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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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