American Road Trip 1979 on Kodachrome

[lynnb]

#USA25-30 Early morning walk along the Firehole River, Old Faithful geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979

 

[lynnb]

#USA25-31 Firehole River, Old Faithful geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979

 

[lynnb]

#USA25-32 Firehole River, Old Faithful geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979

Yellowstone was the first geothermal area I'd ever seen. It was other-worldly... the sights, sounds (loud!) and smells.

 

[lynnb]

#USA25-33 Old Faithful geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979

 

[Godfrey]

Sorry to hear of your troubles, Lynnb. Hope it gets lighter soon!
Lovely photos!

G

 

[raid]

Lovely images. Thank you Lynn.

 

[DownUnder]

Welcome back, Lynn! We did wonder. Not so good news from you, but our good wishes go to you for speedy well-being.

This thread has so stimulated me, that when I return to Oz in May I will be sorting, culling and scanning my entire lot of images from the year-long travel I did in North America in 1979. The actual journey took seven months and I called it 'Sydney (NSW) to Sydney (Nova Scotia). An Aussie friend came with me for some of it, but the return trip I did on my own, in my aforementioned 1970 Ford Maerick with all its bits and pieces falling off as I went, mostly to do Route 66 which I had long wanted to explore from start to finish, and which I did, but I have to admit a lot of it left me underwhelmed, by then the industrialisation-modernisation of so many American states had taken away a lot of the charm of the original journey as it was done in the (as I dimly recall) '50s or '60s. But I did it, from end to end.

So I will start the scanning in a few weeks, and post as I go along, as you have done. Thanks for the positive 'kick' start...

 

[Timmyjoe]

Sending good thoughts and positive energy your way Lynn.

 

[lynnb]

Thanks guys. Here's the final few pics from my walk around the Old Faithful geothermal area in Yellowstone, the last one of me taken by one of my travel companions as we rode on the roof rack of the van we were traveling in.

#USA26-01 Old Faithful geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979. PL filter.

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-02 Old Faithful geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979. PL filter.

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-04 Old Faithful geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979. PL filter.

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-06 riding on the roof rack, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-10 Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-11 Continental Divide photo stop, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-13 Thermal pool detail, West Thumb geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-15 West Thumb geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-17 West Thumb geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-19 West Thumb geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979
I was surprised at the variation between these thermal pools all in close proximity to one another. Some looked tempting enough to jump in, but most are deadly.

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-20 West Thumb geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979
Probably the most beautiful pool I saw...

 

[lynnb]

#USA26-22 West Thumb geothermal area, Yellowstone National Park, 02 June 1979. This section appears to be an inactive geothermal area - but see the steam on the far right.
All these photos were taken with a polarising filter.