Another hidden gem in Idaho just outside West Yellowstone, MT is Mesa Falls.
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Another hidden gem in Idaho just outside West Yellowstone, MT is Mesa Falls.
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Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....
the whole area is beautiful. I wanted to do that road on my bike because of the many curves. Nothing like curves on a motorcycle but doesn't leave room for sight seeing. Solution is to stop frequently. If I get to do it I'll have to put on my auxiliary fuel tank. BTW still a no go on the CI after 3 years. I'm taking part in a study at the clinic that lasts 4 weeks starting in a few days and then will have a new AB implementation of the eSRT ( electrical stapedial reflex threshold) test in July. Not sure what the new implementation is but evidently involved quite a bit of research by AB.
My three favorite things are the Oxford comma, irony and missed opportunities
The problem with humanity is: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and God-like technology. Edward O. Wilson
Mike, I don't know how long it's been since you traveled US-12 but in the last few years, they have added a lot of paved areas to pull off the road.
Sorry to hear about your hearing and CI problems. I can appreciate them.
I began having some problems 2 weeks ago. With a diagnosis of Meniere's disease, my hearing fluctuates. Two weeks ago I developed some distortion in my CI hearing. Then I began having minor vertigo attacks. I have taken medicine for over 15 years to hold off the vertigo attacks and I take it every morning. I have a spare sound processor and swapped it out with no effect on my hearing. I was supposed to drive to California to join my wife next Tuesday but with the sudden intermittent vertigo attacks, I didn't want to become a highway fatality statistic so my wife is flying home on Saturday. In the mean time, I managed to get an appointment to have my CI tested and get remapped on Wednesday. My wife and I will depart for California from my appointment in Spokane. 3 of our grandkids go to a Montessori school and it will be out for several weeks before starting their summer program. We are going to babysit there for 1 week and then bring the twin 6 year old granddaughters home with us for 2 weeks. Their Mommy and little brother will drive up a week later, join us for a week and then return home with the kids.
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....
I'm constantly amazed at the stupidity that I see from tourists. "Don't touch the fire coral. It's called fire coral for a reason- it will burn you." (moments later) "Ouch! I touched this coral and it burned me. You should warn people about that." Right.
We call them "tourons" i.e. Tourist + Moron. Don't even get me started on the "credit card captains" that rent boats down here having only driven a bass boat on a lake.
Note: We do love our tourists and appreciate their visit. I try to help them out as much as possible, even when they walk into my house and say, "Is this the synagogue?" No, this is my house. The synagogue is two doors down on the left. (Never apologizes for walking into my house, or even act like they were embarrassed.)
They aren't allowed to hunt or shoot the animals in the park, Pat. They aren't even allowed to remove trees that have fallen which would make good firewood.
We had bison stew for dinner one evening on an evening wildlife tour. They assured us it was made with ranch raised bison.
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....
You were, unfortunately. Denali is a national park, please follow the rules of the park.
We all seem to think we can chose which of societies rules don't apply to us, whether it's stalking sheep, getting off the boardwalk at Yellowstone, or taking the guards off our TS. Rules are only for other (stupid) people.
I'd like to say please don't take this personally, but doubt that's possible. Que sera. Glad you didn't get hurt!
Last edited by Malcolm McLeod; 06-09-2016 at 2:06 PM.
Actually, to be fair, the media got that one wrong. The father and son who were the tourist actually were experienced in wildlife rescue and were only doing what they had done on numerous times as they had been trained and instructed to do. The baby had already been abandoned by the herd and would have been eventually killed by it's natural predators. They had hoped to prevent that fate but it didn't work out that way.
They were interviewed on Good Morning America and in my opinion were very sincere and upset that their actions had been so poorly represented by others who did not bother to get the facts before alerting the world.
Perry
Ken,
My wife is a waterfall freak.
She is pining over this falls.
thanks.
Last edited by Tony Zona; 06-10-2016 at 7:23 PM.
My three favorite things are the Oxford comma, irony and missed opportunities
The problem with humanity is: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and God-like technology. Edward O. Wilson
Tony,
That falls is about 35 miles SSW from Yellowstone National Park. Of course if you are in the area, you need to see these 4 located within the park:
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...and then a side trip to central Washington will provide this:
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BTW....The best time to see any of the waterfalls in the west is in May or early June when we are getting our spring snow runoff.
Last edited by Ken Fitzgerald; 06-10-2016 at 6:53 PM.
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....