West Thumb Geyser Basin is situated on the shore of Yellowstone Lake’s West Thumb, a submerged volcanic caldera within the larger Yellowstone caldera. It was created about 162,000 years ago when a magma chamber bulged up under the earth’s surface, which it cracked along ring fracture zones, releasing the magma as lava. Once emptied, the chamber collapsed and, later, the caldera was filled with water, forming an extension of Yellowstone Lake.
The boardwalk trails at West Thumb provide easy walks that let visitors take in the beauty of the deep thermal pools and Yellowstone Lake.
While we’ve visited West Thumb Geyser Basin over the years, before 2007 we had not looked at the Yellowstone Lake Hotel, a few miles to the northeast. The hotel is one of three hotels in the park constructed by the Northern Pacific Railroad. Originally built in 1891, it was re-designed, expanded, and remodeled in 1903, 1922-23, 1928 and 1894 to 1990. The building is a “relatively plain clapboarded Colonial Revival structure with two large Ionic porticoes facing Yellowstone Lake.1”
Yellowstone References and Resources:
Yellowstone is one of the most popular destinations in the U.S. and there are a lot of available resources, including books and DVDs
as well as internet resources. I’ve included links to a few reliable resources below and have more on my Yellowstone page at Haw Creek.
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1 Lake Hotel – Wikipedia
This may become a regular feature – or maybe not.
- T.G.I. Friday’s
- Grizzly kills man at Yellowstone National Park, first fatal mauling since 1986
- honey badger – The honey badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the ratel, is a monotypic species of mustelid native to Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent. (wikipedia)
- In some cultures, Friday is considered unlucky. (Wikipedia)
- Engineered from the finest genes, and trained to be a secret courier in a future world, Friday
operates over a near-future Earth, where chaos reigns.
- Hogweed – Heracleum Mantegazzianum — a plant more commonly known as the giant hogweed and native to Central Asia — is spreading fast in several states, and experts are urging some residents to beware. The tall plant with large, attractive flowers the size of umbrellas contains sap that causes blisters, burns, even blindness.
- Kidnap survivor Elizabeth Smart joins ABC News as commentator.
- Solar System Scope – Interactive 3D model of the solar system – interesting, but too busy with ads.
- Katrina killed Six Flags New Orleans – Wikipedia
- Your Paintings – a BBC website which aims to show the entire UK national collection of oil paintings, the stories behind the paintings, and where to see them for real. It is made up of paintings from thousands of museums and other public institutions around the country.
11. The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.
Farmers’ Market, at the Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, September 13, 2008
On Saturdays, rain or shine, from the middle of April through the beginning of November, the market is held around the state Capitol Square and on Wednesdays during the same period it is held in the 200 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., rain or shine.
During the winter, it can be found at other locations — indoors, of course.
The market is a producer-only farmers’ market. All products in the market are produced by the vendor doing the selling. No resale is allowed.
The Dane County Farmers’ Market (DCFM), operating continuously since 1972, is an outlet for Wisconsin-produced homegrown fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese, eggs, bakery products, cider, maple syrup, honey, sorghum, fresh and dried flowers, herbs, houseplants, jams and jellies, pickles and other prepared food products.
… intended to give growers and producers of goods and consumers an opportunity to deal directly with each other, rather than through third parties.
… intended to enhance the Capitol-Concourse area of the City of Madison.
More information on the farmers’ market can be found on the Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square website.
Other posts on the Farmer’s Market in Madison:
Farmers’ Market in Madison at Wisconsin State Capitol, 9/20/08
Pioneer Mountains, Idaho, July 25, 2010 –
While it’s nice to find a picnic table, when we’re traveling, we can picnic in places that don’t have tables. We were going to picnic at Wildhorse Campground, but the flies and other bugs were just too annoying.
We had driven all morning on dirt roads and it shows on our black 2004 Honda CRV. I took the car to a car wash several times on this trip.
Below – Wildhorse Creek and Pioneer Mountains.
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