spectacle. I have attached a picture that does not do the scene justice.
This was just one of the many geysers we saw during the 3 days of good weather. After that, we transitioned into wildlife watching, which kept us in the car as we drove around Yellowstone in nasty weather. I will describe more about that in the next post.
Steve