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Showing posts with label National Parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Parks. Show all posts
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Interesting tour bus in the Smoky Mountains, it's got dual rear axles, and the name under the drivers window "Miss Oconolufty" (likely refers to the Oconaluftee River/area in North Carolina)
and there was also a #21 "Miss Nantahala" 1933 Packard Super 8 10 pass,
I think this is the Biltmore
I think this is the Biltmore
Friday, January 09, 2026
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
National Park Service windshield stickers
Monday, November 03, 2025
1926 Lincoln Brunn 7 passenger touring was owned by Yellowstone Park Transportation Company, and after 80 years, is finally sharing garage space with two other YPTCo Lincolns,
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it was assigned vehicle No 811, it was one of 28 Lincolns owned by YPTCo, ten were known to exist, until recently, as 808 has been found and identified as a YPTCo Lincoln.
both 811 and 808 were within a few miles of each other for nearly 80 years, the families knew each other through 3 generations.
YPTCo 812 is about 75 miles from where the other two were, last used in 1971, and is in decent condition and still yellow though repainted a couple of times, and will soon join this pair as the owners just contacted this collector and wanted 812 to go to the right home
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10231089283721142&set=gm.1402751073620609&idorvanity=108645673031162
Sunday, August 18, 2024
drunk Yellowstone tourist takes stolen tow truck on joyride around Old Faithful
When rangers caught up to him, he pretended to be a U.S. marshal and said he needed the truck to get to his headquarters, according to a criminal complaint.
The event started Saturday, Aug. 10, when a drunk named Bowling was unable to buy beer at the Old Faithful General Store because his credit cards declined, the document said. Bowling left, climbed into a Yellowstone Park Service Station heavy wrecker — also known as a tow truck — and drove off, officials said. “The suspect is not an employee of YPSS and had no authority to take the vehicle,” according to officials.
Bowling plowed through a large wooden fence in the truck and drove it along the public side of the geyser before turning around near the Old Faithful Lodge, the document said. He’s then accused of driving the wrong way down a one-way road before bailing off the roadway and stopping in a field near the post office and ranger station.
Bowling got out and started running through trees as a pair of rangers followed him, officials said. He crossed a road before another pair of rangers stopped him behind a bus barn east of the Old Faithful government area.
Rangers ordered him to the ground and handcuffed him, according to officials, and found his wallet with his Virginia driver’s license inside. A ranger asked him to identify himself. He answered: “Nathan Patterson, undisclosed United States marshal,” the document states. When asked why he stole the tow truck, he’s accused of answering, “I needed the truck to get to the United States Marshal’s headquarters.”
Bowling reeked of booze as rangers led him to a patrol car, the document said. He was taken to the Mammoth Jail, where he’s accused of refusing to give a breath sample or perform sobriety tests. Federal officials sought a blood warrant to confirm his intoxication. Investigators determined the tow truck was nearly 200 feet from the road after plowing through the sturdy wooden fence. Bowling faces several criminal charges in the incident, including DUI, refusing sobriety tests, interfering with a government employee, destruction of federal property, disorderly conduct, off-road operation of a motor vehicle and reckless driving.
He faces up to 4.5 years in jail and $45,000 in fines if convicted.
Monday, May 13, 2024
a window into the Mount Carmel tunnel, a 1930 accomplishment of a mile long tunnel through solid rock to get to the Zion national park. At the time, one of the longest tunnels in the world
the mile long tunnel has six "galleries" (windows) along one side that provide light and ventilation. During construction, the tunnel's debris was dumped through those galleries into the canyon below.
When Zion was named a national park in 1919, it also began a partnership with the state of Utah and the Union Pacific Railroad. The goal of this partnership was to promote a 10-day “Grand Loop” for visitors to the region to follow, featuring several of the region’s national parks.
not being rich enough to tour the country with a camper, teardrop, or rv, I haven't had the pleasure of seeing all the big amazing national parks, such as the 3 that are side by side, Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Grand Canyon
But when I was in the Navy, and moving from one duty station to the next, I did drive, and take the routes that would get me through a couple that I wanted to see the most, Yellowstone and Yosemite in one trip from East to West coast, and on a drive to Vegas I once went to the Grand Canyon and the Hoover Dam.
That was when gas a was a dollar a gallon, I kid you not. 1999. Now I know how my grandparents generation feel when they remember paying a quarter a gallon. I suppose this indicates gas will be 20 a gallon by 2040
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Ski-Doo is the only snowmobile manufacturer to sell machines that meet the bullshit requirement of Yellowstone's eco-warrior jackasses
Ultimately, snowmobiles remained, but with new regulations in Yellowstone so that the WINTER ecosystem is less affected (though the summer is wide open for any and every variation of interaction and frequently maxes out the parking and camping areas)
So the national park service only allows four-stroke snowmobile engines. Only Ski-Doo makes them, so far
Ski-Doo’s four-stroke engine, is efficient and emits less pollution than the two-stroke engines offered in other snow machines. The company’s advanced combustion efficiency engines are designed with a square bore and stroke in a spherical combustion chamber and tuned to use less fuel to create power. .
Of the two Ski-Doo engine configurations allowed at Yellowstone, the 600 ACE is the most fuel efficient with a rating of 28 miles per gallon at 60 horsepower, while the 900 ACE is good for 90 horsepower and gets 21.8 miles per gallon.
Ski-Doo’s four-stroke engine, is efficient and emits less pollution than the two-stroke engines offered in other snow machines. The company’s advanced combustion efficiency engines are designed with a square bore and stroke in a spherical combustion chamber and tuned to use less fuel to create power. .
Of the two Ski-Doo engine configurations allowed at Yellowstone, the 600 ACE is the most fuel efficient with a rating of 28 miles per gallon at 60 horsepower, while the 900 ACE is good for 90 horsepower and gets 21.8 miles per gallon.
A new Ski-Doo costs around 12,000 dollars on average across their line of machines https://ski-doo.brp.com/us/en/models.html not including the 4-8 thousand dollar kids machines
Wednesday, February 07, 2024
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Isa Lake Bridge, Spanning Isa Lake at Grand Loop Road, Lake, Teton County, WY
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The first road from Old Faithful to West Thumb was completed in 1892 and passed Isa Lake.
In the 1930’s planning began for improvement of the route and the plan included a crossing of Isa Lake. Originally a culvert was initially going to be used for the crossing but the crossing design evolved into a low timber bridge “to preserve the natural existing conditions as near as possible.”
Construction began on the route in 1941 and the bridge was completed in July 1942 but the complete route was not completed until after World War II.
The eight-span bridge has a total length of 160 feet. The bridge deck has a width of 28 feet with guardrails of 14-inch diameter logs. .jpg)
Isa Lake Bridge typifies the early design philosophy of the National Park Service, which was to use indigenous materials to harmonize man-made features with their natural surroundings.
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Isa Lake Bridge typifies the early design philosophy of the National Park Service, which was to use indigenous materials to harmonize man-made features with their natural surroundings.
According to the 1905 book, The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States, the lake was “named for Miss Isabel Jelke, of Cincinnati,” though any reason as to why has been lost to history.
Isa Lake is acknowledged to be the only natural lake in the world that drains to two oceans
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