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Would you like to see gorgeous photos of Yellowstone and its wildlife?
My friend, Doug Dance, has created two beautiful coffee-table books featuring fantastic photographs in his signature style. His first book, "Once Around The Sun - in Yellowstone" was created after he spent a full year in the Park. His second, "Wild About Yellowstone"
is a co-production with well-known Yellowstone photographer Bob Weselmann. Both feature superb and unusual photographs and helpful text.
In addition, another Loon friend of mine, Mac Nelson, has written a wonderful book about US 20 - one of the oldest highways in America, which spans our country from East to West and just happens to go through Yellowstone. You can learn more about his book right here "20 West"

Any or all of these three books would make a great gift for the Yellowstone fan on your list.


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LATE OCTOBER, 2009

October 26-31, 2009

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Monday, October 26 A DRUID GREETING
DAY 2 - Tuesday, October 27 LIMITED VISIBILITY
DAY 3 - Wednesday, October 28 HOME INVASION
DAY 4 - Thursday, October 29 INTERIOR DESIGN
DAY 5 - Friday, October 30 MULTIPLE AMAZEMENTS
DAY 6 - Saturday, October 31 HALLOWEEN TREATS
  
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SUMMER TRIP 2009

June 30-July 5, 2009

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Tuesday, June 30 RECENT GEOLOGIC EVENTS
DAY 2 - Wednesday, July 1 THE NORTHERN RANGE
DAY 3 - Thursday, July 2 AN ENCHANTED EVENING
DAY 4 - Friday, July 3 SIX GRIZZLIES AND TWO ALPHAS
DAY 5 - Saturday, July 4 FIREWORKS, YELLOWSTONE STYLE
DAY 6 - Sunday, July 5 LAST DAY OVERLOAD
  
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APRIL 2009 - LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING

April 19-24, 2009

INTRODUCTION and WOLF NEWS
DAY 1 - Sunday, April 19 WHISPERS OF SPRING
DAY 2 - Monday, April 20 WOLF WATCHING AND WALKING
DAY 3 - Tuesday, April 21 SIX PACK DAY
DAY 4 - Wednesday, April 22 ABOVE THE YELLOWSTONE
DAY 5 - Thursday, April 23 LOOKING FOR MR. 302
DAY 6 - Friday, April 24 SNOW!
  
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CHRISTMAS 2008 - SNOW EVERY DAY

December 23-27, 2008

INTRODUCTION and 302 NEWS
DAY 1 - Tuesday, Dec 23 THE CHRISTMAS BEAR
DAY 2 - Wednesday, Dec 24 CHLOE SAVES THE DAY
DAY 3 - Thursday, Dec 25 CHRISTMAS CAROLES, LAMAR STYLE
DAY 4 - Friday, Dec 26 WOLF WATCHING...IN MAMMOTH!
DAY 5 - Saturday, Dec 27 SNOWY SENDOFF
  
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BECHLER HIKE, well, sorta - FALL 2008

August 30th-Sept 5th, 2008

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Saturday, August 30 FAIRYLAND FIVE REUNION
DAY 2 - Sunday August 31 SHOSHONE MEADOWS
DAY 3 - Monday, Sept 1 MR. JACUZZI
DAY 4 - Tuesday, Sept 2 RAINY FUN WITH GARY & LAURIE
DAY 5 - Wednesday, Sept 3 BACKCOUNTRY GEYSERS & FRONTCOUNTRY CRITTERS
DAY 6 - Thursday, Sept 4 THE ROAD LESS TAKEN
DAY 7 - Friday, Sept 5 LAST DAY IN LAMAR
  
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LATE APRIL/EARLY MAY 2008

April 25-May3 2008

INTRODUCTION
DAY 1 - Saturday, April 26 MY TRIP TO THREE FORKS
DAY 2 - Sunday April 27 STILL IN WINTER'S GRIP
DAY 3 - Monday, April 28 INTERIOR INSIGHTS
DAY 4 - Tuesday, April 29 SLOUGH SIGHTINGS
DAY 5 - Wednesday, April 30 A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
DAY 6 - Thursday, May 1 A FOUR PACK DAY
DAY 7 - Friday, May 2 DEJA VU
DAY 8 - Saturday, May 3 WHO LET THE BEARS OUT?
  
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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