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This is the park sign of the area. There is plenty of parking available,
although the trail head is all the way at the far end of the parking lot.
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The actual flaming geyser is practically on the trail head. So if you want to
see this natural "wonder" you don't have to hike very far. But as I said, it's
not exactly large anymore.
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Not far from flaming geyser is "bubbling geyser". This is merely another
pocket of gas that's underwater, so it bubbles up to the surface. Again, not
really that exciting but it's fun to look at for a few moments.
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Okay, now that those are out of the way, on to the trail. The trail runs
along Green River which is quite beautiful. Most of the time you're in the
forest but you'll come out for occasional glimpses and the trail ends along
the river.
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Like all good trails, there are many large boulders to climb on top of for
great photo ops. This one was especially nice, as the trail actually climbs
up beside the rock so there's no real bouldering necessary to get to the top.
You can tell the ease of getting to the top by the fact that I'm up there...
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Here's me on top of the same rock. For such an easy hike, we did spend a lot
of the time playing on rocks (as you'll see below).
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After hiking 10 feet to the flaming geyser, 10 more feet to the bubbling geyser
and then a whole 20 feet to this bench, it was time for a rest and a snack.
Here Scott prepares our nutritious lunch.
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I got to be the trail leader for this hike. Most people would assume it
was because Scott is a progressive male and likes to let me take charge every
once in a while. In fact it's because there were often webs stretched across
the trail with large spiders in the middle (like this one).
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Here I am doing the Happy Spider dance. Actually, I have no idea what I was
doing. I do have a guess though.. For almost the entirety of the hike, Scott
and I were speaking in Russian and German as we tried to bone up for our trip
to Europe. I think after being forced into rudimentary speech for so long, I
just went a little nutso.
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Ahhh, the river! Green River is aptly named as it turns out. Both sides are
lined with trees, and is quite an idyllic spot.
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This is looking the other direction from the river. Can you tell which way is
upstream and which way is downstream? I can't.
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No river is complete without mud and rocks. In case you were worried that
Green River wasn't REALLY a river, here is the picture of it's mud and rocks.
(Okay, I liked the way the mud looked.)
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Here I am sitting in quiet contemplation, watching the fish jumping out of
the river. What you don't see is that the rock is quiet slippery and I'm
trying not to fall in. Scott had to help me back off the dumb rock.
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Here's Scott in front of yet another large boulder. Told you it was a good
trail. This one is right along the edge of the river. When we first got there,
a couple of fishermen were parked up on top of the rock.
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Here's Scott on top of the rock showing off his climbing ability. This is the
end of the trail, so after Scott was done with his shenanigans it was time to
head home.
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