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Would you like to see gorgeous photos of Yellowstone and its animals?
My friend, Doug Dance, has a beautiful new coffee-table book called
"Wild About Yellowstone"
It's a co-production with Yellowstone photographer Bob Weselmann, who, like Doug, has been photographing Yellowstone's wildlife for many, many years. Doug and Bob are taking pre-orders now. Just click on the title for more information.

Doug's first photo book "Once Around The Sun - in Yellowstone" came out two years ago. Like "Wild About Yellowstone" it's a coffee-table book with both astonishing images and fascinating text. It recounts the year Doug spent in the Park observing wildlife and taking photos.

Either book would make a terrific gift for anyone who loves Yellowstone. Just click on the title for more info.


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CHRISTMAS WITH DRUID 3.0

December 23-29, 2007

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Sunday, Dec 23 A DRUID WELCOME
DAY 2 - Monday, Dec 24 CHRISTMAS EVE BLIZZARD
DAY 3 - Tuesday, Dec 25 PRESENTS UNDER THE TREES
DAY 4 - Wednesday, Dec 26 WOLF CROSSING
DAY 5 - Thursday, Dec 27 A DRUID FEAST
DAY 6 - Friday, Dec 28 FRONT ROW SEATS
DAY 7 - Saturday, Dec 29 LAST DAY VARIETY
  
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WENDY'S SISTER'S TRIP REPORT-OCTOBER 2007

October 3-6, 2007

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Wednesday, Oct 3 OUR YELLOWSTONE ADVENTURE
DAY 2 - Thursday, Oct 4 OLD FAITHFUL & GRAND CANYON
DAY 3 - Friday, Oct 5 ROAD CLOSURES AND PRECIP
DAY 4 - Saturday, Oct 6 WONDER WHERE THE WOLFIES WENT?
  
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RETURN TO FAIRYLAND - SEPTEMBER 2007

September 1 through 8

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Saturday, Sept 1 PRELUDE TO A HIKE
DAY 2 - Sunday, Sept 2 GOING IN
DAY 3 - Monday, Sept 3 JOSEPH'S COAT
DAY 4 - Tuesday, Sept 4 THERE...AND BACK AGAIN
DAY 5 - Wednesday, Sept 5 RAIN,RAIN,GO AWAY!
DAY 6 - Thursday, Sept 6 COMING OUT
DAY 7 - Friday, Sept 7 AGATE ACTION
DAY 8 - Saturday, Sept 8 THE AFTERMATH
  
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SPRING 2007 TRIP

May 26 thru June 1

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Saturday, May 26 GREEN, GREEN, GREEN
DAY 2 - Sunday, May 27 MOUNTAINS, AGAIN. MOUNTAINS!
DAY 3 - Monday, May 28 A WHOLE LOTTA LOONS
DAY 4 - Tuesday, May 29 BIG DADDY WOLF
DAY 5 - Wednesday, May 30 FUN WITH CALVIN AND LYNNETTE
DAY 6 - Thursday, May 31 THE DARK FEMALE HAS A BAD DAY
DAY 7 - Friday, June 1 LAST DAY DRAMA
  
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CHRISTMAS 2006 Quik Posts

December 25-29 2006

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Monday, Dec 25 A CHRISTMAS WISH
DAY 2 - Tuesday, Dec 26 COYOTES IN CONTROL
DAY 3 - Wednesday, Dec 27 THREE PACK DAY
DAY 4 - Thursday, Dec 28 DECISION DAY FOR THE UCG
DAY 5 - Friday, Dec 29 LAST DAY BONANZA
  
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OCTOBER TRIP 2006

October 8th-14th, 2006

DAY 1 - Sunday, Oct 8 A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
DAY 2 - Monday, Oct 9 LET IT SNOW
DAY 3 - Tuesday, Oct 10 TWO-PACK DAY
DAY 4 - Wednesday, Oct 11 AFTERNOON LOONS/NIGHT BISON
DAY 5 - Thursday, Oct 12 DRUIDS AT DAWN
DAY 6 - Friday, Oct 13 LUCKY 13
DAY 7 - Saturday, Oct 14 SEEING DOUBLE
  
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SPRING LOONION 2006

May 28 - June 5th, 2006

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Sunday, May 28 "UP" TO THE PARK
DAY 2 - Monday, May 29 UNKNOWN SPECIMENS
DAY 3 - Tuesday, May 30 WENDY GOES TO CODY
DAY 4 - Wednesday, May 31 A TYPICAL YELLOWSTONE DAY
DAY 5 - Thursday, June 1 A NOT-SO-TYPICAL DAY
DAY 6 - Friday, June 2 WOLVES AND WASHBURN
DAY 7 - Saturday, June 3 WENDY GOES WOLFLESS
DAY 8 - Sunday, June 4 WISHING FOR DRUIDS
DAY 9 - Monday, June 5 FOGGY FAREWELL
  
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CHRISTMAS CONDO TRIP: DECEMBER 2005

December 22-28, 2005

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Friday, Dec 23 A LATE START
DAY 2 - Saturday, Dec 24 BISON OWN THE ROAD
DAY 3 - Sunday, Dec 25 MANY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
DAY 4 - Monday, Dec 26 SNOWSHLOONING
DAY 5 - Tuesday, Dec 27 SLIP SLIDING AWAY
DAY 6 - Wednesday, Dec 28 JUSS MISTUM MORNING
  
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FALL TRIP 2005

September 24-October 2, 2005

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Saturday, Sept 24 COLOR ME LOONY
DAY 2 - Sunday, Sept 25 HIDDEN RIVER HIKE
DAY 3 - Monday, Sept 26 STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
DAY 4 - Tuesday, Sept 27 A TALE OF TWO VALLEYS
DAY 5 - Wednesday, Sept 28 BOZEMAN AND LEOPOLDS
DAY 6 - Thursday, Sept 29 HIGH SPYING
DAY 7 - Friday, Sept 30 CHASE!
DAY 8 - Saturday, Oct 1 SO LONG LAMAR: HELLO MT EVERTS
DAY 9 - Sunday, Oct 2 SNOWY SWEETNESS
  
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EARLY SPRING IN YELLOWSTONE

May 7-15, 2005

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Saturday, May 7 A DIFFERENT GREEN
DAY 2 - Sunday, May 8 MOTHERS' DAY AT SLOUGH CREEK
DAY 3 - Monday, May 9 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF TWO KINDS
DAY 4 - Tuesday, May 10 WOLF HOCKEY AND ROCKIN' OWLETS
DAY 5 - Wednesday, May 11 THE WHITE WOLVES
DAY 6 - Thursday, May 12 FIGHT NIGHT!
DAY 7 - Friday, May 13 LUCKY FRIDAY
DAY 8 - Saturday, May 14 MAD MARMOT MEADOW
DAY 9 - Sunday, May 15 THE SLOUGHS ARE COMING!
  
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WOLVES EVERY DAY

2004 Christmas Trip - December 25-30

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Saturday, December 25 CHRISTMAS IN YELLOWSTONE
DAY 2 - Sunday, December 26 DRUIDS AND SLOUGHS
DAY 3 - Monday, December 27 INTRODUCING THE AGATES
DAY 4 - Tuesday, December 28 THE GEODES APPEAR
DAY 5 - Wednesday, Dec. 29 THE RETURN OF THE SLOUGHS
DAY 6 - Thursday, December 30 FULL CIRCLE
  
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ALLISON'S MEMORIAL LOONION

June 19-27, 2004

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Saturday, June 19 STARTING OFF RIGHT
DAY 2 - Sunday, June 20 FRANK LEADS THE LOONS
DAY 3 - Monday, June 21 ALLISON COMES HOME
DAY 4 - Tuesday, June 22 THE GALLOPING GRIZZLY
DAY 5 - Wednesday, June 23
ALL LAMAR, ALL THE TIME
DAY 6 - Thursday, June 24
FICKLE WOLVES AND FAITHFUL LOONS
DAY 7 - Friday, June 25 BLACK BEAR BONANZA
DAY 8 - Saturday, June 26 THE DISAPPEARING PRONGHORN MYSTERY
DAY 9 - Sunday, June 27 SO LONG LAMAR
  
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2003 FALL TRIP - October 4th-12th

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Saturday, October 4 RETURNING HOME
DAY 2 - Sunday, October 5 HIKING MT. EVERTS
DAY 3 - Monday, October 6 THE LACONIC BULL of LITTLE CREEK SLOUGH
DAY 4 - Tuesday, October 7 MOONLIGHT LAKES
DAY 5 - Wednesday, October 8 BLACK BEAUTY

DAY 6 - Thursday, October 9

A DRUID'S EYE-VIEW
DAY 7 - Friday, October 10 AND SUDDENLY, SNOW
DAY 8 - Saturday, October 11 A LESSON IN MUD POTS
DAY 9 - Sunday, October 12 A WOLFISH SENDOFF
  
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2003 WINTER TRIP and CALOONION

January 31st - February 4th

DAY 1 - Friday, January 31 THERE ARE NO SHORT VISITS/ONLY SHORT VISITORS
DAY 2 - Saturday, February 1 DRUIDS AND OTTERS AND SNOWFLAKES
DAY 3 - Sunday, February 2 YELLOWSTONE TRANSFORMED
DAY 4 - Mon/Tues, Feb 3/4 MANHATTAN BEACH LOONION
  
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2002 JULY VISIT and THOROFARE HIKE

July 20th - August 1st

INTRODUCTION

 

  

DAY 1 - Sunday, July 21 WAKING UP THE RIGHT WAY
DAY 2 - Monday, July 22 BLACKBERRY BEAR AND MIDORI SOUR
DAY 3 - Tuesday, July 23 MOOSE CALF AND BLACKTAIL FAWNS
DAY 4 - Wednesday, July 24 NO DRUIDS, NO DANNO
DAY 5 - Thursday, July 25 INTO THE WOODS
DAY 6 - Friday, July 26

BEAR FRIDAY

DAY 7 - Saturday, July 27 MEETING THE NEIGHBORS
DAY 8 - Sunday, July 28 COLTER MEADOWS
DAY 9 - Monday, July 29 TWENTY BFG's AND TWO UN-NECESSARY HILLS
DAY 10 - Tuesday, July 30 DE BOAT! DE BOAT!
DAY 11 - Wednesday, July 31 ROARING LION, HOWLING WOLF
DAY 12 - Thursday, August 1 FINALLY, ELK CALVES

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2002 SPRING TRIP: June 5th - 12th


DAY 1 - Wednesday, June 5 GREEN-UP TIME   
DAY 2 - Thursday, June 6 THEY WERE N.H.S.*   
DAY 3 - Friday, June 7 THE BRAVE LITTLE CALF   
DAY 4 - Saturday, June 8

THE VALLEY OF SINGING GOLD

  

DAY 5 - Sunday, June 9 TO HIKE OR NOT TO HIKE   
DAY 6 - Monday, June 10 MULTIPLE PERSONALITY PRECIPITATION   
DAY 7 - Tuesday, June 11 FUN WITH CHLOE   
DAY 8 - Wednesday, June 12 LAST DAY MAGIC   

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2002 WINTER TRIP

January 25th - February 3rd


DAY 1 - Friday, January 25 THE FIRST TIME, ALL OVER AGAIN
DAY 2 - Saturday, January 26 218F AND MEETING JEFF
DAY 3 - Sunday, January 27 THE GREAT CHASE II
DAY 4 - Monday, January 28 TALES TOLD BY TRACKS
DAY 5 - Tusday, January 29

ROMANCE RIDGE

DAY 6 - Wednsday, January 30 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
DAY 7 - Thursday, January 31 AN OCEAN OF WHITE
DAY 8 - Friday, February 1 DRUIDS FROM DAWN TIL DUSK
DAY 9 - Saturday, February 2 MARK AND CAROL AND CHARLES AND WENDY
DAY 10 - Saturday, February 3 THE DRUIDS COME HOME
DAY 11 - Sunday, February 4

LEAVING HOME

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MY FAIRYLAND ADVENTURE

July 3rd - 9th, 2001

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Tuesday, July 3 WILDFLOWER HEAVEN
DAY 2 - Wednesday, July 4 ADVICE FROM JAKE
DAY 3 - Thursday, July 5 GOING IN
DAY 4 - Friday, July 6 THE HIKE TO FAIRYLAND
DAY 5 - Saturday, July 7 COMING BACK OUT
DAY 6 - Sunday, July 8 FORDING THE LAMAR
DAY 7 - Monday, July 9 SWEET MISTY MORNING

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2001: A LOON ODYSSEY

THE SECOND ANNUAL YELLOWSTONE LOON
SPRING ADVENTURE: May 26th - June 6th, 2001
INTRODUCTION

DAY 1 - Saturday, May 26 TIMES SQUARE TO EAGLE LAKE
DAY 2 - Sunday, May 27 EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
DAY 3 - Monday, May 28 THE SECOND ANNUAL LOONION
DAY 4 - Tuesday, May 29 A VERY BEARY DAY
DAY 5 - Wednesday, May 30 THE GHOST CALF
DAY 6 - Thursday, May 31

ANOTHER VIEW OF YELLOWSTONE

DAY 7 - Friday, June 1 THE LOST WOLVES
DAY 8 - Saturday, June 2 IN THE DRUIDS' BACKYARD
DAY 9 - Sunday, June 3 WEATHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT
DAY 10 - Monday, June 4 BLACK BEARS, BLUE BILLS, AND YELLOW HEADS
DAY 11 - Tuesday, June 5 FUN WITH RANGER BILL
DAY 12 - Wednesday, June 6 LAST DAY LUCK

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FIRST WINTER TRIP REPORT

January 6th - 15th, 2001


DAY 1 - Saturday, January 6 ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
DAY 2 - Sunday, January 7 WINTER WONDERLAND
DAY 3 - Monday, January 8 YELLOWSTONE BY MOONLIGHT
DAY 4 - Tuesday, January 9 THE GREAT CHASE
DAY 5 - Wednesday, Jan. 10
WENDY GETS HER WISH

DAY 6 - Thursday, January 11

COYOTE SERENADE
DAY 7 - Friday, January 12 FUN WITH FRANK AND CATHY
DAY 8 - Saturday, January 13 BOBBING FOR BABBITT
DAY 9 - Sunday, January 14 DRUIDS IN THE HOUSE
DAY 10 - Monday, January 15 A LAST BIT OF MAGIC

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WENDY'S LOONION TRIP REPORT

May 27th - June 10th, 2000

INTRODUCTION

DAY 1 - Saturday, May 27 APPROACHING PARADISE
DAY 2 - Sunday, May 28 THE FIRST LOONION
DAY 3 - Monday, May 29 "WE'VE GOT WOLVES"
DAY 4 - Tuesday, May 30 THE DANCE OF THE DRUIDS
DAY 5 - Wednesday, May 31

THE SECOND LOONION

DAY 6 - Thursday, June 1 LET SLEEPING WOLVES LIE
DAY 7 - Friday, June 2 OXBOW AND CORNWALL
DAY 8 - Saturday, June 3 THE THIRD LOONION
DAY 9 - Sunday, June 4 BUSHWHACKERS AND HITCH-HIKERS
DAY 10 - Monday, June 5

FUN WITH DOUG & ROSIE

DAY 11 - Tuesday, June 6 FAIRY ORCHIDS AND FAIRY FALLS
DAY 12 - Friday June 7 MYSTERY MAMMALS
DAY 13 - Saturday, June 8 SKY BLUE AND BLACK
DAY 14 - Sunday, June 9 THE COTTONWOOD KILL
DAY 15 - Monday, June 10 THE DRUIDS SAY FAREWELL


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PRE-LOONION SEPTEMBER TRIP REPORT

September 14th - September 28th, 1999


INTRODUCTION


PART ONE
PART TWO
PART THREE
PART FOUR
PART FIVE