Ground Control to Ranger Tom

I cant upload any videos or picture on the gerbil wheel wifi but I'm quite alive and now abiding in Yellowstone, as of Friday. I'll be here for another 7 days and then head north for motherland Canada. Yes. So much to do. So Yellow. So Stone. So far I've seen otters, bison, pronghorns, bats, ravens, eagles, osprey, a brown bear, and lots of things on two legs wearing clothes that nobody has been able to give me a straight answer about. Probably a Montana/Wyoming cult secret. Many cool bugs.

That's cool.

This is the coolest thing I've ever done.

The Grand Tetons (French for The Grand Tits) were ineffable, though Tits does give you the general shape of the peaks. For such a small space (relative to Yellowstone) there was so much to do and see, people to meet, information to sponge. I forget how many days I spent there. No wait, four and a half. I climbed to 9,600 feet and played at the open mic night at the Hootananny to warm folks and reception. Jackson Hole was great though someone needs to slap their barbecue up a bit, it lacks and I truly mean that Bubba's. You need to put love into that pork. And then kill it and put it on a bun.

But if you ever go to Jackson Hole GO TO THE BIRD. Its a restaurant, best burgers of my life. Locals pointed me to a free campsite atop the elk refuge's hills overlooking the Tetons, I also slept in the Great Tit's own land and was legitimately moved by the incredible beauty that is an entire ecosystem, breathing and exhaling, tearing the sky up abruptly. Silent and magnanimous. Pictures help considerably more, but still can't even capture the feeling. You can't help but relax into the place. Divine primal natural experience. I saw a bear there. It was eating berries and was entirely unremarkable. I took a picture of the berries it was eating however the bear is not visible so perhaps I am lying, though I am not. Melanie and Marion were an awesome turn of events and I'm fortunate to have met you. Thank you for the bread. Go destroy San Francisco.

Now in Yellowstone, I have since spent an entire day walking Old Faithful and Friends. It is getting lazy and only generally predictable. Perhaps a modernized, fitting re-christening would be "Maybe Sprays Then." The sheer number of thermal sites here (mud pots, geysers, springs, etc) is large. Most concentrated location in the world. So many pictures. I can't wait to upload them, only pictures can do those hot tamales justice. I can easily fill up another 7 days with what I have yet to have seen. SO WE KEEP MOVING. (Not my video, seriously, I can't upload anything)

You are probably immune to this but you get from life what you put out into it. Your thought patterns and expectations color and form what you perceive as having received. This is not hippie magic. This is the nature of human consciousness. Enjoy yourselves because until you do nobody else can.
Mmmm, our challenges. They are held like fire but can quench thirst like water.

The music never stopped. Far from it. Get in the box.