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Hot Damn! ...Wait, no that's a hot spring in Yellowstone!!

Laughing at a Hot Spring Burp

One of my favorite parts of camping is that I can wake up with the sun without having set an alarm. This was especially true in Yellowstone as I decided not to put the rain fly on my tent. My tent is a Mountain Hardwear Ghost Sky two person and a lot of what I love about it is that when the fly is off it’s almost completely mesh. I can see the whole sky as I’m…

It wasn’t on our agenda because we planned on visiting the park much further south so we could see Old Faithful, but it was the most direct route so into Yellowstone we went. Side note – we will be visiting the park again. We have to see Old Faithful.

We entered Yellowstone from Gardiner, Montana. This a grand entrance with a stone archway. One of the signs says that Yellowstone was the first national park in the world. Can you imagine that? As we continued on we came to where you had to pay, unless you have a National Park Pass; which we had with us. If you plan on visiting a lot of national parks, it makes sense because it is like $80 for the year as opposed to $15 to $30 per park per time.

Following past the payment point there was a sign that says, “Animals Are Dangerous. Never Approach Or Feed.” And it also tells you about fire danger in case you smoke or plan on starting a camp fire. After this sign, you are off into the park. We had not even gone a mile before we saw a prong horn. We were anxious to get to the Lamar River Valley where we were told that you could possibly see wolves. Ethan, our Middle Nomad Son, is fond of wolves.

If you look on a map, we went from North Entrance Road to Grand Loop Road heading east. At Tower Junction, we continued eastbound on Northeast Entrance Road. This is the road that will lead you out of the park and where Beartooth Byway begins. The map below shows you the route we took. And I circled the Lamar Valley as well. If you want your own printable map, you can get one here for the whole park.

After seeing the prong horn, we continued on but the animals were scarce. We came across a nice waterfall, which we pulled over to take a look at and enjoy. There are a couple of them along the way. We came to Tower Junction, where you will find the Roosevelt Lodge and some other amenities. We did not stop because we wanted to get to the Lamar Valley.

After leaving Tower Junction we saw lots and lots of scenery, but no animals. That was until I spotted one buffalo way off in the distance. So I pulled over and zoomed in to take its picture. I was afraid we would not see any more as our luck of spotting animals was not favorable. He meandered down the hill and stopped off to take a dust bath (he wallowed around in the dirt). It wasn’t too long before I realized that he was actually headed our way. I grabbed all of the Nomads and told them to get back in Ebony (including me). We sat in Ebony as this huge buffalo walked right in front of us about 10 feet from our bumper! Wow was that amazing!

Completely happy with out buffalo experience, we were content and resigned to the fact that perhaps all of the animals were hanging out somewhere else. So we got into Ebony and headed on down the road. In less than a mile I saw a wave of brown coming down the hillside and dust being kicked up in the air. It was a stampede of a few hundred buffalo! We came over a hill and they were everywhere…on all sides of the road…buffalo for as far as the eye could see. One Nomad made the comment, “I wonder why the first buffalo we saw was alone?” I said, “He probably wanted some privacy!”

From that point and for the rest of the Lamar Valley, we saw buffalo everywhere. At times we would see deer or prong horn, but mostly buffalo. Sadly no wolves came out to put on a show and the bears were probably napping. But, we were able to enjoy seeing some of Yellowstone’s wildlife as well as all of its natural beauty. This is a National Park you should visit. And, if you do, you should allow yourself a few days to explore it fully. Mark my words, we will be back within a few months. Safe Travels.

There's much about the brain we still have to discover, and one of the unanswered questions surrounding this most vital of organs is how it uses up most of its energy. The brain claims around 20 percent of the total oxygen used to fuel our bodies, yet we don't know where most of that goes. Now an IBM researcher thinks he might have solved the mystery.

James Kozloski, who works as a computer neuroscientist at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Centre, says the brain is constantly looping signals through established pathways - pathways that can be thought of as city street maps for our minds. The brain repeatedly retraces its steps through these pathways, covering three different areas of functionality: sensory (what’s currently happening), behavioural (what we can do about it), and limbic (what it means to us).

THE BRAIN USES SO MUCH ENERGY – IBM RESEARCH

Do you know…!!! The Brain Uses so much energy .

Recently i read a post about brain it says the brain uses so much energy  Original Post as billow.

We don’t know much about the brain. Scientists and researchers have poked and prodded parts of our most complex organ for centuries, giving names to the most obvious parts. But we still lack answers to fundamental questions, like what the brain does…

Lý giải tại sao não bộ sử dụng quá nhiều năng lượng?

Nhà thần kinh học James Kozloski tuyên bố đã lý giải được tại sao não bộ sử dụng quá nhiều năng lượng của cơ thể – một trong những bí ẩn lớn nhất mà tới nay người ta vẫn chưa giải thích được. Bằng cách lập mô hình hoạt động của não lúc nghỉ ngơi, nhà thần kinh học James Kozloski tại IBM tuyên bố đã lý giải được tại sao não bộ sử dụng quá nhiều năng lượng của cơ thể – một trong những bí ẩn lớn…