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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
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Dinner and breakfast looked yummy - and your tour of the geysers looks very interesting. The blue geyser is lovely - reminds me of a london blue topaz necklace I have.
Wow, that blue geyser is stunning as well. You are really making me want to go there. I can't even imagine how many pictures I would take at a place like that.
Ok, I'm going with you and Mark next time. Seriously we were there, but didn't see half the sights you saw. My father took us on the speed tour of everthings. I think we parked, walked into the visitors center, walked outside to see Old Faithful, he went to the car and the kids and I spent some time in the visitor center.
No worries - you can happily tag along with us. If you pick up the plane fare, we're so there!
What a shame though in all seriousness that you didn't get to see more of the park.
Beautiful. It's just such an amazing area. Despite the attack on the senses!
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Really amazing colors in the springs, especially the blue one! Gorgeous!
You really do see some great sights! That's my main concern about taking my kids there...I don't think they'd have the patience to walk the paths and take the pictures! All the pictures of the steam coming out remind me of Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii...not to mention the sulfur smell!
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Really amazing colors in the springs, especially the blue one! Gorgeous!
You really do see some great sights! That's my main concern about taking my kids there...I don't think they'd have the patience to walk the paths and take the pictures! All the pictures of the steam coming out remind me of Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii...not to mention the sulfur smell!
The walks we took were pretty leisurely and there's a lot to see on the way to keep your interest, if that helps? Can you tell I'm trying to sell this to you?
Saturday 10 September – part two: a perfect view of Old Faithful in action!
As we walked, we realised we were getting close to Old Faithful erupting, so we decided to set up in an area, where we had the Inn at the back of the shot. It was absolutely perfect and, best of all, we only had another couple standing with us. You could see literally hundreds of people in the official viewing areas on the other side and here we were, with no-one about and a perfect view of what was happening in front of us. Perhaps best of all, we had the Inn to put the whole thing in perspective. It was just perfect.
As soon as Old Faithful finished its performance, we headed back to the Inn....
We took the rest of our luggage back to the car and the cute bison that had been waiting for us in the room, then we went to check out. Don’t worry, I wasn’t stealing the bison! I told them that we’d taken him and the $17.99 plus sales tax was charged to our room. Linda, from Michigan, who was dealing with us, told us that we’d be amazed how many of those animals left the Inn. No, I probably wouldn’t....
We wandered around the Inn, getting more photos and finally getting shots of the front of it, which we hadn’t yet seen properly.
We then paid the gift shop a visit and Mark got a T-shirt, along with a special marked down book (it was only $5), another Christmas ornament and fridge magnet and a few more postcards.
From there, it was off to have a look around the Old Faithful Visitor Centre. You can tell that it’s brand new and it had some fascinating exhibits, all the more interesting, having covered a lot of the park over the last day. However, it was a bit annoying to see all the exhibits about volcanoes again, as that seemed to cover a lot of the same ground as we’d already seen over at Canyon Village.
So glad you got Old Faithful shots without strangers in the photos! It still amazes me how that thing shoots so very high into the air!
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