THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS:
This blogpost tells the stories of the portages and other landmarks above Swampy Lake, on the upper Hayes River, as described by an Englishman, [Sir] John Franklin, as he came up the River in September 1819.
The HBC men never wrote about or described their portages or landmarks because they were so familiar, so it delights me to find descriptions left behind by Englishmen who followed the HBC trails.
http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/landmarks-hayes-river-2/
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it’s hard to believe that in this day and age people are still wearing fir

Heading home from Old Faithful this afternoon we encountered a group of bison braving the 150F water while crossing the runoff of Excelsior Geyser. The cold air causes heavy steam to rise and surround the bison.

Feel like we should do one of those awful "clap for the carers" things again except make it abundantly, explicitly clear that we're all out on our doorsteps applauding the strikers (who are, of course, the exact same groups of workers who got the applause back in 2020)