Ours are smiling! Dave brought this tomato with a nose and mouth in from our garden today. I added the button eye for the purposes of the picture, then we ate it as a BLT, and it tasted quite delicious. The deer have been helping themselves to the tomatoes, sad to say. They don't even eat them, just take bites out of them and knock them off the vine. We haven't had a frost yet here, and it is the 28th of September - it has been a nice long fall.
Dave had a bus trip to Thermopolis this week taking highschool students to a golf tournament. He got special permission to take me along. We were there for 2 1/2 days, so we did a lot of sightseeing while the kids were golfing. Here we are enjoying Hot Springs State Park. The formation in the picture above was created by piping the mineral water up through a pipe in a pile of rocks since 1918 (? not sure of the date but it has been a long time). The minerals build up in interesting shapes and colors as the water flows down the sides.
We enjoyed soaking in the mineral hot springs. I got a phone call while there and that is what I was doing in this picture - talking on the phone. Fortunately I didn't drop it in the water! This is at the state bath house, which is free. The Native Americans originally received this property as part of the reservation, then the US bought 10 square miles back for the Hot Springs State Park. A provision in the treaty was that the Native Americans would always have free access to the hot springs, thus this nice accommodation is still free to the public. There is an inside and an outside pool. They are more for soaking than for swimming - and they keep the temperature at 104 degrees, so it is nice and warm. They limit you to 20 minutes at a time, but you can come back again in 2 hours. Dave went twice - I went to the quilt shop with Eacel instead the second morning.
There is a swinging bridge where you can walk across the river and have this pretty view of the town and the park. The weather was perfect.
The writing on the hill says "World's largest mineral hot springs." I don't know if that is true or not. You can see the terraces behind me where the water collects in ponds then flows over the edge eventually into the river, leaving deposits of minerals. They have made boardwalks so there are walking paths around the terraces. The whole place has a sulphur smell, and after soaking in the mineral water, a person smells just like the park!
Ours are smiling! Dave brought this tomato with a nose and mouth in from our garden today. I added the button eye for the purposes of the picture, then we ate it as a BLT, and it tasted quite delicious. The deer have been helping themselves to the tomatoes, sad to say. They don't even eat them, just take bites out of them and knock them off the vine. We haven't had a frost yet here, and it is the 28th of September - it has been a nice long fall.
Dave had a bus trip to Thermopolis this week taking highschool students to a golf tournament. He got special permission to take me along. We were there for 2 1/2 days, so we did a lot of sightseeing while the kids were golfing. Here we are enjoying Hot Springs State Park. The formation in the picture above was created by piping the mineral water up through a pipe in a pile of rocks since 1918 (? not sure of the date but it has been a long time). The minerals build up in interesting shapes and colors as the water flows down the sides. 
We enjoyed soaking in the mineral hot springs. I got a phone call while there and that is what I was doing in this picture - talking on the phone. Fortunately I didn't drop it in the water! This is at the state bath house, which is free. The Native Americans originally received this property as part of the reservation, then the US bought 10 square miles back for the Hot Springs State Park. A provision in the treaty was that the Native Americans would always have free access to the hot springs, thus this nice accommodation is still free to the public. There is an inside and an outside pool. They are more for soaking than for swimming - and they keep the temperature at 104 degrees, so it is nice and warm. They limit you to 20 minutes at a time, but you can come back again in 2 hours. Dave went twice - I went to the quilt shop with Eacel instead the second morning.
There is a swinging bridge where you can walk across the river and have this pretty view of the town and the park. The weather was perfect.
The writing on the hill says "World's largest mineral hot springs." I don't know if that is true or not. You can see the terraces behind me where the water collects in ponds then flows over the edge eventually into the river, leaving deposits of minerals. They have made boardwalks so there are walking paths around the terraces. The whole place has a sulphur smell, and after soaking in the mineral water, a person smells just like the park!
4 comments:
How fun Karen! It's nice they let you go along on the trip to keep Dave from getting bored! :) I'd love to go there again, we haven't been there in years. Myrna
Maybe you could be a trip sponsor for some of the activities Dave drives the kids to. It would be nice to be able to spend some time in different towns. Usually one is hurrying to get home, so just passes through and sees things out the window. Keep on sharing!
Dave and Karen,
Thanks for the details and pictures of your trip to Thermopolis. I was taking a break from homework in the library to check up on you two & lo and behold there are pictures of my old stomping grounds! I have many a good memories there of New Years fun, float trips, school trips, pool basketball and get-togethers. It was a nice little window home for me while I sit in a library in Oklahoma! Thanks!
My tomatoes aren't nearly so happy as yours. How cute is that!! ?? Very!!
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