Tagged With "2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone""
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, August 16, 2014: Graceland's Walls, Memphis
It was 37 years ago to the day that legendary performer Elvis Presley died. His influence on popular culture in the mid 20th century is hard to overstate, and he left a broad range of recorded music that endures. Like...
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Happy Independence Day!
While TravelGumbo is a global travel community, with members and followers in dozens of countries, our largest audience is in the USA. Today the United States is celebrating the 238th birthday of one of the most significant...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 15, 2014: Deck Chairs Aboard QM2
empty deck chairs on the QM2 When we think about cruising the seas aboard a luxury liner, we conjure up images of stately cabins, five star dining, deck quoits, sitting by the pool, dancing till dawn and exotic ports of call. Well, I...
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New book celebrates Yellowstone, National Parks Centennial
A new guidebook to Yellowstone catches Marilyn Jones's attention, and triggers some thoughts on travel books generally.
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Explore the Intriguing Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago
On a visit to Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry wasn't at the top of Samantha's list...but now it might be. Here's her report!
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Check out what's available in Guidebooks!
Marilyn Jones takes a look at some new and favorite guidebooks from two of her favorite series.
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Museum of the Rockies (Where Gumbo Was #330)
Gumbo was visiting the fascinating Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. The Museum is best know for its extensive dinosaur collection, but features exhibits broadly focused on Montana's history.
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Mixed signals: Cell tower in Sequoia Park
Cell service may be coming to parts of Sequoia National Park, but not everyone thinks it should.
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Free entry to all National Parks this Saturday
A free-entry day celebrates the nation's national parks and give visitors an opportunity to try the outdoors on for size.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Dec. 9, 2013: Biggest 12 pack in the world, Idaho
I admire the ingenuity of the human spirit! Usually I try not to post pictures of a commercial nature on this website, but the cleverness of this appeals to me. While driving south on I-15, from Montana to Utah, we passed the farm country...
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A visit to Great Basin National Park
In the United States, a country with dozens of great national parks, it makes sense that there would be some “orphan” parks that are only rarely visited. Such is the case with Great Basin National Park in Nevada. Great...
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Idaho's Craters of the Moon National Monument
Sometimes when I reflect on my travels, trends stand out that I might otherwise never have noticed. For example, I’d not have thought myself unusually interested in volcanoes or lava, but in the past few years I’ve visited a...
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Be sure to stop at Twin Falls, Idaho
Most travelers seem in a big hurry to complete their drive on the I-84 freeway, through the lava fields of the Snake River Plain. Their destinations are often Boise to the north, Yellowstone National Park to the east, or Salt Lake City to...
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The Beautiful Pools and Geysers of Yellowstone National Park
Although Yellowstone is famous for its geysers, the brilliant colors associated with the geysers, pools and hot springs are often mesmerizing. According to the park website, it was Walter H. Weed who in 1889 first recognized that the...
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Free entry to National Parks, April 16 to April 24th
A week of free admission is coming up at all national parks.
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Solar plane crosses the Pacific—at last!
Swiss solar plane Solar Impulse 2 completes its delayed trans-Pacific leg to arrive in California on a round-the-world flight without fuel.
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Impossible dream: Visit all 1031 World Heritage sites
In 1978, there were 12 World Heritage sites; in the time since the list has grown to over a thousand, spread across the world.
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They Googled WHAT? 2015's Top 10 Travel Questions
You can google just about anything—note the lower case 'g'—but only Google is keeping track of what people are looking for, and releases annual lists of the top searches in dozens of categories. For last year, the U.S. list of top travel questions seems very basic and location focused, whereas last year's top questions had more of a "How-To" flavor. Here's the 2015 list: What to pack for Cancun? Where is Disneyland? What airport is ORD When is whale watching season in San...
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Solar plane to resume its round-the-world trip
Solar Impulse 2, a sun-powered plane that has completed half of its intended round-the-world trip without a drop of fuel, is almost ready to tackle the second half of the trip. The Swiss-built plane which uses solar energy to fill its batteries and power the engine, has been grounded in Hawaii by battery damage suffered during a 5-day flight from Japan to Hawaii. Yes, it doesn't fly very fast! Project staff say that they've raised enough money for the repairs, and can be in the air again by...
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Signs of Jackson, Wyoming
A look at what the signs of Jackson, Wyoming, tell us about the inhabitants of this town.
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Instagram a key factor in park visits
Visitor rates are zooming in picturesque national parks, driven by the search for iconic pictures to post—but it's taking a toll on the 'great outdoors.'
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, March 26, 2015: Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" #229, Two Harbors, Minnesota
The engineering skills that produced these mammoths must have been colossal. I can get lost for hours looking at one of these works of art. My wife never gets the sense of history that goes with these living monuments to our past. So I take bundles of photos - "Move along - nothing to see here" "yes my dear"
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, March 26, 2015: Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" #229, Two Harbors, Minnesota
I've seen that locomotive and it's H-U-G-E! Hard to appreciate how massive from any photos. Thanks for sharing these and reminding me when machines were still built like, well, machines!
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, March 26, 2015: Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" #229, Two Harbors, Minnesota
Hi Garry and DrFumblefinger DrFumblefinger, thank you for sharing your thoughts. I'm glad you enjoyed this POD. Garry, your story is so funny yet so true. It sounds like my wife and your wife have very much in common and would probably get along great. These machines are just so amazing, I too could admire them for quite a long time. What can I say...maybe it's a guy thing... boys and their toys, and all that. Hopefully one day you and I will be able to meet, ditch our wives, and go check...
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, March 26, 2015: Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" #229, Two Harbors, Minnesota
I know just what you mean Ottoman ! How can an intelligent person look at huge model train layout and just say : "Ok - what does it do ?" Like casting pearls before swine ! Like getting your 15 seconds viewing the Mona Lisa and just taking photos. Like watching the Space Station pass across the sky like a huge sparkling jewel. "Yes - I know it's the same every time - but it's an amazing piece of..... doesn't matter.."
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Re: August 10, 2016: Dierkes Lake - Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls is on my itinerary, on the way to Yellowstone next month. Thanks for the peek.
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Re: The Road to Yellowstone
One of my favorite journeys and destinations in the world! There's no place quite like Yellowstone. I look forward to exploring it with you!
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Re: Yellowstone Lake
I'm one of those people who get caught up in the geysers and animal chasing. Yellowstone Lake represents a gap in my visits to the park. I like the tranquil nature of it and will need to spend a few days here during my next visit.
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Re: Solar plane to resume its round-the-world trip
Let's hope they don't run into any cloudy days!
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Re: Rome getting unwanted new attraction: Active volcanoes
We hear similar warnings here about Mt. Rainier and the Yellowstone hotspot. Hopefully we'll all be long gone before anything of consequence happens.
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USA Revisited: an Australian perspective
Barry shares fond memories of a last pre-pandemic visit to some of America's best scenes.
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Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park
DrFumblefinger visits beautiful Hayden Valley, located just north of Yellowstone Lake. A herd of bison living in the valley is popular with tourists.
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Delaware Water Gap pushed for National Park
Sierra Club chapters have relaunched their campaign to have one of the nation's most popular recreation areas upgraded to a new National Park
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Menor's Ferry Historic District, Grand Teton National Park
DrFumblefinger visits one of the original homesteads in Grand Teton National Park, including an old general store and a ferry for crossing the Snake River.
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Gibbon Falls, Yellowstone National Park
DrFumblefinger makes a stop at Gibbon Falls, where the Gibbon River drops 84 feet over the old inner caldera of the Yellowstone volcano.
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Great Smokies park sets all-time record
America's favorite National Park takes the top spot again; surprisingly, even in the Covid era last year set a new record.
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Why you should consider Wyoming
Wyoming is a unique place to visit and live. Richard discusses some of the highlights (sponsored content)
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Happy Birthday, Yellowstone National Park
At its 150th anniversary, America's oldest National Park celebrates its natural wonders and the indigenous peoples who have lived there.
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Yellowstone closed, maybe for the season
Heavy flooding has closed the largest U.S. national park, and it may be weeks or months before it fully re-opens.
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Yellowstone: Parts re-open, but limited
Southern areas of the park re-open tomorrow, but with capacity restrictions.
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A Day in Grand Teton National Park
An unexpected change of plans takes Sarah and her family to a different National Park and a new love
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Bear Country: Visiting the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center
Sarah and her family meet the bears and wolves, and learn a lot about vacationing in their territory
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Snapshots of Grand Teton National Park
DrFumblefinger shares photos of beautiful Grand Teton National Park.
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Elk County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's Elk County has the largest herd of elks in the east, and more besides.
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Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum - Lookout Mountain, CO
Samantha shares pictures from several visits to the final resting place of William F Cody, aka Buffalo Bill atop beautiful Lookout Mountain, Colorado
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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
DrFumblefinger visits the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, a spectacular and colorful canyon almost twenty miles long and nearly a mile wide.